rumley LR

[SLIDING SIDEWAYS]

Agreed. But I thought most of them were running that thing too. Could be wrong, but I thought it was pretty popular.

Some did have it on towards end of season. Some kinda ran better but still didnt put the other chassis adjustments w it to get best performance out of it. If i remember right.

I miss read that post my bad

[Josh Bayko]

Agreed. But I thought most of them were running that thing too. Could be wrong, but I thought it was pretty popular.

It's a Penske item, so I'm guessing just Penske guys were running them. Other cars are using a spring rod as the droop limiter. That'll probably get the heave ho too.

[powerslide]

That bloomquist rig sure runs through the small rough patches well. Everybody else is all bound up on the bars jumping up and down and his deal looks like it's on air ride

[WisWildManFan]

Well, so many of you downplayed Rumley's device, and look what a difference a year makes. That simple part that nobody but Rumley had figured out made a huge difference. And I'm pretty sure the Lucas rules weren't blindly applied, they targeted Rumley's gadget and anything resembling it.I am curious if there's anything to outlaw off of the 0 as glaringly obvious as what Rumley had.

Drug testing... Lol For all of you JD had his 15 mins of fame and bloomer responded. 30 straight years of running against the best competition the sport has to offer and rising to the challenge every time. Black sunshine baby

[a25rjr]

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I am curious if there's anything to outlaw off of the 0 as glaringly obvious as what Rumley had.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, the nut behind the wheel! Theyre going to make him wear an eye patch and tie 1 hand behind his back!

Lucas wants to give everybody else a "fair" chance!

[Stede Bonnet]

Well, so many of you downplayed Rumley's device, and look what a difference a year makes.

Are you insinuating that JD would've continued to dominate if he had kept the device? If so there is no way to prove that and he still had multiple wins and finished second in points. The first part of their year was plagued with part failures, engine failures and bad luck. Anyone with half a brain could see that last year everything went JD's way, with or without the device. He took lots of chances, bounced off the wall and got away with a lot that most with any experience will tell you can not last forever. Last year was a perfect year for JD, this year he didn't catch the breaks like he did in 2015. Did the device aide in his performance? Sure. Was it why he won so much last year and then seemingly faltered this year? I don't think so. JD has immense talent, but he's always taken a lot of risk and made bold moves, which sometimes don't pan out. 2015 the stars just aligned, 2016 they weren't as kind, its that simple. He had something to prove after CBR and he was just in the zone, plain and simple.

That simple part that nobody but Rumley had figured out made a huge difference. And I'm pretty sure the Lucas rules weren't blindly applied, they targeted Rumley's gadget and anything resembling it.

Lucas/WoO felt the way you do, that the gadget was the secret to his success and so they put the KY-BOSH on it or anything like it and a few things that had nothing to do with it, like some of the basic components for a Rayburn swing arm setup. I don't think it was a huge difference, but it gave them the opportunity to exert some authority and change the DLM racing landscape for the foreseeable future. They think they are helping contain costs, but they don't know their history and are only making things even more expensive and probably running off a few more teams over time. Nobody stayed away because Davenport was winning, that's just absurd.

[a25rjr]

Why arent you hunting?

Next weekend.....My youngest daughter had district volleyball championship playoff, which they won! Two years in a row!

This kid crap is interfering with deadly contact of my shotgun and Mr. Whitetail! lol

[chupp n bloomer fan]

Are you insinuating that JD would've continued to dominate if he had kept the device? If so there is no way to prove that and he still had multiple wins and finished second in points. The first part of their year was plagued with part failures, engine failures and bad luck. Anyone with half a brain could see that last year everything went JD's way, with or without the device. He took lots of chances, bounced off the wall and got away with a lot that most with any experience will tell you can not last forever. Last year was a perfect year for JD, this year he didn't catch the breaks like he did in 2015. Did the device aide in his performance? Sure. Was it why he won so much last year and then seemingly faltered this year? I don't think so. JD has immense talent, but he's always taken a lot of risk and made bold moves, which sometimes don't pan out. 2015 the stars just aligned, 2016 they weren't as kind, its that simple. He had something to prove after CBR and he was just in the zone, plain and simple.


Lucas/WoO felt the way you do, that the gadget was the secret to his success and so they put the KY-BOSH on it or anything like it and a few things that had nothing to do with it, like some of the basic components for a Rayburn swing arm setup. I don't think it was a huge difference, but it gave them the opportunity to exert some authority and change the DLM racing landscape for the foreseeable future. They think they are helping contain costs, but they don't know their history and are only making things even more expensive and probably running off a few more teams over time. Nobody stayed away because Davenport was winning, that's just absurd.

I'm not insinuating, I'm saying you're dam right if him and Rumley weren't painted into a box that yes they woulda continued kickin serious a$$. You think Kevin and JD woulda stopped there. He!! no, if they didn't put the brakes on them, they'd have improved that stuff and more. Kevin is very smart and JD is good and determined. Half a brain eh, well anyone with an intact brain could see his car was entirely better than anyone else's and was so much more forgiving in part because of the homework they had done. It's an opinion based board and that's my opinion. I don't care who agrees or doesn't, just how I see it. I don't dislike JD, but I base my opinions off of facts. Bloomer was the only one slightly in his zip code last year, mainly because JD would overdrive, not because Bloomer was faster. They took stuff away, and Bloomer and Josh and Bobby caught up. Next year, if TMac stays with who he is, TMac will be there.

[kidrock]

I'm not insinuating, I'm saying you're dam right if him and Rumley weren't painted into a box that yes they woulda continued kickin serious a$$. You think Kevin and JD woulda stopped there. He!! no, if they didn't put the brakes on them, they'd have improved that stuff and more. Kevin is very smart and JD is good and determined. Half a brain eh, well anyone with an intact brain could see his car was entirely better than anyone else's and was so much more forgiving in part because of the homework they had done. It's an opinion based board and that's my opinion. I don't care who agrees or doesn't, just how I see it. I don't dislike JD, but I base my opinions off of facts. Bloomer was the only one slightly in his zip code last year, mainly because JD would overdrive, not because Bloomer was faster. They took stuff away, and Bloomer and Josh and Bobby caught up. Next year, if TMac stays with who he is, TMac will be there.

Well said.............................................. ..................

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

I'm not insinuating, I'm saying you're dam right if him and Rumley weren't painted into a box that yes they woulda continued kickin serious a$$. You think Kevin and JD woulda stopped there. He!! no, if they didn't put the brakes on them, they'd have improved that stuff and more. Kevin is very smart and JD is good and determined. Half a brain eh, well anyone with an intact brain could see his car was entirely better than anyone else's and was so much more forgiving in part because of the homework they had done. It's an opinion based board and that's my opinion. I don't care who agrees or doesn't, just how I see it. I don't dislike JD, but I base my opinions off of facts. Bloomer was the only one slightly in his zip code last year, mainly because JD would overdrive, not because Bloomer was faster. They took stuff away, and Bloomer and Josh and Bobby caught up. Next year, if TMac stays with who he is, TMac will be there.

My opinion is your fear is completely misplaced. You have no idea to what degree their new parts were maximized. You have no idea the costs that have been added by changing the size of the box but not removing the knowledge gained. The rule changes were like a McCarthy era red scare. It limited the evolution of the car to a better machine, as should have happened.

It started us down a slope where people demand rule changes every time a guy wins most of the races.

And, Kevin is smart sure. But he couldn't even keep Davenport from being mad because the car was so bad at times this year. One super idea doesn't make an unbeatable super genius. Why couldn't that genius, with all the new technology he supposedly thrust upon the sport, engineer and test his way to victory?

And what about those people who said the late season rainouts saved Davenport from losing the 2015 title? He wasn't exactly smoking everyone at the end of that season. You don't make rules on what you think will happen. You make rules based on facts. Things you know.

[Stede Bonnet]

Knee Jerk Reactions always end badly.

My opinion is your fear is completely misplaced. You have no idea to what degree their new parts were maximized. You have no idea the costs that have been added by changing the size of the box but not removing the knowledge gained. The rule changes were like a McCarthy era red scare. It limited the evolution of the car to a better machine, as should have happened.

It started us down a slope where people demand rule changes every time a guy wins most of the races.

And, Kevin is smart sure. But he couldn't even keep Davenport from being mad because the car was so bad at times this year. One super idea doesn't make an unbeatable super genius. Why couldn't that genius, with all the new technology he supposedly thrust upon the sport, engineer and test his way to victory?

And what about those people who said the late season rainouts saved Davenport from losing the 2015 title? He wasn't exactly smoking everyone at the end of that season. You don't make rules on what you think will happen. You make rules based on facts. Things you know.

Very well said.............................................. .................................................. ..

My personal opinion is that if JD had been in the #116 all year instead of the #6 that he very well may have repeated his Lucas title. If you read Rumley's parting comments after getting singled out by Lucas he never felt welcome with the tour again and it never was his intention to follow the tour. So you add it up and you have a car owner/crew chief who doesn't want to do what he's doing, he feels like he was put under extra scrutiny and singled out for being smart and having an education, he's newly married and things aren't going well. Motors are blowing, brakes are failing, parts are falling off and everyone is looking to you to duplicate the magic of the previous season. The driver is getting pissed for all the same reasons and all that hard work isn't fun anymore. In hindsight I wish JD and Company had come up short, maybe them the powers that be wouldn't rewritten the rules in Knee-jerk fashion because an exceptionally talented driver and team got on a hot streak. Moyer has done it many times, Bloomquist has done it many times, but because this group(Davenport & Rumley's) were viewed as outsiders from nowhere, they rewrote the rules for what I only consider to be a single season hot streak, a perfect storm.

[SFrancisFan15]

I think Shirley would be a great fit in the 6 car.

[SLIDING SIDEWAYS]

Very well said.............................................. .................................................. ..

My personal opinion is that if JD had been in the #116 all year instead of the #6 that he very well may have repeated his Lucas title. If you read Rumley's parting comments after getting singled out by Lucas he never felt welcome with the tour again and it never was his intention to follow the tour. So you add it up and you have a car owner/crew chief who doesn't want to do what he's doing, he feels like he was put under extra scrutiny and singled out for being smart and having an education, he's newly married and things aren't going well. Motors are blowing, brakes are failing, parts are falling off and everyone is looking to you to duplicate the magic of the previous season. The driver is getting pissed for all the same reasons and all that hard work isn't fun anymore. In hindsight I wish JD and Company had come up short, maybe them the powers that be wouldn't rewritten the rules in Knee-jerk fashion because an exceptionally talented driver and team got on a hot streak. Moyer has done it many times, Bloomquist has done it many times, but because this group(Davenport & Rumley's) were viewed as outsiders from nowhere, they rewrote the rules for what I only consider to be a single season hot streak, a perfect storm.

Pretty good acessment there. Im thinking your right on alot of things here

[Nasty55]

Very well said.............................................. .................................................. ..

My personal opinion is that if JD had been in the #116 all year instead of the #6 that he very well may have repeated his Lucas title. If you read Rumley's parting comments after getting singled out by Lucas he never felt welcome with the tour again and it never was his intention to follow the tour. So you add it up and you have a car owner/crew chief who doesn't want to do what he's doing, he feels like he was put under extra scrutiny and singled out for being smart and having an education, he's newly married and things aren't going well. Motors are blowing, brakes are failing, parts are falling off and everyone is looking to you to duplicate the magic of the previous season. The driver is getting pissed for all the same reasons and all that hard work isn't fun anymore. In hindsight I wish JD and Company had come up short, maybe them the powers that be wouldn't rewritten the rules in Knee-jerk fashion because an exceptionally talented driver and team got on a hot streak. Moyer has done it many times, Bloomquist has done it many times, but because this group(Davenport & Rumley's) were viewed as outsiders from nowhere, they rewrote the rules for what I only consider to be a single season hot streak, a perfect storm.

I think you pretty well spoke the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth in this statement right here Stede... Kevin Rumley is one of the Smartest if not thee Smartest Engineer to ever step into the Dirt Racing World and turn it upside down! All Good thing's come to an end though and everyone on this team hit the ground running with the exception of Leroy he hit the ground with that easy step of his... They will all be ok..

[Nasty55]

I think Shirley would be a great fit in the 6 car.

I would agree with you SfrancisFan if they purchased a couple new Longhorn's for him to drive..... Because the 2 that they have now i would Venture to say are about worn out From JD " Have NO Fear " Davenport Running them Hard 2 yr's straight....