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DODGE RACING'S GODFATHER.(News)(John Fernandez is force behind Dodge's motorsports activities)
Make no mistake John Fernandez is behind Dodge's motorsports effort. Good thing: He has a history and a sense of what needs to be done to make it right.
Fernandez flogged race cars around dirt ovals as a teen in upstate New York. As a young Chrysler engineer he was loaned to Carroll Shelby to help develop a series of Shelby-branded Chryslers including the GLHS, CSX, V8-powered Shelby Dakota pickup and the Shelby Can-Am cars.
Shelby knew Fernandez had done some racing, and encouraged him to take part in a test at Willow Springs raceway. ``I was pretty quick,'' admits Fernandez, who soon was both engineering and racing cars for Shelby's team.
That was before Shelby's heart transplant put the race program on hold and let Fernandez return to Chrysler. There he helped develop the Neon and the ACR (American Club Racer) version, enjoying a dual role of engineer and development driver. Eventually, Fernandez piloted his own Neon ACR to win the 2000 SCCA Runoffs in the SSC class-before he was DQ'd for a bumper rules infraction. He continued his club racing ways before he was called into DaimlerChrysler CEO Dieter Zetsche's office.
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