SOURCE: AVENGER OVER CHALLENGER
Wed, 2008-11-12 12:29
Mopar hasn’t announced yet, but Avenger will be next Mopar Pro Stocker
If
you’re betting on one of those new Dodge Challengers to roll into the
Pro Stock wars in 2009, don’t put the farm up for collateral. This tip
comes from a source deep within Mopar’s Pro Stock efforts. A safer
wager will be the re-introduced Dodge Avenger, also introduced as part
of NASCAR’s Car of Tomorrow program.
Mopar hasn’t announced yet, but Avenger will be next Mopar Pro Stocker
If you’re betting on one of those new Dodge Challengers to roll into the Pro Stock wars in 2009, don’t put the farm up for collateral. This tip comes from a source deep within Mopar’s Pro Stock efforts. A safer wager will be the re-introduced Dodge Avenger, also introduced as part of NASCAR’s Car of Tomorrow program.
CompetitionPlus.com learned from this unnamed source that Chrysler officials didn’t feel chopping the Challenger down to make a Pro Stocker out of it was feasible and therefore the decision to go with the Avenger made a better decision, at least in their opinion.
“The physical size of the Challenger is larger than a Cadillac,” the source told CompetitionPlus.com. “The Challenger would be at a distinct aerodynamic disadvantage.”
Judging from the aforementioned statement would lead one to initially conclude that the Avenger would make a better race car.
Past experience on previous Pro Stock ventures has proven that new projects such as the Challenger could be crafted into an aero car but the end result would produce most likely a version where the nostalgia-based Mopar would require altering to the point the original body lines would be lost. It’s likely a “damned if do, damned if you don’t” scenario where a mildly altered Challenger would be worse off in aerodynamics than the “tired” Stratus.
Pro Stock fans will recall the original Dodge Stratus Pro Stock effort was poorly received by the teams who contended the older Avenger was better in the earlier part of the decade.
The Mopar fans won’t be the only ones denied the opportunity to see the new nostalgia cars either as CompetitionPlus.com has learned the GM
camp will forgo the new Camaro to stick with the Cobalt.
Ford is likely the only one of the three manufacturers that could take advantage of their modern nostalgia efforts. Sources indicate 2009 is out of the question, but will there be a Pro Stock push in 2010 with a redesigned Mustang?
Greg Russell's artist concept of what the new Dodge Avenger should look like.
Greg Russell's artist concept of what the new Dodge Avenger should look like.
CompetitionPlus.com learned from this unnamed source that Chrysler officials didn’t feel chopping the Challenger down to make a Pro Stocker out of it was feasible and therefore the decision to go with the Avenger made a better decision, at least in their opinion.
“The physical size of the Challenger is larger than a Cadillac,” the source told CompetitionPlus.com. “The Challenger would be at a distinct aerodynamic disadvantage.”
Judging from the aforementioned statement would lead one to initially conclude that the Avenger would make a better race car.
Past experience on previous Pro Stock ventures has proven that new projects such as the Challenger could be crafted into an aero car but the end result would produce most likely a version where the nostalgia-based Mopar would require altering to the point the original body lines would be lost. It’s likely a “damned if do, damned if you don’t” scenario where a mildly altered Challenger would be worse off in aerodynamics than the “tired” Stratus.
Pro Stock fans will recall the original Dodge Stratus Pro Stock effort was poorly received by the teams who contended the older Avenger was better in the earlier part of the decade.
The Mopar fans won’t be the only ones denied the opportunity to see the new nostalgia cars either as CompetitionPlus.com has learned the GM
camp will forgo the new Camaro to stick with the Cobalt.
Ford is likely the only one of the three manufacturers that could take advantage of their modern nostalgia efforts. Sources indicate 2009 is out of the question, but will there be a Pro Stock push in 2010 with a redesigned Mustang?
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