Dodge says buh bye to NASCAR

[LMITOUT]

The writing has been on the wall since Penske announced they were switching to Ford next year, but today Dodge made it official: They won't be in NASCAR after this season.

Dodge has to be pretty disappointed after all the work they did getting the new cars designed for both series, not to mention that they were getting a fair amount of good finishes with Keselowski.

[harvey lee]

Just too darn slooow.

[PurpleFloyd]

Darn. I was hoping they would run a Fiat 500 body car next year.

[toughguy]

Sad to see them go. Not a big fan of their product but the more manufacturers in the series the better.

[gregg52]

Just too darn slooow.

keslowski n seems to get them around the track ok

wonder if he wins the points

[harvey lee]

Yes he does but 1 or 2 cannot get the job done for Dodge is my guess.

Probably all comes down to the dollar.

[LMITOUT]

A Dodge finished 2nd in both races at Watkins Glen this weekend and Hornish had respectable finishes as well. That has to rub salt in the wounds of the folks at Dodge. I'm not sure how Dodge will ever get back into the sport now short of fully sponsoring a race team. It's too bad.

[harvey lee]

I would guess Dodge feels they are not getting back in sales what they spend on NASCAR. It's typically all about the dollars.

[LMITOUT]

Dodge was forced to shut down their racing operation after Penske decided to switch to Ford. Dodge didn't quit due to money, in fact they probably spent a boat load developing the new Cup car prior to finding out they had no teams that were going to use it.

[candiru]

Part of the problem with NASCAR right now is that only a handful of teams are competitive week in and week out. If you are not with one of them - why bother.