coupe3w Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Why can't Ford get Chase into a Ford? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Because Hendrick has him under contract for a long time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blksn8k2 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 That would be nice considering his family history with Ford but money talks louder than brand loyalty these days. I used to chuckle when I heard the Chevy commercial a couple of years ago where Chase and Dale Jr were discussing their first vehicles. Chase claimed his was an '81 Chevy truck. Pretty sure that was a load of BS since I remember reading an article years ago about Bill and Chase fooling around with Fox body Mustangs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stray Kat Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 You know guys I still bristle at the thought of how Jeff Gordon was snatched by Hendrick while he was still driving in the Busch league for Bill Davis. Now you'd have to be blind to not see the optics of an Elliot in a Chevy. The Elliot's were Ford. Their name was as associated with Ford as the Earnhardts are with Chevrolet. To sit there and tell some cockamamie story that Chase's first car was an '81 Chevy pickup is an insult to our intelligence. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blksn8k2 Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 I think Ray Evernham has some influence on all this. He never needed to have an eye for talent. All he had to do was steal everything from Ford. He was with Hendrick during the whole Gordon fiasco and he and Dodge bought out the Elliotts to get Dodge back into NASCAR. He also brought Kasey Kahne into that team when Kahne had a deal with Petty to drive...wait for it...a Ford. I think something similar happened with Elliot Sadler. And now he is back with Hendrick and look where Chase is. Hell, even his latest wife (Erin Crocker) had a Ford driver development contract. She was a pretty good dirt midget and sprint car driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Rosadini Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 You know guys I still bristle at the thought of how Jeff Gordon was snatched by Hendrick while he was still driving in the Busch league for Bill Davis. Now you'd have to be blind to not see the optics of an Elliot in a Chevy. The Elliot's were Ford. Their name was as associated with Ford as the Earnhardts are with Chevrolet. To sit there and tell some cockamamie story that Chase's first car was an '81 Chevy pickup is an insult to our intelligence. Always remember going to Loudon a long time ago and seeing the Baby Ruth Ford turning some great laps and the driver was........"who is this kid driving that Ford?"Never really liked Gordon much after that-even less when he got into the confrontation with Kenseth while wearing his helmet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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