Culp Looking Good in the Rocket / GRT.....eh

[zach51]

It will be interesting to see how he runs at Batesville this weekend. That will be a good test to see where they are at. Like you said, Lucas doesn't come to many of the tracks he's ran at a lot.

... in GRT's backyard.

[zyoung25]

I'm sure Timmy is just thrilled to be mentioned on the famous 4m.

Keep up the good work!

[zach51]

Was GRT not the one that pulled the plug? It sounded that way....

[chupp n bloomer fan]

Was GRT not the one that pulled the plug? It sounded that way....

It was mutual it sounded like. They weren't getting along, and running crappy. And it wasn't like a Rocket house car. It was more of a 50/50 thing.

I wouldn't want to be the test dummy for anyone. Sh!t is just too expensive and time consuming to run like sh!t. You do that stuff from November till about February, and during the week in the season. Not try to fix something during the year that needs work. They just didn't go about it very well to me.

Rocket tested a long time, Bloomer does a lot, and so has Longhorn.

[zyoung25]

The XR1 has got like 16 months development time behind it(unless you count the time Longhorn put into it before then), he gave the GRT 2 weeks in Florida... If the dude wanted plug n' play he shoulda went with something proven, to begin with. When you sign up to be the development driver you should expect some highs and lows, NOT instant success at the pinnacle of the sport. He's a good young driver, but that's probably his issue too. Not a fair shake for GRT, IMHO.

Even though he wasnt named the house driver until feb, he drove the GRT at the end of last season, making his first world 100 in it. They had a little bit of time to change/develop the car to make it better over the winter, and it apparently didn't happen.

He didn't just drive the car for 2 weeks and call it quits, as you say. Culp and Arp are about the only nationally know drivers that wheel a GRT. If Joe wasn't getting feedback from Culp from the time he got one, til the time he decided to use him as a house driver, it's his own fault.

[Gentryfan]

I talked to Culp Sunday at Duck River and I told him he has people talking about making GRT look bad by jumping in that Rocket and wining...All he done was smiled lol lol...very nice kid and seems very humble

[zach51]

Tony Jackson Jr was running one (GRT) for a while, not sure if they still are or not. I guess if you are considering Culp nationally known then Jackson could consider to be as well. I think he ran 4th or 5th at the Show-Me in it.

[zyoung25]

I would say Jackson is known well nationally, he just doesn't travel much at all outside of MARS circuit. He changes chassis like most college students change their underwear.

Culp traveled a good bit last year, a lot of eyes seen him in different areas. That's what I meant by being nationally know.