Is Evernham considering a move to Toyota?
Quote selected text Published August 18th, 2007 in NASCAR News
“I’ve had probably six phone calls from George Gillett,” Toyota’s Lee White said of the new majority owner of Gillett Evernham Motorsports.
“I knew him 18 years ago when we tried to put an Indy-car team together. I haven’t talked to him in 18 years and suddenly I get six phone calls in a couple of months. There must be some interest in something.”
Excerpt from ESPN.com
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Nice!
Dodge- Chrysler went to Evernham and put him in charge of developing the Cup program. He was given his own teams (2) as part of the deal. That’s why he left HMS. Without Chrysler, Evernham / GEM wouldn’t exist today. I just don’t see them going to Toyota. But Ray is now the minority partner and that could change everything.
Ray’s biggest problem is money and a deal with Toyota could change everything
Chrysler’s biggest problem is turning around to profitability and now they don’t have the deep, deep pockets of Germany behind them. I don’t see Cerebus keeping the NASCAR commitment around too much longer if things don’t pick up on the track. These private investors don’t pump blood through their body - it’s cash.
Dodge went from not wanting to give up space on the 9 and 19 to “Well, we can share some of the real estate on that hood.”
Chrysler is being retooled as a whole and nonproductive/poor-producing NASCAR dollars likely are on the list of things to go. Prediction: Dodge/Chrysler not in NASCAR in 5 years.
I dread this day…
it will never happen he built dodge to where it is and hes not gunna leave and dodge decided to take there name off bc now it lets ger get more money to get stuff and its not coming all from there pocket
YES!!!!!!!!
I am so tired of watching Kasey waste away. I really wish they would switch to Chevrolet so he could compete with the Hendrick cars. Chevrolet, Ford, Dodge, Toyota whatever. How much of the car is actually a product of the named manufacturer? It’s the engine that counts. Chevy has it, Ford is just about there and Toyota is very close, Dodge has had a few moments of glory thanks to the engineering at Evernham and Penske. DO IT RAY! DUMP DODGE!!