DODGE RACING'S GODFATHER.(News)(John Fernandez is force behind Dodge's motorsports activities)
AutoWeek, February, 2003
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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.
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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, ...
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