Just seen a Go Fund Me page to help Ricky Weiss join the Lucas Oil Tour. GOAL $200K.

[HoosierDirtFan]

I just seen a Go Fund Me page on Facebook to help Rick Weiss join the Lucas Oil tour.
Link - https://www.gofundme.com/ricky-weisslucas-tour

[Cardirt0]

Sorry but Go fund me should for people that need help from things that go wrong not this....

[WisWildManFan]

Exactly, just another person wanting a handout. Hope ricky was actually behind this for how much grief he's going to get from it. They sure been hyping the hell out of him on DOD, I never been too impressed with him personally.

[HoosierDirtFan]

Exactly, just another person wanting a handout. Hope ricky was actually behind this for how much grief he's going to get from it. They sure been hyping the hell out of him on DOD, I never been too impressed with him personally.

From what I understand and read Gerald Newton is behind it.

[Cardirt0]

Looks like the cash is rolling in lol

[Hoosier]

I just seen a Go Fund Me page on Facebook to help Rick Weiss join the Lucas Oil tour.
Link - https://www.gofundme.com/ricky-weisslucas-tour

Good luck. Worth a try.

[Cardirt0]

Good luck. Worth a try.

Makes him look bad . It like a bad joke. try it once and dont ever do it agen...

[Tireguy17]

171 people have shared it, but none of them or anyone else have donated lol

[GEAR_HEAD]

He's using the Moyer Jr Jr philosophy...the fans should pay for their racing expenses for the privilege of watching them race.

[Pennsboro23]

Bad way to go about it, don't think he's ready for Lucas anyway. He has improved a lot it seems, I would like to see him hit crown jewels and mostly regional stuff. I could see him running well with the UMP summer nationals as well.

[BloomerHarvickFan]

Why do these guys think this is how it should work. What happened to working hard, running locally, and regionally, building a winning reputation and name for yourself. That attracts sponsors, people within the sport with money to back your program.
I remember when Bloomquist was young. He didn't run out and join the NDRA tour. He ran and dominated his local track (Kingsport) for a couple years, hitting the bigger regional shows, and running the NDRA and stuff like that when it was in his backyard. Then as he won, and got better equipment, won bigger races, attracted bigger sponsors then he went on Summernationals, then in 94, when he was 30 yrs old...he ran the HAT full time. And has been running and winning and at times dominating national tours. That's how you do it.
You don't beg for handouts, to try to race over your head
In Ray Cook's 3 series', I added it up, and you can pocket over 220K in wins. Not to mention point money and running consistent. That's what Ricky needs to do.

[BloomerHarvickFan]

From what I understand and read Gerald Newton is behind it.

If Gerald Newton thinks the kid is ready for the Lucas Oil Series, why not sponsor him with his Arizona Sports Shirts brand, and give him the money he needs????

[Josh Bayko]

He has zero Lucas points on the year. Why even bother?

If he wants to "step it up", just run all the big Lucas and WoO races, the Eldora biggies and whatever stuff he can around his region. If that all turns out well, then think about a national tour for next year.

[BloomerHarvickFan]

Exactly Josh. I don't get it either. I mean he is leading the points in the Southern Nationals Bonus Series.
There are (5) 10k races, and (4) 5K+ to win races left!!!

[BloomerHarvickFan]

If he wants to race fairly close to the Bloomquist shop, I mean Ray Cook's stuff, and the SAS series is perfect for him.
Then like you said, hit the big races, and run all that 5-10 k regional stuff that he would have a better than average shot of winning. Gains experience, exposure, earns money.