RE: Barrett Jackson 08' Dodge Challenger sells for $400,000!
I think Craig Jackson had to do with it. They get paid a buyer's premium. The higher the price, the higher he gets paid (more or less). As such, they dragged out all the time on the other cars, trying to up the money. BUT
I bet he gets something for showing Challenger on TV or something for the charity opportunity.
As a result, the cars just before...maybe the 5 or 6 just before Challenger got rushed through. He even muttered, one time, "we have to move it along'
So I figure, he get paid or benefited some way to show Challenger and did just the minimum to get by.
I don't think Ford had anything to do with mimimal Challenger air time, as sponsor...as much as I think Chrysler dropped the ball in not being on top of the whole BJ thing...as we have seen with Challenger presentation so far and the Chrysler abandonment of Mopar Muscle heritage.
Steve