Dodge teams won NASCAR’s wind-tunnel testing of Chicago’s top finishers [#19-Jeremy Mayfield per Speed Channel’s Bob Dilner], and Jimmie Johnson’s Chevy, to everyone’s surprise, pulled the weakest numbers, according to NASCAR sources. Dodge’s Ernie Elliott won NASCAR’s engine dyno testing of Michigan’s top finishers, according to other NASCAR sources. NASCAR officials completely disassembled the Michigan engines of six top finishers and weighed every part, including the block, and also weighed the entire engine assembly. Ford’s Jack Roush says that NASCAR could make a minimum engine-weight rule. The Ford engine block is much heavier than others, a disadvantage.(Winston Salem Journal)(7-16-2005)
