Originally Posted by D.O.:
Bruce is setting up his own series for the cars. I would bet that many of the old NASCAR engines end up here. Remember new Toyota's, New Fords, new Dodges and Chevy for the cup series where does all the old engines go? 360 western state sprints?, Gold crown and everywhere.
This car will be on display at the Indy show with a chevy engine from Earnhardt/Ganassi.
Only at this moment IOW is the only place the latest picture of this project are. Thanks to Bruce Ashmore for the first look.
I don't understand why engines are even any sort of issue here. There is a more than adequate supply of engine builders in place now that can build engines. The problem was never one of engines. The problem was rear end lift.
But since engines have been brought up. If they just use small block Chevys things will be fine. And probably if they use Chevys, Fords and Mopars things will be fine as well. But when you bring Toyota into the mix, the ballgame changes. Toyota doesn't make any vehicle that uses their push rod V8s. So you get 30+ cars and 28 of them a Chevys and two of them are Toyotas. Immediately you have a bunch of Gaerte's and Wesmars competing against a global giant with almost unlimited funds. Does Chevy step in to help? What happens to that car count when 28 cars don't stand a chance? Does Toyota stop at engines? What is their track record in cases like this? Shock Dynos and wind tunnels?