Until Dodge makes a commitment to these teams that resembles the commitments of Chevy, Ford, and Toyota, it doesn't matter who owns the teams.
When they first came back to NASCAR I read all the hype, but it soon became evident that the teams had more of a commitment that Dodge did. Yeas the spent the R&D money for the engines and such, but it was the factory involvement that the other teams enjoyed that seemed to be lacking from Dodge.
I'm sure the uncertainty of the corporation's mere existence had something to do with that, too, but it seems to me, no matter what, to compete with the other manufacturers, they at least have to match the level of support and commitment.
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