John Fernandez Finally Speaks out on Charger VS. Intrepid Nose situation
#1
03-12-2006, 05:16 AM
John Fernandez Finally Speaks out on Charger VS. Intrepid Nose situation
John Fernandez Finally Speaks out on Charger VS. Intrepid Nose situation
NASCAR.com
Penske Racing South and Petty Enterprises, both two-car teams, are working with the 2004 Dodge. The 2-year-old car, originally raced as an Intrepid, is being used at some tracks, including Las Vegas, a move sanctioned by John Fernandez, Dodge's director of racing operations.
"We're trying to determine what is the best direction for us to go," Fernandez said Friday. "Each of the teams has its own idea and own development program.
"The consensus among the Evernham and Ganassi guys was that they were fairly convinced they were on a path to get the Charger to where it needs to be. The Penske and Petty teams wanted to work on a change around the headlight area to see if that is a good solution to the problem."
Fernandez said that while Dodge has no interest in racing the Intrepids any more, "I'm trying to win races. How we get there and what we use to get there doesn't matter, as long as we get there. And we're trying to make sure we get a good, solid comparison and data."
John Fernandez adds that Sunday's UAW-DaimlerChyrsler 400, on a fairly flat 1.5-mile oval, will be "a big acid test" for the Dodge development program."
"We're honing in what we want to use for the rest of the season," John said. "Then we'll go forward to NASCAR and say we're all on the same page and this is what we'd like to do.
"We're probably 80 percent of the way there by just doing development work. But we think we could still use some help on the nose of the car," Fernandez added.
NASCAR.com
Penske Racing South and Petty Enterprises, both two-car teams, are working with the 2004 Dodge. The 2-year-old car, originally raced as an Intrepid, is being used at some tracks, including Las Vegas, a move sanctioned by John Fernandez, Dodge's director of racing operations.
"We're trying to determine what is the best direction for us to go," Fernandez said Friday. "Each of the teams has its own idea and own development program.
"The consensus among the Evernham and Ganassi guys was that they were fairly convinced they were on a path to get the Charger to where it needs to be. The Penske and Petty teams wanted to work on a change around the headlight area to see if that is a good solution to the problem."
Fernandez said that while Dodge has no interest in racing the Intrepids any more, "I'm trying to win races. How we get there and what we use to get there doesn't matter, as long as we get there. And we're trying to make sure we get a good, solid comparison and data."
John Fernandez adds that Sunday's UAW-DaimlerChyrsler 400, on a fairly flat 1.5-mile oval, will be "a big acid test" for the Dodge development program."
"We're honing in what we want to use for the rest of the season," John said. "Then we'll go forward to NASCAR and say we're all on the same page and this is what we'd like to do.
"We're probably 80 percent of the way there by just doing development work. But we think we could still use some help on the nose of the car," Fernandez added.
#2
03-12-2006, 03:22 PM
RE: John Fernandez Finally Speaks out on Charger VS. Intrepid Nose situation
Mr. Fernandez needs to realize that the help the Chargers need will have to come from a redesign of of the Charger front end by the design team at DCX. He had better be talking to his bosses if they are serious about being competitive in this series. They're not going to get much help from nascar.
#3
03-20-2006, 04:02 PM
