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Dodges dominate Daytona

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by Steve Wronkowicz

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February 18, 2008 9:35 pm CST 3 Comments

After lackluster efforts testing, qualifying and practicing; where did all the Dodges come from?

Untitled PostThat is THE BUZZ this week ON PIT ROW. For most of Speed Weeks at Daytona everyone was focusing on the Chevy super teams. Hendrick Motorsports, Richard Childress Racing and DEI. Then testing successes by the Toyota teams shifted the focus to their new found prowess and much debate ensued.

Not much ink or bandwidth was wasted on the Ford and Dodge teams, other than the Robby Gordon story. So little credit was given to the Dodge teams that the biggest Dodge story was Kurt Busch’s run in with Tony Stewart’s fist.

When all was said and done and the checkers flew on the 50th Daytona 500, the Dodge Boys had captured the majority of top ten spots. Along with Ryan Newman’s win and Kurt’s second, Reed Sorenson, Elliott Sadler, Kasey Kahne and Robby all finished in the top eight, Only the Toyotas of Tony Stewart and Kyle Busch along with Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Chevy and Greg Biffle’s Ford made the top ten.

It is no wonder that Chrysler Corporation inked the Ganassi and Penske to new multi-year contracts to stay with Mopar.

Photo credit: BethAnne Heisler - ON PIT ROW/BRP

Filed under: Car of Tomorrow, Chip Ganassi Racing, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Daytona 500, Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, Greg Biffle, Hendrick Motorsports, Kasey Kahne, On Pit Row The Fastest Two Hours on Radio, Reed Sorenson, Robby Gordon, Ryan Newman, Sprint Cup Series, The Busch Bros, Tony Stewart 

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3 Responses to “Dodges dominate Daytona”

  1. User Avatar Luke on February 19th, 2008 1:22 pm

    Honestly, I’m not sure about total domination here. They were pretty strong though, which is nice to see after pretty much being a wash in 2007. It was also great to see Roger finally make it to Victory Lane.

    Whether or not they can keep it up remains to be seen, however it would be nice to see a more competitive field this season. Thus far, I think we’re seeing signs of a little more competition between manufacturers. Toyota is definitely the most improved overall, but count that as a nod to Joe Gibbs’ experience and information.

  2. User Avatar 4ever3 on February 19th, 2008 3:33 pm

    They emrged from the sandbags. If I’m not mistaken they were so slow in testing and practice that NASCAR allowed the Dodge teams to change their rear gear, and look what happened.

  3. Vroom on February 20th, 2008 6:02 am

    Can you say “sand bagging”! Now that Nardelli is running Dodge, expect alot more from those vroomers!

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