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Mams
10-25-2023, 06:35 PM
Their 10-year racing partnership is over. Evidently Ronnie is selling out (again).

HIGH ROLLER
10-25-2023, 07:06 PM
Saw this posted on X/ twitter.

zyoung25
10-25-2023, 07:51 PM
The pits continue to shrink week by week.

Drop Shock
10-25-2023, 11:37 PM
The pits continue to shrink week by week.

And talking heads from Flo and other outlets will continue to talk about how much the sport is “thriving”. Drives me crazy

Mod Runner
10-26-2023, 03:07 AM
One team leaving just makes room for a new team running the tour.

grt74
10-26-2023, 05:56 AM
he isn't going anywhere, news is coming

Pennsboro32
10-26-2023, 06:59 AM
One team leaving just makes room for a new team running the tour.

that's a terrible way to look at it.

dirty-white-boy
10-26-2023, 08:37 AM
And talking heads from Flo and other outlets will continue to talk about how much the sport is “thriving”. Drives me crazy


They could make the trouble on the Gaza Strip sound positive! They never ask the hard questions as The world is full of sunshine and rainbows!

BTExpress
10-26-2023, 09:31 AM
Strong rumors that he is going to The Bruening team replacing Clanton. It will be stange seeing the #157 in a red car.

Kromulous
10-26-2023, 09:36 AM
Biden takes down another Race TEAM ! FJB !!

MasterSbilt_Racer
10-26-2023, 10:15 AM
Biden takes down another Race TEAM ! FJB !!

Biden didn't put the downforce in the cars. He isn't why we went from old 18 degree engines from being competitive to guys running out of fuel at Eldora.

Highside Hustler25
10-26-2023, 10:16 AM
Strong rumors that he is going to The Bruening team replacing Clanton. It will be stange seeing the #157 in a red car.

I've heard the same. If true, and he runs up front, it will undoubtedly prove he's the God of dirt late models.

MasterSbilt_Racer
10-26-2023, 10:20 AM
I've heard the same. If true, and he runs up front, it will undoubtedly prove he's the God of dirt late models.

Mike Marlar is a real racer that understands cars. I am certain he will run up front with a deep pocketed owner that is providing him with the same mfg of car he is already running. It should be a simple transition.

He and Madden are the 2 guys who are never going to be out to lunch unless they are running a crate against supers or something like that.

Oiler
10-26-2023, 10:35 AM
^^ Bruening posted yesterday that their 2018 hauler is for sale....to make room for a new one. I think Mikey will be just fine if this pans out. Funds don't seem to be an issue and his talent speaks for itself.

This begs the obvious question...where does Coconut end up? Or is this the end of the line for him...

Dlmfan123
10-26-2023, 10:37 AM
^^ Bruning posted yesterday that their 2018 hauler is for sale....to make room for a new one. I think Mikey will be just fine if this pans out. Funds don't seem to be an issue and his talent speaks for itself. This begs the obvious question...where does Coconut end up? Or is this the end of the line for him...That’s the hauler that Tyler has been using

Oiler
10-26-2023, 10:39 AM
^^Yes. A mere $600K is the asking price so their pockets are pretty deep for a new one. Marlar will be in good hands financially was my point. He can keep on doing what he did for Delk and not worry about the bills.

84wedge
10-26-2023, 10:48 AM
Marlar is always fun to watch. I would have no problem with not seeing Clanton again.

t3r3e3
10-26-2023, 10:52 AM
Mike Marlar is a real racer that understands cars. I am certain he will run up front with a deep pocketed owner that is providing him with the same mfg of car he is already running. It should be a simple transition.

He and Madden are the 2 guys who are never going to be out to lunch unless they are running a crate against supers or something like that.

Marlar’s been good in everything from Rayburns to Rockets, Capitals, and Longhorns too. He’d probably be good in a Kryptonite too. He seems to adapt fairly quickly to whatever chassis he’s in. Pretty cool watching him rise up from the old BoB days into one of the 5 or 6 best in the sport.

zyoung25
10-26-2023, 12:20 PM
^^^ I can't remember what year it was, he showed up at n/s in a lime green #16 Bloomquist car. No sponsors whatsoever on the car, just a 16. I think he ran top 5 in the big show and was competitive with it. Like you said, he is a straight up wheel man.

ride height
10-26-2023, 12:40 PM
If there was an award for the best driver /racer who gets the least amount of hype , coverage, and fan fare…it’s Mike Marler. That guy is always lurking in the front or charging from back in the weeds to the front almost all the time.

Pennsboro32
10-26-2023, 12:44 PM
I remember Mikey coming to Tyler County in 2004 for the Hillbilly, he was in a steel block, I hadn't heard of him at the time. He ended up winning beating some very stout cars.

t3r3e3
10-26-2023, 01:31 PM
^^^ I can't remember what year it was, he showed up at n/s in a lime green #16 Bloomquist car. No sponsors whatsoever on the car, just a 16. I think he ran top 5 in the big show and was competitive with it. Like you said, he is a straight up wheel man.

The mean green 16. If I recall some cheap ignition component or a throttle spring broke while he was marching to the front. Without that happening he might have won, the cars was on rails. Forgot about him driving a Bloomquist, I think he ran a Warrior and a Bloomquist for Wells back in the day; I think he won one of the big ones at Columbus or Magnolia in the Bloomquist.

t3r3e3
10-26-2023, 01:34 PM
I remember Mikey coming to Tyler County in 2004 for the Hillbilly, he was in a steel block, I hadn't heard of him at the time. He ended up winning beating some very stout cars.

Can’t remember if that was in the Stephens 34 or the old PPM 157. I’m getting old.

Pennsboro32
10-26-2023, 01:35 PM
^^ It was a 157. White with red number.

MIdlmfan
10-27-2023, 07:44 PM
Mikey is pure class on and off the track!