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Penske to build Dodge engines in 2013 while competing in Ford's

Bob Dillner is reporting that Penske is going to keep building Dodge engines next year, and that RPM is probably going to be "The Dodge Team".
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Permalink Reply by TOG on April 11, 2012 at 11:13am

makes sense. Roger has alot vested in his engine department & it is separate from the raceshop.

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Permalink Reply by Rob Waldrip on April 11, 2012 at 7:51pm

Question is, if Robby is still in a Dodge - is Penske going dumb down the motors for Robby and who ever is driving a dodge, knowing how competitive Robby is and the fact all the dodges are their & fords competition?

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Permalink Reply by TOG on April 11, 2012 at 7:58pm

that would be bad business. Penske is a professional. They are only selling motors. They are not selling secrets about how to get the car to power off the corners better :)

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Permalink Reply by Rob Waldrip on April 11, 2012 at 8:15pm

Sounds positive TOG.

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Permalink Reply by Rob Waldrip on April 11, 2012 at 7:58pm

As it stands right now and all depending ifdodge picks up a couple more drivers Penske will basically be building engines for Robby or 1 Dodge. Not knowing if Robby will be back and driving a Dodge next year that could be cost prohibitive for them. And if J.A. Could get his engine program to the top it would be good to see Robby show his loyalty and shun Penske & Dodge since they're providing minimal support. Just my opinion.

Wel see what the future holds.

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Permalink Reply by alan4s on April 11, 2012 at 11:23am

I wonder if this means Penske won't be building Ford engines? Or will Penske engine shop build Dodges and Fords, and maybe even Chevy IndyCar motors? Could be a lucrative biz for Roger, if anyone could afford them.

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Permalink Reply by 1splat on April 11, 2012 at 11:57am

Ya, but RPM is basically a Roush team and they run Fords, with Petty name only!! Very interesting indeed.

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Permalink Reply by Mike/WC77 on April 11, 2012 at 1:01pm

They could buy rolling chassis from RGM, then Robby could afford more Gibbs chassis.

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Permalink Reply by Vlad Rogers on April 11, 2012 at 12:55pm

So, Penske will build engines for who? This must mean we will hear an announcement soon of a big team moving to Dodge. I cant imagine Penske would keep his shop open for a couple RGM races a year and maybe another bottom tier team.

Could it mean Dodge will pay for RGM's 2013 motors? Hmmm

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Permalink Reply by Vlad Rogers on April 11, 2012 at 1:12pm

Oops, I just saw the RPM part.... my bad

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on April 11, 2012 at 1:16pm

Well we all know how interested Dodge seems to be in RGM.
When Hummer went up for sale Robby should have gotten out of Nascar and bought them and Rocked The World with a whole new approach to building high end SUV's.

Nascar sucks now days and will not get any better in the near future.