Ferrari to debut first F1 car with a 7,000 lb towing capacity

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01-26-2011, 09:14 AM

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Correction, which was a direct result of the fact that Hank the Deuce took $#!+ from no one. Bill Jr? Not so much so. I'll be surprised if he even has the nads to bring it up, much less sue, Ferrari.

The hell with suing, build another race car!

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01-26-2011, 10:57 AM

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That is the answer!

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01-26-2011, 12:22 PM

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Can't wait to see if Ford sues...as they should, given how aggressively Ferrari protects its own trademarks around the world

imagine how quickly litigation would ensue if Ford named their next pickemup track F458

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01-26-2011, 12:27 PM

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I'm fuzzy on this, so someone help me. A long time ago, Ford named a car Tracer, I think, and goy sued by a SCCA Club Racer who had a copy right to the Tracer name. He had a race team called Tracer Racing, again, "I think". I heard he got a ton of money in settlement. Somebody help me with the facts of the suit, or did I dream it.

I don't remember the legal situation on this one (btw, the owner of Tracer was Tom Foster of Foster Farms - not living check to check) but Ford did buy the Lynx name from the FV builder which renamed its cars Caracal.

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01-26-2011, 01:35 PM

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The hell with suing, build another race car!

I wish. Motorsports is part of Marketing at Ford. We all saw how pathetic the Jaguar endeavor went. That's a snapshot. Too bad, Ford has some of the best engineers out there.

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01-26-2011, 02:07 PM

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I know (knew) the foster family pretty well, and i dont remeber a "Tom" (Janet, kerry, Ron were the kids who are al in their ( 30s and 50s now) .
Was he a cousin or something. Never knew they had someone into racing in their family.

that picture of the truck and Ferarri was ugly. What happened, if I missed someone's story there.

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01-26-2011, 02:52 PM

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see this history note the 70's section. Tracer was a pretty big operation (18 wheeler before everyone had one) for privateer SCCA club racers. Ran a couple of CSR's and always brought a hot tub to the runoffs where they won several times. Don't remember any chickens in the pits tho

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01-27-2011, 03:44 PM

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Yup, I can see it now. Luca enters his office and tells his secretary "Please shut the door-ah." He then proceeds to remove his jacket and rock out to this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GesDhZMCP2k

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01-27-2011, 03:50 PM

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After he pasted on the fake Goatee....

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01-27-2011, 04:04 PM

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I'm all for the separation of Ferrari F1 cars and trucks. Last time someone compared to the two he was promptly fired - IMHO one of the biggest losses to Ferrari in their history.

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01-27-2011, 05:07 PM

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And it has Ecoboost

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01-27-2011, 08:21 PM

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