The Car of Tomorrow seems to be picking up a lot of steam on the NASCAR circuit. This involves a car that resembles nothing about its sponsoring auto company, save for a sticker on the hood of it.

The parts come from a wide variety of auto makers and have little to do with the Chevy, Toyota, Dodge, or Ford sticker that may be slapped onto the front of it. While some like the fact that giving all drivers similar cars makes things more fair (so that the best driver wins), this can’t be good for the actual car companies, as it removes the personal connection that so many fans feel to the brands.

I think that NASCAR should allow the automakers to design their cars to at least somewhat resemble the real car. It will add more pride to the automaker who wins and allows a larger difference between the cars.

I don’t really see who loses from this approach. It’s not as if people will stop watching the races from it. The automakers would get more exposure, which during these economic times, is really much needed anyway.

Along with changing the designs of the car they should be forced to use the power train of the car they are actually using to a certain displacement such as 6 L or so. By doing this, it brings a somewhat true meaning back to STOCK CAR.

If the racers drive a car where the engine is made by the auto maker sponsoring the car, not only will this create a few more jobs, but it’ll assign that much more responsibility to the sponsoring auto maker for the driver’s success.

On an unrelated note, I also took offense to last year’s races, during a time where gas prices were at an all-time high, yet the cars burned through gallons and gallons like there was no tomorrow during races. Many fans I know felt this was done in poor taste, and favor a shift to ethanol.

This could help NASCAR get some good publicity by using no gas in their cars. I have heard about many people who dislike NASCAR saying that they hate how they use so much gas. By changing to ethanol they could maybe pick up some of these fans. If gas prices were to hit 4 dollars again i think they could lose some regular fans when they realize the MPG of the cars.

Ryan Chandler is a NASCAR writer with strong convictions about the sport he loves. He regularly contributes at his favorite NASCAR forum and plays NASCAR pickem on a weekly basis.

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