While some consumers are totally behind the slogan of Chevrolet being an American Revolution, not everyone would agree that Chevy is America’s number one car. If you ask a handful of Americans what the top of the American car makers is, some will give you the traditional answer of Ford. However, Chevy has slowly gained ground as the most popular alternative to Ford, and now there are just as many Americans who will tell you that Chevy is at the top of the American car makers; if you ask the question today, you might even get more answers of Chevy than of Ford as a response to the question above.
The Ford vs. Chevy preference is very similar to the Coke vs. Pepsi preference. The difference is that a soda is much cheaper than a car. The biggest difference though is that a preference for Chevy over Ford or vice versa is capable of starting a fist fight whereas Pepsi and Coke drinkers tend to just let each other be. The car debate seems to run much deeper than the soda one, and this is just in the everyday world. Walk into a car garage or onto a race track and you’re liable to get the same debate to your question, with a lot more passion behind it.
While this debate is still very much a feature of day-to-day car sales and usage, in the world of NASCAR, there’s only one answer. Of course, there are other cars on the track, but the winners are by and large driving Chevy’s. Chevy’s presence in NASCAR is a very sturdy one, it’s not likely that there will be a drastic change in that regard in the next few years. Chevy has a long winning history in NASCAR, and today they’re stronger than ever.
Even if you look slightly outside of traditional NASCAR car racing, you will immediately see Chevy’s domination of, for example, the Craftsman Truck Series. The only other team that’s managed to get to the top of this winner board is Dodge, and then only a few times in the 10 years that the Craftsman Truck Series has been going. Chevy has really dominated this series since its beginning. Perhaps there will be a change coming to that with the inclusion of Toyota’s Tundra into the Craftsman Truck Series, but for the time being, Chevy seems to be the name on everyone’s lips.
In 2005, Chevy won their 25th Manufacturer’s Championship. It’s an amazing feat and an unbeatable record when you consider that only 34 such championships have taken place. As such, 2005 was a great year for Chevy’s NASCAR team, setting them up for another great year in 2006. Most seem to be under the impression that Chevy’s place in NASCAR is far from changing for the negative. According to die-hard fans, you can expect to see increasingly positive performances from team Chevy in NASCAR. The team is more than on a roll, the team was on a roll that turned into a truly impressive avalanche of wins and success.
Their past and current success rate is one of the most important things that they have going for them. Of course, sponsors would rather be supporting the team that’s winning all the time, so Chevy is not having trouble finding sponsors. Of course, some would argue that no NASCAR teams are having too much trouble finding sponsors because the sport is so incredibly popular. If NASCAR weren’t number 2 in American sports, less well-performing teams might have trouble finding sponsors, but for the time being, Chevy’s presence, along with all the others it pretty much guaranteed.