I always thought that the idea of racing was “I’ll bring my best, you bring your best and let’s see who is fastest”. Evidently, with NASCAR and the NHRA it’s “ I’ll bring my best, you bring your best and if your best beats my best and your best isn’t a Ford or Chevy, we’ll ban it” It seems like every year they wanted to ban Chryslers from winning. That’s why I quit watching NASCAR after they banned the Daytona and Superbirds.
If I was in charge of Chrysler back then, I would have had ads in every magazine with a picture of the Daytona on one page with a caption “Our Daytonas and Superbirds were so fast that NASCAR banned them because Fords and Chevys were too slow. This year, we have a new car that we hope Ford and Chevy can keep up with”. Then on the next page have a picture of a child sitting in a pedal car with MOPAR on the side of it.