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Wally I remember that magazine cover. I couldn't get enough of the #43 team. Thanks
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I have really enjoyed the responses to this post. Some for their quick wit, others for their depth and passion. Legend, you may be right, the fans today are passionate about differernt things than us long time fans, but at least they are passionate. It's still hard for me to picture NASCAR without brand loyalty on some level. I still love the pictures from the 60's and early 70's when the tail light panel was filled with "FORD", "DODGE", "PLYMOUTH" and so on. I guess that is where a lot of my passion for brand loyalty stems from. The brand names were plastered everywhere.That is a thing of the past now unlessthe manufacturers need a commercial.
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Good post Max. I wish I could be more like you in some views, but not watching NASCAR or pulling for a Chevy isn't one of them. To me NASCAR IS Ford Vs Chevy Vs Dodge and that other make that runs on rice alcohol. If I lose sight of that, then racing will not appeal to me nearly as much and I my also lose all desire to watch. I'm holding on to brand loyalty and rivalrys. I may pull secretly for a driver in a different make, but I stand up and cheer when the Chevys are out front.
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Wally Bell said:
HeartBeat of America
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Freaking Ol Rebuilt Dodge!
Dave Fulton said:
And do you remember how we used to needle each other by saying:
Fix Or Repair Daily
Fred Outruns Richard Daily
Found On the Racetrack Dead ???
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Dave are right. Wish all the fans today still had that kind of brand loyalty. I'm sure you rememberhearing the PA announcer shout things like, "Who's pulling for the Fords today?" Followed by the same question about Chevy, Dodge or Plymouth. And the fans would cheered for their brand. I miss that.
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My uncle introduced me to NASCAR 1973 so wemay beabout the same age. But brand loyalty was big in their house. Nothing but a Ford/Mercury.My uncle hated Richard Petty and pulled for any driver in the Wood Brothers Mercury. Richard couldn't win at Charlotte for many years and it would drive me crazy to see him have problems. In 1975 at the World 600 Richard was running great and we had a little trash talk going back and forth and he told me, "IfPetty ever wins at Charlotte I won't be back." Petty won. He's a man of his word and hasn't been back since.
If the Wood Brothers had ever switched to Chevy's, I think he would have jumped off the Broad River bridge. He was that loyal to FoMoCo he hated to see anything else win. That is what I grew up in and some of it rubbed off. I hate Fords but I still pull for Petty and his teams. When I talk about Petty running Ford it puts a bad taste in my mouth. Maybe in time it won't matter anymore... I hope not. That is part of NASCAR to me.
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Not me TMC. I hated the news Petty was going to Fords. No doubt is was a good move for them because Dodge is a little behind and Ford was offering much more help, but I hated it, still do. I can't get past the Blue Oval to see the Petty Blue. There is a guy here in Gaffney that looks stupid. He drive a Ford Ranger but has the full size #88 stickers and sponsor decals all over the truck. That is kindda like another guy in town has a USA1 tag on the front of his Ford F150. Some things just don't go together. Me and Fords are like that... we just don't mix well. I'm trying.
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We have started getting off subject a bit. I understand and have the same feelings about todays cars, but that is something I was hoping to stay away from. It has been discused for years and I'm afraid that the days of stock sheet metal are long gone. I have evolved to the point that I don't look much at the body anymore, but I do keep up with the manufactuer and it is still somewhat important to me. I still have that desire in my gut to see the Chevy teams do well, and I still have a little hatred for the Ford teams. I guess the number of fans that still carry this inside them is getting smaller. Where will this fact take the sport in the future?