Have email Major League Baseball news delivered to your mailbox. Ask the rivals from Ford, Chevrolet and Pontiac, and they'll give a knowing smile and nod.
Nobody is really all that surprised, though.
In fact, Joe Ruttman gave Dodge a victory in the season-opening truck race in Daytona on Friday. Jarrett won the day's other race, the International Race of Champions Series event. Then came the start of Speedweeks, the official beginning of the new season at Daytona International Speedway. Elliott, who drives for Evernham, led a Dodge sweep of the front row for Sunday's race with a pole-winning lap of 183.565 mph. Jarrett, 31st in the lineup after crashing during his qualifying race, agreed with Wallace.