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Speed Mail: Chevy wins battles but Ford has won recent wars

by Jeff Hammond

FOX race analyst Jeff Hammond led Darrell Waltrip to two of DW's three Winston Cup championships as his crew chief. They also teamed to win the 1989 Daytona 500.

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Updated: February 17, 2005, 9:35 PM EST
David from Haughton, Louisiana: When it comes to Chevrolet's dominance at the restrictor plate tracks with four of the last five wins at Daytona and 12 consecutive victories at Talladega, do you think its a car dominance or "driver" dominance? The way the cars are built nowadays, I think its the drivers not the cars!! If you watch Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Gordon drive — and I mean DRIVE — through some of the packs at Daytona and Talladega and think of who they learned all this from — "THE BEST EVER" Dale Earnhardt Sr. — it has nothing to do with the make of the car.

Jeff Hammond: General Motors has a pretty good number of teams running the Bowtie. Overall, it seems like the car has been solid, and they do have some very talented drivers in their camp. Winning battles is always important, but winning the war is just as important. The folks at Ford have shown that they can be very tenacious even though maybe they haven't been spectacular. Ford has been able to win the war — the point championship — the last two years.

On any given Sunday, the cat that gets to victory lane first isn't always the one who is leading the standings. It has a lot to do with your consistency and productivity over the long haul. Chevrolet clearly has the numbers on its side, and they also have strong talent so you can't deny those facts. But this year, we'll see a little more parity. With their new Charger, the folks at Dodge are going to be more competitive in more races than they were only a year ago. Dodge also could be a spoiler when it comes to upsetting Chevrolet's domination in certain areas.

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Retired from wrestling?

Mike from Baltimore, Md.: How did Sunday night's TNA wrestling match go, and when we can look forward to seeing you in the ring again?

Jeff Hammond: Everything went great. My teammate/tag-team partner BG James and I did a great job working together. BG got after Michael Shane and Kazarian, and we were able to put away those two guys. They may have underestimated our ability to work that well together with my limited experience. It was fun to pull off a win, and that's the main thing. I made a statement: Don't challenge me unless you're ready to back it up. If we got back in the ring today, it may be a whole different story so you never know when that might happen.

I don't have an exact schedule if and when or if I'll ever go back in the ring. It wasn't done to further a wrestling career. It was done because I had been called out. That's what it was all about so we've taken care of it, and we'll have to work from there.


FOX race analyst Jeff Hammond led Darrell Waltrip to two of DW's three Winston Cup championships as his crew chief. They also teamed to win the 1989 Daytona 500.

For Jeff Hammond's "Real Men Work in the Pits" magnets, Hollywood Hotel hats and more, check out www.dwstore.com.

For photos and appearances, visit Jeff's web site www.jeffhammond.com.

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