I just read a story about how Teresa Earnhardt and DEI acquired the Ginn racing team, making her Chevrolet backed organization stronger. With their engine partnership with RCR and the development of the new Chevy R07 engine, DEI has positioned itself to be competitive with the other Chevy teams as well as the other manufacturers. With Toyota now in the mix and presumably willing to spend money and add more teams, were does this leave Ford? Take away the Rousch teams, which will be limited to four next year, what presence will Ford have in NASCAR? How can the biggest name in the history of American car making be so compromised on the racing scenes biggest stage?
I would assume Ford's recent money woes have put them in a position of being also rans in the world of NASCAR. How long will it be before Honda, Nissan, BMW or Mercedes put their hats in the ring and start to compete for the biggest prize in American Racing? It has been my personal experience to have owned and operated no less than seven Ford Taurus' so I find it hard to understand on a consumer level Ford's diminished role in NASCAR. If memory serves me they have had only five championships in the last twenty years at the Cup level, whereas Chevy has had thirteen. When Jack Rousch went on a tantrum about kicking Toyota's ass when they entered cup competition, who's attention was he trying to solicit, Toyota or Ford? At the time I presumed the former but now I am not so sure. Anyone have any answers for the blue oval? If Ford and Dodge don't wake up in the next five years, Chevy may be the last American standing in this dreamland we call NASCAR.
I would assume Ford's recent money woes have put them in a position of being also rans in the world of NASCAR. How long will it be before Honda, Nissan, BMW or Mercedes put their hats in the ring and start to compete for the biggest prize in American Racing? It has been my personal experience to have owned and operated no less than seven Ford Taurus' so I find it hard to understand on a consumer level Ford's diminished role in NASCAR. If memory serves me they have had only five championships in the last twenty years at the Cup level, whereas Chevy has had thirteen. When Jack Rousch went on a tantrum about kicking Toyota's ass when they entered cup competition, who's attention was he trying to solicit, Toyota or Ford? At the time I presumed the former but now I am not so sure. Anyone have any answers for the blue oval? If Ford and Dodge don't wake up in the next five years, Chevy may be the last American standing in this dreamland we call NASCAR.
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