NASCAR COO Steve O’Donnell Gives New Hope to Dodge Comeback Club as He Indicates Promise News for Fourth OEM Soon

Well, the moment may finally be here. There is something that, whatever team they support, all NASCAR fans are praying for, desires to happen. One thing is, of course, Dodge’s return to the sport.

Even if brand ownership is overseas, Dodge really is, and always will be American. It’s history with stock car racing is also pretty rich, pretty historic.

But unfortunately, the brand came out a decade ago, much to the dismay of almost everyone in the sport.

Soon, however, this disappointment could be a joy because NASCAR’s Chief Operating Officer, Steve O’Donnell, suggested recently, the fourth OEM is almost at the finish line.

“We’re in daily dialogue with one (OEM) particularly near the finish line, depending on who you ask,” he said. Said O’Donnell. “It’s very good for the sport if we can get that. But I think, if we could get to five, that would be awesome.

NASCAR is open to future electrification using the Next Gen platform

Steve O’Donnell revealed the main reason why NASCAR moved from the Gen 6 platform to the Next Gen.

“This is part of the reason why we went to the Next Gen platform is to drive interest. As you know, there’s a huge push for electrification and where that’s going and how it fits in with where our platform is,” he said. he said.

“So it’s one of the reasons, we’re also open to that, to attract new OEMs.”

So it will be interesting to see, how the OEM situation will develop in the coming weeks. While most will put their money into a spectacular Dodge comeback, there’s still a place an all-electric brand can pick up.

Let us know in the comments who you think are the new OEMs.

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