New Porsche 928 heading to NASCAR

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03-10-2007 | 01:20 AM

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I'd be shocked out of my skin if Porsche ever made a race car shaped like one of their road cars that wasn't made out of a 911. Gotta keep the 911 on top at all costs.

They would be sure to keep it "underpowered" as to not pass the 911, can't have that can we.

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03-10-2007 | 01:21 AM

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They would be sure to keep it "underpowered" as to not pass the 911, can't have that can we.

We have Panoz for that

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03-10-2007 | 01:22 AM

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They would be sure to keep it "underpowered" as to not pass the 911, can't have that can we.

Now, if NASCAR would allow rear-engined cars to run the ovals, I'm *sure* the marketing boys at PAG would jump at the chance to make their engineers figure out how to stuff a pushrod v8 into a 911.

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03-10-2007 | 01:29 AM

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From the photos I've seen, the Panamera isn't going to have round headlights. Round headlights wouldn't fit the corporate NASCAR styling.

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03-10-2007 | 01:33 AM

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From the photos I've seen, the Panamera isn't going to have round headlights. Round headlights wouldn't fit the corporate NASCAR styling.

Huh, stickers....

Stickers man. Decals and that kind of stuff.

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03-10-2007 | 01:39 AM

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I wonder what it would look like in Wal-Mart blue?

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03-10-2007 | 01:43 AM

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Like every other Cup car, only in Wal-Mart Blue.

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03-10-2007 | 01:53 AM

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I wonder what it would look like in Wal-Mart blue?

It would look more "American".

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03-10-2007 | 01:54 AM

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They'd need to figure out how to make it weigh close to two tons, and handle like a wet diaper.

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03-10-2007 | 01:55 AM

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They'd need to figure out how to make it weigh close to two tons, and handle like a wet diaper.

I was eating cake, cake is now on my monitor.

Thanks.

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03-10-2007 | 11:52 AM

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Seems legit to me. Frying Gizzard Motorsports has done "mahvelous" things in NASCAR!!

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03-10-2007 | 11:58 AM

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03-10-2007 | 12:09 PM

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I don't think we'll ever see a Porsche running in NASCAR anytime soon. Even if they where to consider it they'd be stuck with the basic platform used by the other teams.

Personally, I suspect the next manufacture to enter the oval ranks to be Mazda.

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