Jonathan Davenport officially out of Barry Wright house car

[Josh Bayko]

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If it's the image from Twitter, it's just GR Smith's car with a JD's signature 49 laid over the 22.

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Ok thats just for this wknd. He'll be in others for remainder of 2017

[Josh Bayko]

Ok thats just for this wknd. He'll be in others for remainder of 2017

I think the deal with GR is supposed to go through the North South as long as the equipment stays together. I saw what Kevin Rumley posted yesterday. The checklist mentions a door plate and UMP 20s. I know Kevin likes to troll, but I could totally see them putting the band back together for the World.

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I think the deal with GR is supposed to go through the North South as long as the equipment stays together. I saw what Kevin Rumley posted yesterday. The checklist mentions a door plate and UMP 20s. I know Kevin likes to troll, but I could totally see them putting the band back together for the World.

Very very good posibility unless gr's car is on a hott streak

[dirtcrazy4u]

Why in the hell would the Rumley's let the 6 car sit for the world ? Labonte's got help from Rumley and JD both, can you blame them ? NO. JD went with the ICON because everyone said , all you trolls, that he had a hand in the design of the car. Great, but BW owned it and if it was going to sit for a couple weeks I'm sure that did not sit well with JD and he said I'm out of here. He's a racer, he wants to be on track, you learn when your on track, not sitting at home on twitter. Let's see how fast Barry puts someone in that seat. Personally, I don't believe he will.

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Why in the hell would the Rumley's let the 6 car sit for the world ? Labonte's got help from Rumley and JD both, can you blame them ? NO. JD went with the ICON because everyone said , all you trolls, that he had a hand in the design of the car. Great, but BW owned it and if it was going to sit for a couple weeks I'm sure that did not sit well with JD and he said I'm out of here. He's a racer, he wants to be on track, you learn when your on track, not sitting at home on twitter. Let's see how fast Barry puts someone in that seat. Personally, I don't believe he will.

Bw not going no place w/o a motor

[#FALSuperman]

Bw not going no place w/o a motor

That Hatfield is terrible....it's not bad for crates. JD had to cancel 4 major races he had on his schedule this year. On 2 occasions he sat for nearly a month at a time between races. BW was just not pro-active with this new colaboration. I can't blame JD at all for making the decision to move on.

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That Hatfield is terrible....it's not bad for crates. JD had to cancel 4 major races he had on his schedule this year. On 2 occasions he sat for nearly a month at a time between races. BW was just not pro-active with this new colaboration. I can't blame JD at all for making the decision to move on.

Jd finally did get the go cart motor to run to his liking so to speak. Carb and cam issues i tbink

[Highwayman]

We all thought he was done when he went to the 6 car too didn't we? Sheesh.

Bobby Pierce is probably thinking "Thank God, JD news" lol.

I never thought the move to the #6 was a bad idea, but I guess you have to be from the area.

All of the people in this thread (and on the entire internet in general) saying anything negative about JD are ignorant. He is a wheel man, he made a bad choice (to go with BWRC over the Weaver team) and he paid the consequences. Drivers like Richards or Bloomquist would struggle to make a BWRC car work well at high profile races. To say he was not at an equipment disadvantage to the Bloomquist/Rocket/Longhorn, etc. chassis would be crazy. I hope he lights it up in GRs car, and hopefully he lands a full time ride in some excellent equipment and gets back out there because he is a great racer, and DLM racing is much better off with him wheeling some good equipment.

Thanks,
Jeff.

I disagree on your whole argument. It was NOT a bad choice to go with BWRC, Barry builds a fine car. What went wrong was the sponsor that bailed at last minute and then they ended having to go with an unproven powerplant while simultaneously trying to R&D a new chassis design. Sure the Weaver team was "Plug n' Play", but BWRC was where he WANTED to go and with good reason, they've had a lot of success and have a good relationship. They did struggle with the car early, but as of late they had good speed and were up front leading races, just had lots bad luck too. There last time out with the super they were fast, but blew and engine and then KO'd the backup car in the same night. I firmly believe had the sponsorship money been there the way it was promised when the deal was struck we wouldn't be having this conversation. They could've focused on the car alone, ran the Clements Power they were use to and that's practically next door to BWRC. I wish JD the best of luck, he is a wheelman regardless of the car he sits in, but the circumstances were at fault, not the car, the driver or the crew chief. Hate to see him in a Rocket though, but their Longhorn copy should do well for him.

DO IT THE WRIGHT WAY !!!

[chupp n bloomer fan]

Just because a car is the fastest, doesn't mean it is the house car. Was Kevin answering the phone when Vic Hill called Longhorn?

Who made Longhorns a chassis that anyone other than EPJ drove?

A little common sense would tell you no, he's out on the road racing, selling Longhorns. Before Kevin, trash, after Kevin, darn near Rocket sales I'd guess.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

Who made Longhorns a chassis that anyone other than EPJ drove?

A little common sense would tell you no, he's out on the road racing, selling Longhorns. Before Kevin, trash, after Kevin, darn near Rocket sales I'd guess.

They hired Kevin to fix the car. He did. Agreed.

[chupp n bloomer fan]

I never thought the move to the #6 was a bad idea, but I guess you have to be from the area.

I disagree on your whole argument. It was NOT a bad choice to go with BWRC, Barry builds a fine car. What went wrong was the sponsor that bailed at last minute and then they ended having to go with an unproven powerplant while simultaneously trying to R&D a new chassis design. Sure the Weaver team was "Plug n' Play", but BWRC was where he WANTED to go and with good reason, they've had a lot of success and have a good relationship. They did struggle with the car early, but as of late they had good speed and were up front leading races, just had lots bad luck too. There last time out with the super they were fast, but blew and engine and then KO'd the backup car in the same night. I firmly believe had the sponsorship money been there the way it was promised when the deal was struck we wouldn't be having this conversation. They could've focused on the car alone, ran the Clements Power they were use to and that's practically next door to BWRC. I wish JD the best of luck, he is a wheelman regardless of the car he sits in, but the circumstances were at fault, not the car, the driver or the crew chief. Hate to see him in a Rocket though, but their Longhorn copy should do well for him.

DO IT THE WRIGHT WAY !!!

I agree with everything you said about Barry and JD.

Yes, we all know you dislike Rocket for whatever reason, but you do realize Longhorn paid Kevin to make their Ski-Doo's actually drive? And that's 100% fact.

All the speculation that he helped Rocket is just that. Until someone gets Kevin or Mark to say yeah I helped design the XR1, it just BS. And even if he did, guess what, no different than what Longhorn did to be able to actually sell cars.

You own a business, your job is to make money and a product that your customers are satisfied with. I'd say they are pretty satisfied with Rockets right now. The so called copies are leading WoO and Lucas points. If they are just a copy, they cannot be as a good as the original, and therefore should be getting smoked in both series by TMac and Madden.

[a25rjr]

I agree with everything you said about Barry and JD.

Yes, we all know you dislike Rocket for whatever reason, but you do realize Longhorn paid Kevin to make their Ski-Doo's actually drive? And that's 100% fact.

All the speculation that he helped Rocket is just that. Until someone gets Kevin or Mark to say yeah I helped design the XR1, it just BS. And even if he did, guess what, no different than what Longhorn did to be able to actually sell cars.

You own a business, your job is to make money and a product that your customers are satisfied with. I'd say they are pretty satisfied with Rockets right now. The so called copies are leading WoO and Lucas points. If they are just a copy, they cannot be as a good as the original, and therefore should be getting smoked in both series by TMac and Madden.

In a dod article, Mark admitted he had hired Kevin for some consulting work.

[dirtcrazy4u]

First and foremost. Mark Richards , Steve Baker are not 2 dummies. They have pushed the change in chassis development like no other. I DO NOT KNOW. How many chassis changes thru blue, black, orange and on and on. Baker ran for how many years at ppms. Big,fast 1/2 mile. Where they learned what the car wanted. Mark currently has 2 house cars out there and he wants both of those titles. Right now I think longhorn, rocket and club 29 have the biggest presence on a race to race basis.

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When your leading both national series w your cars chassis thats saying something right there. Idc who you are.