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There is an article in the latest issue of Circle Track magazine (Sept. 2003) called 'Wanted: A Kodak Moment'. This is an excerpt from that article I found interesting.
"For a time, the Kodak team was the scourge of the restrictor-plate tracks, Daytona and Talladega, practically as dominant there as DEI cars are today. Led by Ernie Irvan, its first "name" driver, and Sterling Marlin, crew chief Tony Glover, and engine specialist Runt Pittman, Morgan-McClure Chevys won the Daytona 500 3 times from 1991 to 1995. During a six-year spree, Irvan & Marlin won 9 restrictor-plate races, 5 at Daytona, 4 at 'dega, all but 4 of the team's 1st 13 wins.
So what happened? At the end of '96, Glover went to Felix Sabates & Marlin followed the next year after the team's 1st winless season in 7 years. Chevy introduced a new engine and Morgan-McClure lacked the manpower for proper R & D. In '98, after a cpl of GM teams applied political pressure, McClure says, NASCAR scrapped the manifold design his team was using, practically killing Pittman's restrictor-plate engine program."
I found the last line interesting & wonder which two teams it was? I'm guessing it was Hendrick & RCR.
"For a time, the Kodak team was the scourge of the restrictor-plate tracks, Daytona and Talladega, practically as dominant there as DEI cars are today. Led by Ernie Irvan, its first "name" driver, and Sterling Marlin, crew chief Tony Glover, and engine specialist Runt Pittman, Morgan-McClure Chevys won the Daytona 500 3 times from 1991 to 1995. During a six-year spree, Irvan & Marlin won 9 restrictor-plate races, 5 at Daytona, 4 at 'dega, all but 4 of the team's 1st 13 wins.
So what happened? At the end of '96, Glover went to Felix Sabates & Marlin followed the next year after the team's 1st winless season in 7 years. Chevy introduced a new engine and Morgan-McClure lacked the manpower for proper R & D. In '98, after a cpl of GM teams applied political pressure, McClure says, NASCAR scrapped the manifold design his team was using, practically killing Pittman's restrictor-plate engine program."
I found the last line interesting & wonder which two teams it was? I'm guessing it was Hendrick & RCR.