Hell tour

[dirt junkie]

Summer nationals is always one of my favorite tours to keep track of. We'll try and make it out to watch the race at Haubstadt and maybe Paducah.

How many teams you think will run the whole tour?Who do you think makes a run at the title this year? New complexion not having Pierce around this time. I really hope to see Babb and Unzicker duke it out. The way Unzicker has started the year off he looks like he could be in the catbird seat

[Hoosier_Dirt]

I think Unzicker will be hard to beat. Schlenk says he's running it, that'll be interesting. Probably Feger, and Babb?

[HoosierDirtFan]

Summer nationals is always one of my favorite tours to keep track of. We'll try and make it out to watch the race at Haubstadt and maybe Paducah.

How many teams you think will run the whole tour?Who do you think makes a run at the title this year? New complexion not having Pierce around this time. I really hope to see Babb and Unzicker duke it out. The way Unzicker has started the year off he looks like he could be in the catbird seat

I think first we must wait and see which drivers and teams decide to try and run the entire tour. Maybe this is the year Schlenk takes a serious shot at it. With out Pierce I think it's a wide open field for some one to take the reigns this year.

Bump the Tour point purse back up first to lets say $50k - $60K for the Championship and pay through the top 10 a little better then what they do now.

Babb, Unzicker, Gundaker, maybe Shirley, Feger & Schlenk.
Also don't forget Billy Moyer Jr. since he's already missed a few races on the WOO LMS tour since the birth of his daughter.
Would love to see Chris Simpson try and run the entire tour one year. I think he would be the instant top contender for the title if he ever did consider it.

[dirt crow]

Wouldn’t surprise me at all if Erb jumps ship on Lucas and runs it.

I myself will be hitting my first ever Hell Tour races. Spoon River, Tri City, FALS, Tri State, and I55.

[Mindwalker]

I agree about Erb and looks like bobby will be there too...

[Mindwalker]

Sycamore, Spoon are a must see for sure... La Salle gonna rock a..! Farley, Kankakee, Faibury wont disappoint...

[Cardirt0]

No Bobby I bet on that.

[Shiny Side Up 18]

No Bobby I bet on that.Bobby has nine of the races on his schedule though. Belleville, Jacksonville, Spoon River, Tri-City, Fairbury, Haubstadt, Charleston, Paducah, and LaSalle.

[Cardirt0]

Bobby has nine of the races on his schedule though. Belleville, Jacksonville, Spoon River, Tri-City, Fairbury, Haubstadt, Charleston, Paducah, and LaSalle.

No Bobby Full Time

[zyoung25]

I'd say the 99jr will be at a quiet a few of the SN shows.

[HoosierDirtFan]

I'd say the 99jr will be at a quiet a few of the SN shows.

Heckenast has the whole tour listed on his website schedule.

[i-pod]

Bob Gardner has the whole tour listed on his website.

[dirt junkie]

Unzicker races with less then a full field of cars all the time how is that a big accomplishment? Not hard to run up front when you race with 15 cars.

How about last week at Macon? Ran second with some of the best in the business. Looked like a pretty big accomplishment to me.

[Pennsboro23]

I'd say Shirley will race most if not all of them.

[golddirt]

Unzicker has a job, I bet you will also bash weaver spatola and so on, I get so sick of people thinking you have to run one of the big tours to amount to anything, these weekend warriors are my kinda drivers! Go Ryan!!!

[#FALSuperman]

Unzicker is a good driver...he can hang whether it's 15 or 25 cars in a feature.

[Cardirt0]

Unzicker is a good driver...he can hang whether it's 15 or 25 cars in a feature.

Put him in a team car and he be right in there. Boy can drive just dont have the funds.

[rickybrown1952]

I'm Looking for Frank Heckenest to have a pretty good shot at the S.N. Championship!!!!!!!

[Mindwalker]

No Bobby Full Time

Tell us that in a few weeks 😉

[Mindwalker]

Unzicker races with less then a full field of cars all the time how is that a big accomplishment? Not hard to run up front when you race with 15 cars.

You have no clue to what you're talking about.... Lmao!!!!

[#FALSuperman]

Put him in a team car and he be right in there. Boy can drive just dont have the funds.Would love to see him get a shot with someone.

[golddirt]

BOY, you need to open your eyes and put down the haterade

[Clayton_Wetter]

Tell us that in a few weeks 

You mean he's still on the tour???? :confused:

[chupp n bloomer fan]

No clue? I can read the results, I'm not a dumb fu*k like you. He wins at the same 2 tracks over and overRead the results from Macon then. He has also won at Oakshade over 50+ cars. He’s a good driver. He just has a family business, and a family, commitments away from racing. Sometimes they take precedence over racing and you can’t afford to follow some national tour. You have to be at the business, and if you believe in being with your kids and wife as much as you can, following a national tour would be very tough with young kids.

And some people don’t want that. He has talked about being burnt out on racing as it is. And with a family business, you need to focus on that and your family. Racing is second or third. And if racing isn’t number one, following a national tour or whatever it is you think he should do just isn’t a smart decision. Glad he puts his family business and family first. Just as Tyler Millwood stepped off of WoO because of the family business. He knew he was putting his family and co-workers in a pinch. And I have a lot of respect for people who think about more than just I,I,I, or me, me, me.

[Hollis]

Feger could be a question mark for the whole tour?

[cgrace]

Unzicker has a job, I bet you will also bash weaver spatola and so on, I get so sick of people thinking you have to run one of the big tours to amount to anything, these weekend warriors are my kinda drivers! Go Ryan!!!I don't really consider him a week-end warrior, pretty sure he's able to pay full time crew guy and is pretty well funded. Not to the extent of the major series, but much better than most.

[Dlmfan123]

My pick is the cj1

[HoosierDirtFan]

So let's think about this and what the tour might look like.
Possible drivers on tour.

Bob Gardner
Gordy Gundaker
Frank Heckenast Jr.
Nick Hoffman
Rusty Schlenk
Brian Shirley
Ryan Unzicker

Maybe
Shannon Babb & Jason Feger at most of the races.

Would be cool to see Steve Casebolt & Tanner English make a go of it as well.

[slmcrewchief99]

Hoffman is saying he is running the whole tour in a super this year. He has a post on Facebook looking for a crew guy for the month.

[Illtsate32]

Nice..I honestly think Nick could contend for the title with Schlenk and Unzicker..by the eye test hes starting to blossom into a pretty good lm shoe with very limited starts...

[stewart fan]

Dont think the cj1 would beat Shirley,I think the 3s is the odds on favorite this year!

[Illtsate32]

Agreed if Shirley runs whole tour he would prob win it hands down...

[Shiny Side Up 18]

FWIW, Paul Stubber was going to run it again last I heard.

[Highside Hustler25]

Dont think the cj1 would beat Shirley,I think the 3s is the odds on favorite this year!

I'd give the squirrel the nod as well as he seems to have a handle on the XR1 better than anybody else around here.

I'd like to see Tanner English run the Hell Tour. He would definitely make some noise. He's committed to the MARS series but their is only 1 conflicting date (Highland/Brownstown). With only 1 car, it would probably be a tough haul. I do hope he hits his fair share of them.

[Mindwalker]

You mean he's still on the tour???? :confused:

Yeah, he came back to IL. and whlpped some major a..! Only Unzicker couled keep up with him 😂

[Mindwalker]

"No clue? I can read the results, I'm not a dumb fu*k like you. He wins at the same 2 tracks over and over."

You got it smarter then I... NO CLUE! Lmaosdm!!

[TackyTracker]

Babb is the winner or Erb if he jumps over to the SN

[ThebigE]

FWIW, Paul Stubber was going to run it again last I heard.

And that's not much competition.

[CRK]

FWIW, Paul Stubber was going to run it again last I heard.There was another Aussie that posted on Facebook the other day with several SN races on his schedule. Can’t remember the name though. Maybe Nociski or something like that.

[Doc88D]

Schlenk is in much better equipment than in years past. I think he can run with squirrel & Erb night in & night out. I think it could be close...

[Mindwalker]

Don't see Erb jumping to the SN... He's seen to much of Sam the sham man the past. 😉

[Cardirt0]

Don't see Erb jumping to the SN... He's seen to much of Sam the sham man the past. 

Dont know whats up with him not doing to good right now.

[Mindwalker]

Heather's arm sure didnt help any either.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Dont know whats up with him not doing to good right now.

He finished 4th at Tazewell.

[TheJet-09]

And I believe he would have been in the hunt at LaSalle had he not broke. Dennis is certainly someone I would not overlook. A weekend like the one coming up can change an entire season around, and he's always been one to watch at these two Illinois tracks.

[WWilliams52]

Yeah this should be a profitable weekend for erb. Would love to see him pick up at least one win

[Cardirt0]

I Hope so hes one good Guy. and does it on his own money.

[racincowboy02]

Bobby Pierce hell tour dates dont clash with lucas the lucas boys are off those days

[MI Dirt Fan]

I'm guessing he's going to be back in the Pierce car for those?

[racincowboy02]

MI Thats a good question i really don't know but would guess he would be in the Dunn Benson car thats the website i looked

[zyoung25]

I can't see Erb leaving lucas having RhinoAG on the car. I'm sure he'll run what he can though.

[racincowboy02]

Erb has the same dates as Pierce from 6-19 to 6-28 which is when Lucas is not running and he also has a Woo race scheduled for the 29th

[zyoung25]

There was another Aussie that posted on Facebook the other day with several SN races on his schedule. Can’t remember the name though. Maybe Nociski or something like that.

Ben Nicastri. He's gonna run the dream and the first 8 nights of the SN shows. He's got nice stuff, he ran over here some last year I believe. He runs BWRC cars with Cornett engines.

[pierceFAN]

there is no more Pierce house car

[ThebigE]

Hoffman, Babb, Erb, Unzicker, Feger, Schlenk...... The Hell Tour is really going to be up for grabs this year with the 32 off the tour.

[Cardirt0]

Heather's arm sure didnt help any either.

Is it the same arm she hurt last time.

[Shiny Side Up 18]

Austin Rettig has announced on FB that he intends to follow the Hell Tour.