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Old 02-04-2000, 06:31 PM
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The Jayski site some time ago had pictures of a Busch Grand National Intrepid built by Pheonix racing down in Florida. The car was just in primer at the time in the Pheonix shop. There was speculation at the time that the Pheonix shops were used to build the car due to its Florida location which was far from the mainstream NASCAR media types. There was also speculation that Pheonix built the car hoping to get in on the factory Mopar sponsorship. After that no more word came out as to whether they planned to test or race the car. The Jayski site now has more pictures of the car, fully painted and lettered in a Bob Evans paint scheme and it looks ready to go to the track. I have not heard of the car being submitted to NASCAR for approval so it may still just be for testing at this time. Mopar has said they will not have any direct involvement in Busch Grand National at this point as they concentrate on Winston Cup and the trucks. Evernham has also said that they would not enter any Winston Cup races in 2000 with the Intrepid even if it is approved and tested early and would wait for the 2001 Daytona 500. Therefore, the Pheonix racing BGN car may be tested only early in the year and when Evernham and Dodge get the final approvals from NASCAR for the body shape then they may try to run it in a BGN race later in the year. Despite all the testing Evernham may do prior to Daytona 2001 they will want to know how the cars would react in traffic. Running the BGN Intrepid would give them some idea of how it runs in traffic without lessening the Dodges debut in Winston Cup for the start of the 2001 season. Has anyone else heard any plans from Pheonix racing as to what they will do with this car?
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