Rocket? Any trouble in Paradise?

[Black F]

can't we all just get along?

this is easy, no.

[play4kps]

If there is anyone out there who believes one chassis winning all these races is good for this sport, obviously you havent paid attention to other forms of racing. be careful what you ask for.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

If there is anyone out there who believes one chassis winning all these races is good for this sport, obviously you havent paid attention to other forms of racing. be careful what you ask for.

Racers are doing it to themselves. There's not really anything that can be done.

[Highside Hustler25]

BBQ, Snake,
You guys get to wrapped up over the Chevy/Ford thing.
Course this is the opinion of a Mopar guy.

[Snake X3]

BBQ, Snake,
You guys get to wrapped up over the Chevy/Ford thing.
Course this is the opinion of a Mopar guy.

Heh ha! I almost threw them in there. Who should they be? Capital? Bloomquist? And where do Pontiac and Olds fit in?

[Raceready]

BBQ, Snake,You guys get to wrapped up over the Chevy/Ford thing. Course this is the opinion of a Mopar guy.

" MOPAR " or no car ! ! Sure do miss Don Gross racing the STARS circuit in that silver #75 Dodge ? ?

[Barbecueboy]

BBQ, Snake,
You guys get to wrapped up over the Chevy/Ford thing.
Course this is the opinion of a Mopar guy.

I used to love when Epj ran the dodge…..I don’t have any loyalty to ford or Chevy,both have left me on the side of the road in my lifetime but I would probably pick a ford again if I had to choose between those 2.

I bought a tundra in 08 and never looked back for a daily driver.

[Raceready]

I had good luck with Fords than i did with GM products. One of my vehicles is a 2002 4-runner that has clocked 220,000 without skipping a beat other than the original battery going weak this year during that extreme cold spell.

[Rajflyboy]

Can’t beat a Toyota

[dirtcrazy4u]

Yea support those greepie japs

[Josh Bayko]

Yea support those greepie japs

Most Toyotas sold in America are more American than the actual American manufacturers. You can blame NAFTA for that.

[dirtcrazy4u]

I'm surprised no one else has gone the xXx route. Built oversea's, loaded into a container and are now at racetracks all across the country. Rocket is still building cars 2 to 1 over horns, walk any local pit on a Friday or Saturday night.

[Snake X3]

Rocket is still building cars 2 to 1 over horns, walk any local pit on a Friday or Saturday night.

Well, can't really do that for this season yet, but I've been curious about this. So you are saying that you walk into any local pit and you'll see more 2 to 1 new Rockets vs new Longhorns. So these local guys are buying new Rockets? Is that correct? Or are you saying there are 2 to 1 Rockets old and new in the pits. It would make sense to me that there were tons of used Rockets at local tracks because I'd figure local guys don't buy new cars, they buy used cars.

I am curious what the production numbers are for all chassis brands. Anyone know roughly how many new Rockets, Longhorns and say Black Diamond and Capital cares are being built? Or say Barry Wrights? Thanks!

[Josh Bayko]

Well, can't really do that for this season yet, but I've been curious about this. So you are saying that you walk into any local pit and you'll see more 2 to 1 new Rockets vs new Longhorns. So these local guys are buying new Rockets? Is that correct? Or are you saying there are 2 to 1 Rockets old and new in the pits. It would make sense to me that there were tons of used Rockets at local tracks because I'd figure local guys don't buy new cars, they buy used cars.

I am curious what the production numbers are for all chassis brands. Anyone know roughly how many new Rockets, Longhorns and say Black Diamond and Capital cares are being built? Or say Barry Wrights? Thanks!

It really depends on region which chassis you’ll see the most of in the pits. Like in the south, it’s Longhorn/Capital. In the north, it’s Rocket/Kryptonite and if you go further west, it’ll be mostly MB Customs.

[Highside Hustler25]

Snake beat me to it. All those Rockets in the pits at your local tracks are not new.
As far as chassis built, just from the numbers released by Rocket, sounds like they average 1 per day. That's not counting Saturday's, Sunday's, and holidays.

[Snake X3]

Snake beat me to it. All those Rockets in the pits at your local tracks are not new.
As far as chassis built, just from the numbers released by Rocket, sounds like they average 1 per day. That's not counting Saturday's, Sunday's, and holidays.

That's what I figured. That's probably enough to keep the national and bigger regional guys in new chassis supplied with plenty of used cars for the locals.

@Josh - right. That's what I have observed. In the south it's slanting more towards Longhorns the past couple of years, but there are still a lot of Capitals around.

[Josh Bayko]

That's what I figured. That's probably enough to keep the national and bigger regional guys in new chassis supplied with plenty of used cars for the locals.

@Josh - right. That's what I have observed. In the south it's slanting more towards Longhorns the past couple of years, but there are still a lot of Capitals around.

I think local guys tend to get whichever chassis builder is closest to the house out of convenience.

[Barbecueboy]

Yea support those greepie japs

My tundra was built in Texas and I support them for sure….I also support jumping in my truck and knowing it’s going to fire every single time.
Which has been the case on both tundras I’ve owned from brand new…..the 08 got me to 160k before I traded it in on a new 2012. That one has 225k on it at the moment.

Just spent a couple thousand on it replacing the timing chain mechanisms,plugs and coils etc…..I expect another couple hundred thousand out of it.

I like Japanese whiskey too, is that bad?

[Raceready]

^ Talking of the Texas area one might have heard about the man that had 1 million miles on his Tundra and brought it back to the dealer only because the odometer didn't start over again ? Toyota offered to give the man a new Tundra so that they could tear apart his old one to inspect for key areas of wear of which there wasn't anything significant. The man racked all of those miles because he was a hot shot specialist constantly pulling a trailer with drilling rig supplies all around the Southwest.

[SLIDING SIDEWAYS]

^ Talking of the Texas area one might have heard about the man that had 1 million miles on his Tundra and brought it back to the dealer only because the odometer didn't start over again ? Toyota offered to give the man a new Tundra so that they could tear apart his old one to inspect for key areas of wear of which there wasn't anything significant. The man racked all of those miles because he was a hot shot specialist constantly pulling a trailer with drilling rig supplies all around the Southwest.

I dont think it was totally free which I think it should have been w that many miles. I think he did end up paying some kind of money for new one.
I have a 2006 tacoma w 328k on it and still ticking.