NASCAR lost its way. Dodge lost its way. In life, we all have occasions where we make bad decisions. Thankfully one can make amends, correct bad stuff, alter the course. NASCAR was doing just fine when stock cars were actually somewhat stock and each manufacturers used corporate engines and those cars had to come off production lines in some reasonable stock shape or manner. But let’s face it when the chosen ones, the favored ones were winning, these were good rules. When outsider Chrysler and its brands were winning regularly, the rules changed. Gone were Wing cars, gone were Hemi engines hello to Toyota with V-8 engines that never saw a Toyota assembly line or vehicle application. Today we have spec race cars that have caused fans to leave in droves. Folks know a show from a race and a fix from a competition. We know.
As to Dodge, all I’ll say is the Ram is a great symbol for Dodge, but it is still Dodge Ram to folks and even after years and years, people still call them “ Dodge Rams”. That is no accident, slip of the tongue, it’s a mental reality check on a decision ill made and ill conceived. Let’s change course. Bring back real stock cars, real competition and let the real factory racing choose a winner, even if it’s a Mopar. Indeed bring DODGE back to NASCAR. Dodge the truck, Dodge the car.
And as for Ram, put those powerful beasts on the hoods of Dodges where they belong, where their power really resonates and reunite the trucks with the cars just like Chevy and Ford and return Dodge Ram back to Dodge. We always knew.
NASCAR, Dodge, I rest my case. Now you know too.
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