CSX sponsors a Sprint Cup race car

Too bad it is a Ford.

Well, I think this car is going to crash! 

jim pastorius posted:

Too bad it is a Ford.

It's not a Ford. It is a purpose-built race car with no brand heritage at all. Regardless of the sheet metal on the outside, underneath they are all the same. Chassis, engine, body profile and everything else is essentially identical from car to car. That's why I lost all interest in NASCAR many years ago.

There is absolutely nothing "STOCK" in the cars used in the National Association of STOCK CAR racing.

I know they aren't Fords per se but  just posted in fun. Some engineers like EMDs, some like GEs.  The NASCAR are petty much alike underneath but there are certain differences  that they allow. I agree on NASCAR, though , they have taken the fun out of it. Too much big business now like most pro sports.

Personally I think they would do better having the 765 pull a string of special equipped passenger cars all over the CSX Railroad educating the public on railroad safety. Not unlike the "Freedom Train".

The public could also see the Big 765 in action........

I, as you lost interest in Stock Car Racing many, many, years ago. Probably  about the same time they did away with the old "Supercharged Gas Classes", in the NHRA!...........Ohio George Montgomery and his little blue 33 Willys...................Ooops, there goes that thread drift again.  

I don't like the "PLAY it safe".  As an ADULT, it is fine.  But along a rail line, whether LRT, Heavy Rail or Commuter/Intercity Passenger/Freight, "PLAY" might not serius enough for a child.  "BE SAFE around tracks" might have been a better choice of words.

However, Lionel does have the NASCAR contract still?