NASCAR’s “engine of the future” project may have hit another roadblock, according to Ford team owner Jack Roush, who says that fellow engine builder Doug Yates tells him NASCAR’s plan would be a disaster for Ford teams. NASCAR will hold another planning meeting with Detroit executives next week to try to put some specific numbers on the 40 engine parameters NASCAR would like to pin down, to keep engine designers in a box. “I don’t know what the latest iteration of the ‘engine of the future’ might be, but when Toyota came in (two years ago), they (NASCAR) gave Toyota more than they meant to,” Roush said. “Toyota negotiated very well, and they basically obsoleted every other engine”.(Winston Salem Journal), see past news on engines from last wekk on my Engine News page.(1-20-2005)
