[WindsWaker]

That is SO ridiculous! KD should not get a Nascar coaster by any means, Carowinds is in NC, home the birthplace of Dale Earnhardt and Earnhardt Jr! That is wrong....

Just because it's themed to Earnhardt does NOT mean it will be NASCAR-themed (which it won't).

That makes absolutely no sense. Did you read that before you hit the post button?

[Jonathan]

I see what they are saying and think they might be right. I don't really see this having any NASCAR branding.

[Diamondback FOF]

That is SO ridiculous! KD should not get a Nascar coaster by any means, Carowinds is in NC, home the birthplace of Dale Earnhardt and Earnhardt Jr! That is wrong....

Just because it's themed to Earnhardt does NOT mean it will be NASCAR-themed (which it won't).

That makes absolutely no sense. Did you read that before you hit the post button?

It makes sense. Dale Earnhardt and Nascar are two separate things. Carowinds may get permission from the Earnhardt family to use "Intimidator" and that color scheme (white/silver, red, black, etc) and the #3. But, that does not mean CarW can use any type of reference to Nascar.

Nascar:



Dale Earnhardt (Intimidator):







See. Nothing to do with each other.

[smilingfaces1345]

That is SO ridiculous! KD should not get a Nascar coaster by any means, Carowinds is in NC, home the birthplace of Dale Earnhardt and Earnhardt Jr! That is wrong....

Just because it's themed to Earnhardt does NOT mean it will be NASCAR-themed (which it won't).

Actually it does seeing how Earnhardt was a NASCAR driver.

How do you know it won't be Nascar Themed? We don't know anything until 9 days...

[carowindsman6654]

The name of the ride is going to be White Lightning not Intimidator. Maybe people will get that through their heads one day. If the ride is themed to Earnhardt, it might not be themed directly to NASCAR but people will still think of it and talk about it. People are going to connect Earnhardt with NASCAR like they do with Tiger Woods to the PGA.

[WindsWaker]

^^ That still doesn't make sense to me. Although the branding may not be tied, any reference made to Dale with our coaster will automatically lead people to believe it's a NASCAR-themed coaster. It doesn't matter if they put the logo on it or not. Besides that, I don't see Cedar Fair shelling out cash to DEI just for his name, number, and colors. If it is even minimally NASCAR themed, the park might get some financial support from NASCAR and it's sponsers.

It would be like a Vin Diesel attraction, with no ties to any of his movies.

Oh, and I really hope the ride has nothing to do with NASCAR or it's drivers.

[Coaster Punk]

That is SO ridiculous! KD should not get a Nascar coaster by any means, Carowinds is in NC, home the birthplace of Dale Earnhardt and Earnhardt Jr! That is wrong....

And not many people gives a rat's behind who was born in NC or Nascar can sell their rights to anyone. I am sure if a park in RUssia would like a Nascar Theme and the money was right then they could have one. Get over it will you. Enjoy the new Ride and back to topic.

[coasterbruh]

The name of the ride is going to be White Lightning not Intimidator. Maybe people will get that through their heads one day.

Yeah what are they thinking not to wait for an official press release to see exactly what the name is gonna be and not listen to some kid...makes me wanna roll my eyes too...see...

[carowindsman6654]

The name of the ride is going to be White Lightning not Intimidator. Maybe people will get that through their heads one day.

Yeah what are they thinking not to wait for an official press release to see exactly what the name is gonna be and not listen to some kid...makes me wanna roll my eyes too...see...

Ummm...did you forget about this: http://whitelightning.carowinds.com/ Oh and i'm not a kid either thank you very much.

[coasterbruh]

The name of the ride is going to be White Lightning not Intimidator. Maybe people will get that through their heads one day.

Yeah what are they thinking not to wait for an official press release to see exactly what the name is gonna be and not listen to some kid...makes me wanna roll my eyes too...see...

Ummm...did you forget about this: http://whitelightning.carowinds.com/ Oh and i'm not a kid either thank you very much.

HA! Its hard for me (and plenty of other readers) to believe you are NOT a kid. Yeah that website is there, so what. Alot of people will rather wait til the 26 and be confirmed a name instead of make it seem like everyone else is dumb for not believing the name is white whatever...The name can be anything. Just because a domain was purchased doesn't really mean anything. Maybe that name was considered for something who knows, but we will all know on the 26...(some of us already know...

[Jarsh]

How are you gonna say techninal people amazes you to no end but you post that "technical" post...

Sarcasm there my friend, sarcasm. I was merely pointing out that MY classification of coasters is different that the guy who mentioned the other coasters. I love it when people tell me my way of classsifyinging things is wrong.

Guess hey arnold taxi chase is a mini hyper since it is below 200' and non inverting...

This would be correct had I not mentioned several examples of where what I wrote doesn't apply to or make sense with every coaster. But, if you'd like to count it as a "mini hyper", knock yourself out.

~jarsh

[carowinds4ever]

How do you know it won't be Nascar Themed? We don't know anything until 9 days...[/quote]
For the same reason CF didn't theme top thrill dragster to "NHRA". They are not gonna waste the money on a brand name when they could use that money to build coasters.

[Tinkerdog]

Why do my replies disappear????



Ok.... In 9 days, you will see that the Great Tinkerdog was correct.... and the new Carowinds HyperCoaster will be Nascar Themed and will be called "The Intimidator"....

[Whitesoxsfan21]

I am just saying this... I doubt it will be "The Intimidator"...

[egrigg]

Well this popped up on Rock Hill SC's newspapers website. http://www.heraldonline.com/front/story/1543043.html. As you can see it didnt go into detail about what it is. $11 million bucks for a B&M hyper(if it is a hyper) is a little cheap isn't it?