It seems like just a few years ago when Dodge had a significant amount of representation in the Sprint Cup garage as far as numbers go. There was Chip Ganassi Racing, Evernharm Motorsports, Penske Racing, and Petty Enterprises to name a few.
With team mergers, Dodge seems to be the manufacturer that has fallen by the wayside. Evernham and Petty merged awhile back, making two Dodge teams one. Then the resulting team, Richard Petty Motorsports, announced a merger with Yates Racing, resulting in a switch to Ford.
Before the Petty-Yates merger, the Ganassi organization merged with Dale Earnhardt Inc. to form Earnhardt Ganassi Racing. With the former DEI fielding Chevrolets and CGR running Dodges, a common manufacturer had to be decided on upon the merger. The new team went to Chevrolet, meaning another decrease in Dodges on the racetrack.
As on now, it looks as if Penske Racing will be the only Sprint Cup Series team that will be putting Dodges on the track in 2010. Penske's three cars to be driven by Kurt Busch, Sam Hornish Jr., and Brad Keselowski appear to be the only ones that will be "grabbing life by the horns" when the green flag waves on the 2010 Sprint Cup season.
Pontiac pulled out of the sport several years ago by manufacturer's choice, General Motors making the move to focus on a single manufacturer -- Chevrolet. Is Dodge following by the wayside, because teams just don't want a Dodge anymore?
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Comments
Mayme they got wise and are leaving Nascar like some of us fans are!
Its a fact, Nascar shows favoritism to Chevy or GM, just let another brand of car, Dodge, Toyota, or Ford dominate like GM, and see all the rule changes!!!!!
IF another brand of car had even started to dominate like Johnson, Jeff Gordon you would see fast changes!
You are only allowed to dominate in Nascar with a "bowtie on the hood!!!!
FU.CK OBAMA
Pelosi is C-U-N-T
Amen Charles!
makes good business sense to leave the sport , it is all GM and now toyota , and ford is still not represented very well lost yates and gained petty it's really a turnoff when you watch a race and 9 out of the top 10 are chevys Nascar sux I watch the trucks and have been slowly going back to open wheel and formula 1
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