RE: Chrysler and the AAA/NASCAR 1957 season, I am not well versed
on this topic so sometimes I know enough to avoid hoof-n-mouth,
and this be one of those. (Whew)
There are others much better informed about this aspect of
Chrysler's history.
I do feel that many of the elements were there had someone wished
to successfully champaign a 300 or the Dodge's in 1957. Many
progressive ideas about what it would take to compete were
apparently there had there been the $$ to do it on the tracks.
Personally somehow I got the impression that there was a bit of
"WAY behind the scenes' wrangling going on about the rampant
success the 300's had in 55 and 56. There was no way the 300's
represented the 'common man's car. I seem to recall that at least
one of the records set took decades to be broken, and only after
they added so many races to the season that it became just a
question of when, not if.
and thats all I'll pontificate about openly this late nite,
(trying to limit the slings and arrows pointed my way :-) )
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