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Old 31 Dec 2016, 12:53 (Ref:3699297)   #6
R.Lee
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R.Lee should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
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Originally Posted by FIRE View Post
Stewart-Haas racin Fords...still have to get used to that.
Yep, because they have been in Chevys for so long. It's kind of like back in the old days. A driver/team would become so associated with one manufacturer, that it would be unthinkable, almost heresy, to think of that team/driver in another manufacturer's car. Some examples, Richard Petty is associated with Plymouth though he drove practically every brand of General Motors car before he drove a Plymouth. In 1969, he shocked the racing world, when he drove a Ford in NASCAR Grand National Division competition. That so shook up Chrysler, that they developed the Plymouth "Superbird" for the sole reason of bring Petty back into the Chrysler fold! Since then, he ran GM products, until his retirement from driving, His team has run Fords, for the last several years and currently runs that manufacturer's car. Throughout that whole time, Richard Petty is still most associated with Plymouth and he has even outlived that manufacturer, as Plymouth was eliminated from the Chrysler line-up, several years ago.

Another, the late Glen "Fireball" Roberts. "Fireball" Roberts, ran several different manufacturer's cars, but he became a household name driving Pontiacs for the legendary "Smokey Yunick. In 1963, he left Yunick's team to drive for the Hollman & Moody Ford team. That send a shock through the racing world, especially through Roberts and Pontiac fans. Roberts recalled a letter he got from one disgruntled fan what was particularly upset - ""Fireball, you son of a *****, I told everybody that there is no way that you would ever swap your trusty Pontiac for a stinking Ford. You have made me the laughing stock of my entire town!" Roberts drove the H&M Ford until he had the wreck at Charlotte, during the 1964 "World 600". The burns suffered from that accident cost him his life, on July 2, 1964.

Stewart-Haas Racing is the same, they have been associated with Chevrolets since the formation of the team. It will take some getting use too, them being in Fords. This is particularly true with regards to Kevin Harvick, who had driven nothing but Chevrolets since he took over the late Dale Earnhardt's Richard Childress Chevrolet in 2001.
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