| Where do yesteryear's race cars belong?
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| | We're confident it can work out."
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| Obviously, they no longer belong on the
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| | He added Roush will save the cars that
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| race track. Race drivers and experts
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| | cannot be sold or converted into Car of
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| narrate what they want to do with their
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| | Tomorrow show cars (at a cost of about
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| soon-to-be obsolete cars...
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| | $25,000) "in the hope that we can find a
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| Chip Ganassi jokes of affixing one of his
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| | racing use for them in the future."
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| Nextel Cup team's Dodge Chargers as an
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| | Evernham, on the other hand, intends to
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| anchor on the yacht of partner Felix
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| | use his cars as driver development tools
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| Sabates. Ray Evernham says he has enough
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| | in minor-league ARCA. "We were getting
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| soon-to-be obsolete cars (about 50) to
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| | $30,000-35,000 for them, and I think
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| start a media-only circuit. Richard
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| | you'd be lucky to get $10,000-15,000 now,
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| Childress hopes his outdated fleet can
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| | there'll be so many of them," he said.
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| fulfill a fan's dream, reported USA
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| | "You don't ever worry about recouping
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| Today.
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| | money in this business because that
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| "If you want a car to sit in your living
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| | doesn't happen. I know there's going to
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| room, now's the time," said Childress.
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| | be some darn good ARCA fields next year."
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| "It's certainly a buyer's market."
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| | Richard Childress Racing has sold about
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| NASCAR's shift to the Car of Tomorrow
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| | six of its cars to ARCA teams, a dozen to
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| full time in 2008 has paved the way for
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| | a driving school and all of its
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| the stock car fire sale of the century as
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| | road-course vehicles to a hobbyist who
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| teams rush to unload inventories of cars
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| | dabbles in "country club racing" at
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| that are too pricey to manufacture.
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| | tracks such as Virginia International
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| After Sunday's Ford 400, Homestead-Miami
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| | Raceway, the report added. He also is
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| Speedway could pass for a salvage yard
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| | saving a few for his grandson, Austin,
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| because none of the Camrys, Fusions,
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| | who moves into Busch East next year.
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| Chargers and Monte Carlos can be raced
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| | "We'll end up with maybe 20 or 25 we
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| again in NASCAR's premier series after a
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| | don't know what we're going to do with
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| 25-year run with the 110-inch wheelbase
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| | yet," said Childress, who also is trying
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| vehicles. The cars cannot be converted to
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| | to unload about 100 outdated engines.
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| meet the specifications of the bigger and
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| | "We'll put them in auctions or donate to
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| boxier next-generation model, which made
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| | charity."
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| its debut in 16 races this season, and
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| | Other historical cars are headed for the
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| NASCAR would not allow teams to shorten
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| | museum next to RCR cars shop in Welcome,
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| the cars to fit the 105-inch wheelbases
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| | N.C. Hendrick Motorsports is planning on
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| used in the Busch Series, the report
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| | hanging on to some of its history, too,
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| continued.
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| | by keeping every race winner. Rick
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| Geoff Smith, the Roush Fenway Racing
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| | Hendrick is mulling building a new museum
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| president, estimates that that leaves
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| | on Speedway Boulevard near Lowe's Motor
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| approximately 600 cars ticketed for
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| | Speedway to showcase legendary storied
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| extinction. He said Roush has 100 cars
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| | relics.
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| and will have to write off about 70 at a
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| | But most of the 80 in surplus are not
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| loss stretching well into seven figures.
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| | such keepers. "We have a lot of fans
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| "I call it a Car of Tomorrow tax," Smith
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| | calling up and e-mailing," Hendrick said.
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| stressed. "We hope to recover it over a
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| | "We might let them have a lot of them,
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| period of time because we should need
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| | too. That might be the best way to get
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| fewer cars. We should be able to apply
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| | rid of them."
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| (a) more standard manufacturing process
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| | Now fans could enjoy more than just Dodge
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| thereby making it easier to build. That's
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| | ball joints - there are more to grab.
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| the theory. It hasn't yet worked out.
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