# One of the best 04/01 storys i've heard so far
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**Created:** [April 1, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/one-of-the-best-04-01-storys-ive-heard-so-far/65520 "2009-04-01T20:34:58Z")
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### Author:  [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/one-of-the-best-04-01-storys-ive-heard-so-far/65520/1 "2009-04-01T20:34:58Z")
[http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92422](http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92422)
> Sure, April Fools’ Day 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.
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> All Car and Driver 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. For a brief web-fueled moment, NASCAR fans had to imagine a future of cheering on Japanese cars. Or worse, French ones. The horror.
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> Immediately, the Internet went crazy, with searches on “obama nascar” accelerating in Search and zooming across Twitter. Although the story was clearly marked a hoax, Car and Driver eventually pulled the fake story and apologized for going “too far.”
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> Not to worry, NASCAR fans: Nobody’s pulling out of NASCAR. Yet. As Automobile magazine’s blog noted nervously, “Let’s just hope that the auto task force doesn’t read this and get any ideas.”
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### Author:  [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/one-of-the-best-04-01-storys-ive-heard-so-far/65520/2 "2009-04-01T20:37:22Z")
Repost:
[http://nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68262](http://nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68262)