The front of this Car of the Moment looks OK, to me. Splitter? The bow of this ship looks like a "95 Grand Prix. Ugly? Ok, ugly. Not unprecedented.
I predict that the rear wing will be the first thing to change. There is just no flippin' way that NASCAR will let that thing stay small, skinny and black. I kept looking at the screen during qualifying and it took a while for me to realize why some of the cars seemed aesthetically, good and others were, well, weird looking. 
The cars that appealed to me were painted black. The wings are all painted black. And if made to stand out, due to contrasting color, they look too small in scale.
The too small size also precludes making the wing a proper NASCAR-style billboard. No decals. No way.
As to the actual qualifying. Way to go A J. Faster than eight other qualifiers, he still had to drive hell out of that Camry, slapping the wall, wagging it's tail and willing it into it's first field. Now go race it.
Five Toyotas in, including Blaney in seventh, Dale Jarret on speed this time, Mayfield solidly and both Red Bulls. Michael missed by hundredths of seconds. All is not hopeless.
Charlie-Charlie-Charlieeeee. The damn wing is not part of the race car. Remember the wings are owned by NASCAR and loaned to the race teams. Thus they need to be returned to NASCAR after the race; much like resticter plates. The only way to buy one of those damn wings is to break it. Then, and only then, will NASCAR allow, no demand, the races purchase the broken one and then NASCAr will loan them a new one to slap back on the car to re-enter the race. Good racket they got goin'--eh?
With all that said--I like the damn wing, the flippin wing and the SOB wing. It makes those Fusions look more like my Taurus.
Steve
Posted by: Steve | March 25, 2007 at 12:19 AM
Black, the official color of NASCAR. All current colors are grandfathered in. Fusia, olive drab,peach and puce need not apply.
Posted by: charlie | March 25, 2007 at 12:28 AM