Dodge cuts in NASCAR start: DaimlerChrysler to drop name from Vegas race
Quote selected text Published May 19th, 2007 in NASCAR News
DaimlerChrysler will be dropped from the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 title pending finalization of the sale of 80 percent of Chrysler divisions to a private equity firm. LVMS general manager Chris Powell said he expects a name change and should know by June what the 11th annual Las Vegas Cup race will be called.
He said the sponsorship with the company is good through at least 2008 but would not disclose the length of agreement.
“Continuity is important, but it’s not critical,” Powell said of a name change.
The race was the Las Vegas 400 in 1998 and 1999 and the Carsdirect.com 400 the following year before becoming the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400.
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The future of Dodge in NASCAR sounds bleak to me.