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Chevrolet holds the edge at Talladega

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by Steve Wronkowicz

I am co-host of the syndicated radio show: ON PIT ROW. Charlie likes to call me an "idiot". I'm not an "idiot"; I just prefer not to let the facts get in the way of my opinions.

October 4, 2008 9:44 pm CDT No Comments

Ken Shrader started the domination of Chevrolet at Talladega in 1988.

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But it has been the Chevys of Dale Earnhardt and then his race team that has held a lock on the longest oval on the NASCAR circuit.  Twenty eight wins in the forty races since Shrader started the trend gives the Bowtie Brigade seventy percent of the wins since that July day in 1988.

Only eight Fords, one Pontiac and one Toyota have won in the same twenty years time span.  Kyle Busch holds the lone Toyota victory from earlier this year.  Only two of the Fords have come from a team that has cars in the Chase.  Mark Martin owns the two wins for Roush-Fenway Racing. The most Ford wins com from Yates Racing cars that are not involved in the post-season.  The remaining two came from the Blue Ovals fielded by Junior Johnson.

Those Ford numbers don’t bode well for the Roush-Fenway entries of Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards or Matt Kenseth.

The late Dale Earnhardt owns eight of the 28 wins, or 28 percent, but a full 100% of the wins from Richard Childress Racing .  Rick Hendrick owned cars have won ten races mostly with Jeff Gordon behind the wheel.

No Chrysler product has seen victory lane since Dave Marcis did it in a Dodge in August of 1976.

When looking for a favorite at the unpredictable superspeedway, look no further that Chevy drivers, especially Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Both drivers are in desperate need of a win to get their Chse hopes back.

photo credit: Todd Warshaw/Getty Images for NASCAR

Filed Under Chevrolet Racing, Dodge Motorsports, Ford Racing, Hendrick Motorsports, NASCAR, Nascar Chase 2008, Talladega Superspeedway 

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