The Wood Brothers [#21 Bill Elliott], who are again running a limited schedule of Sprint Cup events, are to use the new Ford FR9 engine at every race they’re in. But Ford execs say they still don’t have a firm timetable for the full rollout, though they say they’re looking at somewhere around Charlotte in late May. And they say when they do make the rollout, it will be a complete changeover for all the Ford teams. At Daytona, Ford teams will be using the FR9 for qualifying, practice and the Gatorade Duel150-mile qualifiers, but they’ll be switching to the established engine for the Daytona 500 itself.(That’s allowed at Daytona, without having to give up a qualifying spot.)(MikeMulhern.net)(1-17-2010)
