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84wedge
06-28-2023, 02:15 PM
Expected to start July 7th on the Southern National tour
nc mudcat
06-28-2023, 05:06 PM
What chassis are they running now? I read Longhorn, but Ross ran the double-nickle chassis at least a few times.
84wedge
06-28-2023, 05:07 PM
They're running Longhorns.
Josh Bayko
06-28-2023, 05:26 PM
What chassis are they running now? I read Longhorn, but Ross ran the double-nickle chassis at least a few times.

Different rides I believe. Hicks runs Longhorns, Im pretty sure he has a different ride that runs the Double Nickel cars.
Dlmfan123
06-28-2023, 06:49 PM
Double nickels are longhorns, benji left longhorn and started his own thing
84wedge
06-28-2023, 07:46 PM
Hope he's still rocking the Buick engine.
foxfire2dirtracing
06-28-2023, 07:52 PM
I seriously doubt he will be using his dad’s Buick engine in the Billy Hicks ride.
SLIDING SIDEWAYS
06-28-2023, 09:35 PM
Double nickels are longhorns, benji left longhorn and started his own thing

Yes this is correct
ZERO25
06-30-2023, 05:03 PM
Longhorn/Savage?
nc mudcat
07-28-2023, 09:08 PM
I thought longhorn? Article on DoD has him bragging on the Double Nickle.
SLIDING SIDEWAYS
07-28-2023, 10:10 PM
I thought longhorn? Article on DoD has him bragging on the Double Nickle.

That is a longhorn copy. Remember benji hicks worked for longhorn a few yrs. He stamped his dbl nickle.
jog49
07-29-2023, 02:07 PM
He thanked Benji last night at North Georgia so I think it's a Benji 55 sort of Longhorn.
nc mudcat
07-30-2023, 05:21 AM
As the dirt Gods have said for years, every race car since the second one has been a copy. To the point though, copy or not, the car is a Double-Nickle, not a Longhorn. I am wondering when another driver will debut in one of them. Haven't seen Benji out in a few weeks; maybe he's busy building some.
Snake X3
07-30-2023, 02:37 PM
As the dirt Gods have said for years, every race car since the second one has been a copy. To the point though, copy or not, the car is a Double-Nickle, not a Longhorn. I am wondering when another driver will debut in one of them. Haven't seen Benji out in a few weeks; maybe he's busy building some.

With Rocket and Longhorn dominating the market, I'd like to see some other chassis get some business. Maybe they are all just copies of each other, but I enjoy the Ford-Chevy-Dodge-Pontiac-Olds type manufacturing wars in NASCAR and I liked it when there were more chassis in Late Model racing.