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"Chevrolet's Win Drought, Longest Since 1981"

Posted by nascarman on June 25, 2018

Viewed 1996 times Tweet Sonoma marks a 15 race win drought for Chevrolet. This is a long winless streak for any manufacturer but especially for one that's claimed 39 Manufacturers' Championships since 1958. This is a kind of drought for the Bowtie that hasn't been seen in decades.





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Chevrolet's last win was Austin Dillon's victory in the Daytona 500. In the past 15 races, they have four runner-up finishes. This 15 race win drought is the longest for Chevrolet since the 1981 Cup Season. That year, NASCAR went to a smaller wheelbase car and General Motors teams used Pontiacs, Buicks, and Oldsmobiles instead. Chevy only won one race in 1981, the season-opener at Riverside. The last time General Motors went 15 races without winning was in 1971 when the season was dominated by Plymouth, Mercury, Dodge, and Ford.



As far as the other manufacturers are concerned, Ford's last 15 race drought came in 2015 when they went winless from March to August. Toyota's last drought of that length was in 2014 when they were winless from May 2014 to March 2015.



Talk of the offseason said that Ford was at a distinct disadvantage to the other manufacturers. Who would've thought that it would be Chevrolet and the new Camaro body that would go winless for so long.



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