Dodge nose approved for 2007

By Bob Pockrass
Sunday, August 27, 2006
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BRISTOL, Tenn. - Dodge teams will get the new nose they wanted in 2007.

Granted, they'll only be able to use the new nose in the 20 races that don't incorporate the "car of tomorrow," but it will be a welcome change to the struggles with the Dodge Charger.

No Dodge team is in the top 10 in points.

"Obviously, the Dodge teams think it's better or else we wouldn't have tried to get it approved," Penske Racing South crew chief Roy McCauley said Saturday. "We hope that it helps a little bit. The Dodge Charger is a really good race car, we just hope it makes it better.

"The Dodge teams are very happy to get it."

When NASCAR cut the spoiler height prior to the 2005 introduction of the Charger, the teams believe it cost them aerodynamically because the development of the car was designed with the taller spoiler.

The new nose design helps with those downforce issues.

"It definitely is a step in the right direction," said Petty Enterprises Executive Vice President Robbie Loomis. "It should help us a little bit when the car is in traffic. That is when it struggles the most. Out front, we're really good, but it seems the Chevrolet and the Ford can move through the traffic better than we can."

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