IVL adds three new manufacturers

IVL (Internet Victory Lane) has announced that it will allow the Buick Riviera, the Dodge Avenger, and the Oldsmobile Cutlass to compete with the Chevy Monte Carlo, the Ford Thunderbird, and the Pontiac Grand Prix. Opening up the manufacturers race will deviate from real NASCAR rules a bit but it should not take away from the sport and it will allow drivers to drive what they are proud of on Sunday. Next race is Darlington and there should be a Buick in the field driven by Alan Claffie of Parsimonious Racing in the #93 Tic Tac Breath Mints Buick Riviera. Watch for the action at [link lost in import: /~ivl] David Martin IVL Series Director

On Mon, 18 Mar 1996 14:26:08 -0500, David Martin

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>IVL (Internet Victory Lane) has announced that it will allow the Buick Riviera, the Dodge >Avenger, and the Oldsmobile Cutlass to compete with the Chevy Monte Carlo, the Ford >Thunderbird, and the Pontiac Grand Prix. Opening up the manufacturers race will deviate from >real NASCAR rules a bit but it should not take away from the sport and it will allow drivers >to drive what they are proud of on Sunday. >David Martin >IVL Series Director

Hi David, Actually, the NASCAR rules (I believe) are open to about six manufacturers including Oldsmobile, but only Ford, Chevrolet and Pontiac choose to compete. Oldsmobile pulled out during the early 90's due to business pressures during the recession. I remember this being stated during the TNN telecast of the Phoenix race in 1995. Phil Otto has the video of the race if we need to get the exact quote. :-) Cheers, Craig. (Loyal IVL Driver) ****************************************************************************** Canberra, Australia IVL Toys-R-Us #43 Pontiac - Rick Higbee Motorsports http://www.ozemail.com.au/~hoppy1 ******************************************************************************

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> >IVL (Internet Victory Lane) has announced that it will allow the Buick Riviera, the Dodge > >Avenger, and the Oldsmobile Cutlass to compete with the Chevy Monte Carlo, the Ford > >Thunderbird, and the Pontiac Grand Prix. Opening up the manufacturers race will deviate from > >real NASCAR rules a bit but it should not take away from the sport and it will allow drivers > >to drive what they are proud of on Sunday. > >David Martin > >IVL Series Director > Hi David, > Actually, the NASCAR rules (I believe) are open to about six > manufacturers including Oldsmobile, but only Ford, Chevrolet and > Pontiac choose to compete. Oldsmobile pulled out during the early > 90's due to business pressures during the recession. > Cheers, > Craig. > (Loyal IVL Driver)

Thanks, I wasn't aware that those manufacturers were approved, but I don't know everything and since I've only been following NASCAR regularly for a few years I miss alot. I just got cable, I won't miss much else. David Martin IVL Series Director #26 Samuel Adams Chevy "Competing Is Believing"