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04-01-2009, 08:48 PM
http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090330/thumb.c7975c57c6fe40efab5b9dda9e91899c.nascar_in_t he_pits_vash103.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//090330/483/c7975c57c6fe40efab5b9dda9e91899c/)NASCAR: Subject of Prank
April Fooled: NASCAR Hoax Causes Web Frenzy
by Claudine Zap
April 1, 2009 03:05:41 PM Sure, April Fools' Day (http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=April+Fools%27+Day+&cs=bz&fr=buzz) comes but once a year, and some silly stories have been making the rounds. (Stairmasters in the NYC subway? Brad and Angelina married? Really? No.) But one thing is now clear: Keep the jokes away from NASCAR (http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=NASCAR&cs=bz&fr=buzz).
All Car and Driver (http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Car+and+Driver+&cs=bz&fr=buzz) magazine tried to do was drive a little levity into the auto industry bailout with a prank. The serious publication ran a joke story that announced that Obama had ordered Chevrolet and Dodge out of NASCAR if they wanted to keep their federal funds (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/01/obama-nascar-in-april-foo_n_181891.html). For a brief web-fueled moment, NASCAR fans had to imagine a future of cheering on Japanese cars. Or worse, French ones. The horror.
Immediately, the Internet went crazy, with searches on "obama nascar (http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=obama+nascar&cs=bz&fr=buzz)" accelerating in Search and zooming across Twitter (http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_nascar/2009/04/did-obama-tell-chevy-dodge-to-ditch-its-nascar-funding-.html). Although the story was clearly marked a hoax, Car and Driver eventually pulled the fake story (http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_nascar/2009/04/did-obama-tell-chevy-dodge-to-ditch-its-nascar-funding-.html) and apologized for going "too far."
Not to worry, NASCAR fans: Nobody's pulling out of NASCAR. Yet. As Automobile magazine's blog (http://rumors.automobilemag.com/6502994/news/car-and-driver-chevrolet-and-dodge-ordered-out-of-nascar/index.html) noted nervously, "Let's just hope that the auto task force doesn't read this and get any ideas."
April Fooled: NASCAR Hoax Causes Web Frenzy
by Claudine Zap
April 1, 2009 03:05:41 PM Sure, April Fools' Day (http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=April+Fools%27+Day+&cs=bz&fr=buzz) comes but once a year, and some silly stories have been making the rounds. (Stairmasters in the NYC subway? Brad and Angelina married? Really? No.) But one thing is now clear: Keep the jokes away from NASCAR (http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=NASCAR&cs=bz&fr=buzz).
All Car and Driver (http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Car+and+Driver+&cs=bz&fr=buzz) magazine tried to do was drive a little levity into the auto industry bailout with a prank. The serious publication ran a joke story that announced that Obama had ordered Chevrolet and Dodge out of NASCAR if they wanted to keep their federal funds (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/01/obama-nascar-in-april-foo_n_181891.html). For a brief web-fueled moment, NASCAR fans had to imagine a future of cheering on Japanese cars. Or worse, French ones. The horror.
Immediately, the Internet went crazy, with searches on "obama nascar (http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=obama+nascar&cs=bz&fr=buzz)" accelerating in Search and zooming across Twitter (http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_nascar/2009/04/did-obama-tell-chevy-dodge-to-ditch-its-nascar-funding-.html). Although the story was clearly marked a hoax, Car and Driver eventually pulled the fake story (http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_nascar/2009/04/did-obama-tell-chevy-dodge-to-ditch-its-nascar-funding-.html) and apologized for going "too far."
Not to worry, NASCAR fans: Nobody's pulling out of NASCAR. Yet. As Automobile magazine's blog (http://rumors.automobilemag.com/6502994/news/car-and-driver-chevrolet-and-dodge-ordered-out-of-nascar/index.html) noted nervously, "Let's just hope that the auto task force doesn't read this and get any ideas."