Director of Ford North America Motorsports Jamie Allison said Wednesday that the automaker has no immediate plans to return to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Allison told Sirius XM NASCAR Radio’s Sirius Speedway with Dave Moody, ”There is nothing that pains me more than to have a team owner that has run Ford for so many years come to me and say, “I’m a loyal Ford guy, can’t you do something to help?” That’s very painful to deal with, because I know it comes from the heart.
“The situation is that our effort is primarily focused on Sprint Cup, especially with 2013 coming,” said Allison. “(The new car) is going to create an increase in cost, as is the change to electronic fuel injection. The new body parts are all going to be stamped parts, so our cost is going to go up in Sprint Cup.
“I know I’m giving you a very long-winded answer, but we are not quite ready to this point to return to the Truck Series.”
Stamped parts?? Is that going to change the job from fabricator to parts installer??
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Ford says they are the number one pickup with the F150. Pull out of the truck series and watch Chevy and Toyota jump way ahead of the F150 in sales. Hey Ford management you had better go back and look at how you got one top in sales. As the old saying went win on Sunday sale on Monday. Mike Ashley
ReplyDeleteThe F150 is number one in sales because of what it is and has been for 60 years. What sticker a race car has on it on Saturday afternoon isn't changing that anytime soon.
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