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Ken, I do not know the situation at Ford.. But I do know the feeling about not having someone to keep you informed on what is going on.. I can't speak for all the Mopar teams but I feel the same way since Dale Aldo retired from Chrysler..
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04-04-2019, 04:46 PM | #12 |
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Ditto Mack. Ditto, ditto. Mopar Performance , which does not exist any more, has no future. Dale was our last hope. You guys at Ford should praise the green earth for as much as you got. Between the manufacturers and NHRA, that class don't have a chance. Beer time.
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04-04-2019, 05:32 PM | #13 |
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History would seem to suggest that 10 years, plus or minus, is the length of Ford's attention span when it comes to drag racing support on a macro scale. It "could" return in, say, 35 or 40 years.
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There are very few sponsors that have any real influence with the NHRA, let alone ones that spend time on the pit side that really matters. It seems (and still does) like there is some momentum gaining with the big three as far as seeing some real value in sportsman drag racing again and how it relates to winning on Sunday and selling on Monday. I’m not sure what Ford’s plan is after Mike or Mopar’s after Dale, but those positions cannot be done from the suite on Sunday.
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04-04-2019, 08:19 PM | #16 |
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Dragracing has always been the Red Head Stepchild in Detroit! I have a copy of the 1969 Ford race budget. NASCAR was 19 million, TranAm was 4.8 million and Dragracing was just over 1 million. Oldsmoble was in Dragracing from 1982 to 1995 before being forced out by the Corp was sent to IRL till Olds was killed off. It had one of the best programs for Stock and Super Stock. It gave a lot of support to the Sportsman Elminators. Ask a lot of the old Oldsmobile racers.
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04-04-2019, 09:27 PM | #17 |
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Hello !! Ford plans on not selling cars in North America !! With the Mustang and some wheeze box as their only car !! do you think it takes a bunch of support from racing to sell Mustangs to the Ford faithful ?? Factory stock will not sell a single car to the public !! even the most naieve fans will see that the level of performance of these cars is beyond the reach of the brand loyal buyer !!
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Without support from the big three, FSS has no chance of succeeding Pro Stock as we once knew it. It's a shame because it's time is now and the N.H.R.A. has done what it does best with these opportunities to grow the sport of drag racing. They made a mess of it all.
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OMG!!!! Did I just post on a FFFord thread?!? I must be mistaken.
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