Foyt/Hornaday to switch Manufacturers? UPDATE Yep…for Talladega: If there was any question whether the Pontiacs are aerodynamically challenged, it was answered recently at Daytona. The top Grand Prix started 33rd for the Pepsi 400, and two Pontiacs didn’t make the field. Team owner A.J. Foyt can’t take it anymore. “NASCAR’s going to have to do something,” Foyt says. “We can’t go to another superspeedway like this.” And he won’t. Foyt, whose driver Ron Hornaday took provisionals to make the Daytona 500 and the Talladega 500, has threatened to take a Chevrolet to Talladega this fall if changes aren’t made to help the Pontiacs.(Sporting News)(7-16-2001) UPDATE: A.J. Foyt will make good on his threat to race a Monte Carlo at Talladega. His team was to test Chevrolets there this week with assistance from Richard Childress Racing. Foyt’s #14 Pontiac, driven by Ron Hornaday, failed to qualify at Daytona and Kansas City and used seven provisionals, including in the last race at Talladega. The team also will bring Pontiacs for comparison but expects to race the Chevrolet in October 21 at Talladega, a restrictor plate race. Monte Carlos have won all three restrictor plate races this season(Sporting News)(10-8-2001)
