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Is this the end for Dodge in NASCAR?
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Will they have to use Roush-Fenway engines or could we see a Penske version as well?
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Very shocking news. Dodge went through the effort of making the new ncar for next year, so what will become of that?
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Heard that Dodge are unveiling there 2013 car very soon - good opportunity for a lesser team to get factory support perhaps...
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Actually, thinking about many of the new teams to Cup, there may be many more opportunities for Dodge to gain customers.
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But just exactly who is going to run the 2013 Mopar? There are five Grandee teams- count 'em; Hendrick/SHR, Childress, Gibbs, Roush, Penske- and I can't see any of those suddenly swapping horses to run a Dodge. Of the second level teams- EGR,MWR,RPM- are any of them capable of stepping up to lead a manufacturer's effort? I think not....
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EGR and RPM were both mentioned on the speed coverage over the weekend during qualifying and practice. Ganassi ran Dodges in the past. MWR is in too deep w/toyota to change.
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a couple years ago I remember reading something along the lines of "as long as Dodge is in Cup, Penske will be a Dodge team", so I'm taking this to mean Dodge is out
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My speculation, maybe they can sell their product to some of the newer upstarts/lower tier teams who want to perform at the next level (BK Racing, Front Row, etc)
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Regan Smith is quick - try his team...
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Is bizarre, in an interview he was talking about usung Roush Fenway gear and tapping into that technology?
Surely Penske are the giants here? Seems Penske has been around many houses trying to get a winning combo, they have had many, but just not managed to win a championship, I wouldnt think they are that far away. Shame for Dodge though, they are much needed and hope they stick around. |
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I somehow can't see Dodge wanting to run with a team that doesn't already develop all its own pieces.
I don't think that a liaison between Dodge and Furniture Row would suit either party. Furniture Row is a one-car team stuck out in the wilds of Colorado(!) far from the NASCAR heartlands of NC, which as I understand it enjoys a close client relationship with RCR, from whom it gets its chassis, and through Earnhardt Childress Engines, its motors. I can't see Furniture Row either wanting to or being able to break off this relationship to head up the NASCAR effort of a different manufacturer. The only way I could see Furniture Row running a Dodge would be if RCR themselves switched to Mopar. |
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Only teams I can see switching is Petty or MWR.
With Penske joining the blue oval I think Petty will become the #3 Ford team. This move means probably also less Ford money for Petty. MWR because instead of being #2 Toyota team they can become the #1 team. |
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Unlikely I know, because they're only part-way through a multi-year contract with Chevrolet, but in many ways the team that could do best out of a deal with Dodge would be RCR. I know Richard Childress has a relationship with Chevrolet that goes back over some forty years, but the only reason he's even #2 in the pecking order behind Hendrick is that Joe Gibbs moved to Toyota. Prior to that , RCR was surely the third-ranked member of the bowtie brigade.
If RCR went to Mopar, they'd be the undisputed #1 team, and as such would have the access to preferential funding, technology, and equipment that that brings. |
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For Dodge it would be the best but I don't see that happen.
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Andretti to Dodge and to Cup???
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