Poking the Bear Ford Performance Products

[Brett C]

Mike has been nothing short of awesome to us and helping our CJ program.
My gut feeling on this one is this, and remember we have nothing newer than a 2013 CJ, if the older stuff is super competitive then it makes the newer CJ sales be effected in a negative manner. We would have loved to jump in and compete in the Showdown class with our older stuff, if we could be competitive.
And chances are, Mike is being given direction on this deal.
With that said, it’s strictly my 2 cents and that normally doesn’t get you very far.

[Jim D'Amore]

Originally Posted by Brett C

Mike has been nothing short of awesome to us and helping our CJ program.
My gut feeling on this one is this, and remember we have nothing newer than a 2013 CJ, if the older stuff is super competitive then it makes the newer CJ sales be effected in a negative manner. We would have loved to jump in and compete in the Showdown class with our older stuff, if we could be competitive.
And chances are, Mike is being given direction on this deal.
With that said, it’s strictly my 2 cents and that normally doesn’t get you very far.

Brett,


First you know I have the utmost respect for you and your family. This is an email Mike sent to the older Cobra Jet owners with his promise to help. When NHRA agreed to it Mike then turned it down with the comments he was no longer interested. So why write such an elaborate email to some of the older CJ owners promising help. I have already spoken to upper management at Ford and they have said to me they don't care what it is they just want a Ford on the pole. Mike is pretty much acting on his own now since his direct bosses have been removed or moved to a different department inside Ford and is no longer associated with Ford Performance.


Jim

[Jim D'Amore]

[rognelson777]

Originally Posted by Brett C

My gut feeling on this one is this, and remember we have nothing newer than a 2013 CJ, if the older stuff is super competitive then it makes the newer CJ sales be effected in a negative manner. We would have loved to jump in and compete in the Showdown class with our older stuff, if we could be competitive.

This looks like the answer to me. It is all about the Bean counters

[lstanford]

Evidently no one is reading the current news. Ford is really busy with the old train station and the future of self driving cars. They will be more interested when NHRA OK's self driving drag cars.