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Q: 1967 Chevrolet Impala?
My friends and I are planning a trip across America in 2011 or so, I know its early but I was wondering if Chevrolet ever made a manual v8 version of the Impala and if so is there any way of finding one. Thanks in advance.

A: they did put 4 speeds in them but will be hard to find any early impala if you find an auot trans they can be converted to 4 speeds

Q: Dale Earnhardt Jr. to RCR in 2011?
Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s comments at Charlotte that he’s at the end of his rope, along with the strong inference by Kevin Harvick that he’s leaving Richard Childress Racing at the end of next season.

And then, as he put it, Kelly connected the dots and came up with an intriguing possibility: could Harvick’s leaving open the door for Earnhardt to leave Hendrick Motorsports and join RCR for 2011? .

Think about it: Harvick leaves RCR and Junior arrives, just in time for the 10th anniversary of his late father’s death at Daytona International Speedway. What better way for Junior and Childress to make a huge splash than by bringing back the black No. 3 Chevrolet – and for Little E to drive it.

“Everybody out there knows that the Childress-Dale Jr. union is NASCAR’s missing link, you know, the next big thing, a moon shot for the sport,” Kelly wrote. “It would bring one aspect of NASCAR full circle.”

Think a bit more outside of the box and it could make tremendous sense, particularly if Earnhardt struggles with HMS again in 2010. Even though he has a five-year deal with Hendrick that runs through 2012, if the marriage just isn’t working – and if it continues to look next year like it never will work – I’m betting Hendrick would cut Junior loose from his contract if he asks.

And, even though Earnhardt and Hendrick have had a close relationship for years, it’s nowhere near as close as the relationship Junior has had with Childress his entire life, particularly while growing up. Junior thinks of Richard as a second father and Richard thinks of Junior as a son. What better way to welcome the prodigal son back into the family, so to speak, than to put him in his father’s old ride?

Do you know what such a reunion of sorts would do to NASCAR? The publicity alone would be the biggest and most positive we’ve seen in many years, even bigger than when Junior announced he was leaving DEI for Hendrick Motorsports.

If it were to happen, the Junior Nation would go crazier than it ever has. And can you imagine the tens of millions of dollars that Junior, Childress and Hendrick (certainly, he has to have some kind of cut of the pie if he lets Junior out of his contract) could rake in with souvenir and memorabilia sales from diecasts to jackets, from ball caps to t-shirts.

And what about Chevrolet? With all the economic woes it and General Motors have had, this wouldn’t be just a home run, it would be the equivalent of 100 grand slams. I can already see thousands of young bucks lining up at their local Chevy dealer to buy an upcoming Dale Earnhardt Jr. model Impala – in all-black, of course.

Harvick, from what I’ve been hearing, has a number of options on the table. He could join Stewart Haas Racing as a third driver (most likely), stays with RCR or starts his own Cup team (both not as likely) or, in a rather interesting twist, would drive for Junior if he decides to start his own Cup operation (remains to be seen).

It’s not outlandish at all. Junior’s father built DEI while racing for RCR. Why can’t Junior race for RCR while taking JR Motorsports to the next most logical level: Cup racing?

A: I hope Junior goes to RCR. He has NOT done well with HMS, and it seems that the more they try to improve things for him on the team, the more he goes downward in this spiral. No, it’s not outlandish. It does all makes sense. He should go for it, and HMS should suck it up.

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