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Just now, during the Daytona 500 a Toyota took the lead. They made the comment that the last foreign manufacturer led a NASCAR race was MG in 1962 in Winston Salem.
 
Posted by Mike Joy:

Last foreign "nameplate" in NASCAR's top series...:

to race: Smokey Cook, #3 MG, Winston Salem, NC 1963

to finish in top 15: Robert Berrier, #32 MG, Winston-Salem, NC 1962

to win: Al Keller, Jaguar XK 120, Linden, NJ, 1954.
 
I guess they didn't have to conform to any templates back then... hmmm /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
 
aerog said:
I guess they didn't have to conform to any templates back then... hmmm /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
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Thankfully, no.
Personally I wish they'd throw out the templates, and just put some limits on the extent of radical modifications.
Ya' ever wonder whay all family sedans look exactly alike???
 
Mike put a call out on all the MG forums last year for information about this, so he could mention it on his telecast. He did, and this year he expanded on it.
 
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