........will be Komatsu, says Jayski via Sirius.
That oughta help fill those empty seats in Atlanta.
........will be Komatsu, says Jayski via Sirius.
That oughta help fill those empty seats in Atlanta.
The America's are Komatsu's biggest market and sales in the America's have doubled in 4 years. Seems like as good a fit as you will find for a vertical market company.
I am having to scratch my head for the negative here?
rh
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A friend's father worked for them for years. And I drive by a bunch of their heavy equipment working to build yet another strip mall every day.
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A Canadian driver with a Japanese sponsor. Once the team switches to Toyota, the fans will be really thrilled.Originally Posted by hoop-98
I see.....silly....
Really? Montoya was promoted to the hilt by NASCAR as part of their diversity program, he was supposed to bring millions of Hispanic fans to the races and their TV sets. How did that work out? And how will a French-Canadian road racer sponsored by a Japanese company have any more success with the fans?
I am unaware of this promotion and expected results.
rh
I fail to see the to the hilt or millions in the litany above. Unlike your exaggerated rhetoric I see things like;
“We’ve said Juan is a very talented guy,” NASCAR CEO and President Brian France said last month. “If he’s successful, sure it will help us. It will help the sport with the Hispanic fan base we’re trying to create, trying the generate interest for. We’re optimistic, like a lot of people are, that he’ll have success in NASCAR.”
rh
Montoya had the biggest line for autographs at his souvenir trailer in Phoenix earlier this year. David Ragan had none.
from your own link Jim;
Not really sure what point you're trying to make with all of your links, although it looks like you're slowly backpedalling.But in the modern era, no other Hispanic driver has approached the star power of the 31-year-old Montoya, and his impact has been felt from the get-go. His arrival undoubtedly influenced ESPN’s Spanish-language division to start broadcasting NASCAR in 2007, and in Montoya’s first-ever NASCAR race in Memphis last fall, fellow Latin American driver Carlos Contreras spotted a number of topless fans in the grandstands who had painted their torsos in the yellow, blue and red colors of the Colombian flag. “That really impressed me,” says the 36-year-old Mexico City native who has been competing in NASCAR since 1999. “Juan Pablo is a star, and the number of Hispanic fans is going to double because he’s Latino.”
so they will have someone to throw a Bud can at....seems like a perfect fit
probably be mountain dew/amp cans next year!
Boy, that's an ugly livery. Its a disjointed mess.
Carps got NASCAR fans? If he does, I doubt they care what he drives.
It's a Hoosier thing, you wouldn't understand...
A Canadian driver with a Japanese sponsor that makes the equipment that a good portion of the NASCAR target audience uses in construction on a daily basis. Yeah, I guess the end is near.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking as well. I've seen lots more Komatsu diggers than Caterpillars at construction sites the past 15 years.
Caterpillar has right at 50% of the US market. Komatsu is #2 with 14%.
Just part of the de-redneckification of NASCAR.
Some folks says its bad and bad business.
Even if it is indeed good business I would never say locking out capable and deserving drivers is a good thing.
Hey, keep it coming. The more of these type of deals the better, for us AOW fans. I just wish Koskue or Briscoe could find a ride in Cup too.
NASCAR will learn in time (if they already aren't learning).
IRL 2009: "Cars you can't see, driven by drivers you have never heard of, on a network you don't get"
"I'd hire your grandmother, if she brought a budget"- Bankrupt Indy Car team owner Tyler Tadevic, to Curt Cavin in December, on the tough standards he looks for when "hiring" driver talent.
Whether or not it works in NASCAR or not, it's still new money to racing. And, yes, if Komatsu were to sponsor a ride in either CC or ICS, it would be welcomed with open arms.
IIRC, Komatsu sponsored PC at the Montreal Busch race.
I don't think a switch to Toyota is likely. Komatsu has a partnership with Cummins and Cummins has a partnership with Dodge.
This may mean that the door is open for Hideo Fukuyama to bring back the Kikoman car full time to NASCAR.
For the record, I never had a problem with CART in 1995. Its when they turned beligerant twards IMS and their fans for supporting the IRL that turned me off them.
wow im happy for carpentier, good thing his cab isnt designed by komatsu or it would be breaking down every week.
I spent some time with the PC 600s and wa 250-6s and they are the most unreliable machines i have ever worked with. We had to call out komatsu service every week without fail because the hydraulics are soo effed up.
CAT and John Deere and Hyundai all the way
but i guess komatsu is better than kobelco
Well I'm sure it will fill more seats than having a Brazilian driver with an American sponsor (like in the IRL) or an American driver with an American sponsor...
Jim, if this were the IRL, you'd be singing its praises. I sense an Aesop Fable here...
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