Richards to CBR#14

[MI Dirt Fan]

Rocket2 of course

[MI Dirt Fan]

I saw a reply by someone on Twitter that said this is going to be the ride he finally breaks through at Eldora with.

[Illtsate32]

Has he ever sat in anything but?

[nc mudcat]

Friesen is only there because he's got millions backing him.

And perhaps that he is an excellent racer. IMO.

[nc mudcat]

I think this takes care of the Rocket question.

https://speedsport.com/dirt-late-mod...bowyer-racing/

[dirty-white-boy]

Racers baffle me. This is from the press release.

Over the past two seasons with Richards behind the wheel, the St. Marys, Ohio based team amassed 15 wins, including two $100,000-to-win Dirt Track World Championships at Portsmouth (Ohio) Raceway Park and the Diamond Nationals at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri. The duo also earned 59 Top-5 finishes and 82 Top-10 finishes.

They left off winning the Lucas Oil points series in their first season together.

So how does a change like this take place? What drives it because it is certainly NOT common sense.

[Josh Bayko]

And perhaps that he is an excellent racer. IMO.

He’s very talented, but he’s too old to get a spot on talent alone.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

Racers baffle me. This is from the press release.

Over the past two seasons with Richards behind the wheel, the St. Marys, Ohio based team amassed 15 wins, including two $100,000-to-win Dirt Track World Championships at Portsmouth (Ohio) Raceway Park and the Diamond Nationals at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri. The duo also earned 59 Top-5 finishes and 82 Top-10 finishes.

They left off winning the Lucas Oil points series in their first season together.

So how does a change like this take place? What drives it because it is certainly NOT common sense.

Hmm. I read something yesterday that included first and second in points.

This could be driven by chance to do something different.
Could be personality issues.
Could be more $.
Could be many things.

Being a pro is this business doesn't give you a chance to pad a 401k or even have much earned income for future Social Security calculations. You better get what you can, while you can.

Of course you will say he is a Richards... But the most powerful buggy whip business from 1875 isn't alive today. Nor is Sears.

[Josh Bayko]

Racers baffle me. This is from the press release.

Over the past two seasons with Richards behind the wheel, the St. Marys, Ohio based team amassed 15 wins, including two $100,000-to-win Dirt Track World Championships at Portsmouth (Ohio) Raceway Park and the Diamond Nationals at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri. The duo also earned 59 Top-5 finishes and 82 Top-10 finishes.

They left off winning the Lucas Oil points series in their first season together.

So how does a change like this take place? What drives it because it is certainly NOT common sense.

Josh dd what he thinks will be best for Josh. I tend to think it'll work out.

[goincircles]

Richards

He already tried all that. It didn't go particularly well.

Too be honest Jish is too old in owners eyes way too many experienced young kids that have done pavement for 3 or 4 years

[Josh Bayko]

Too be honest Jish is too old in owners eyes way too many experienced young kids that have done pavement for 3 or 4 years

I’m not gonna dispute that.

[Hoosier_Dirt]

Other top late model drivers that have driven for Bowyer seem to go downhill. Hopefully not the same for Josh.

[chupp n bloomer fan]

Has he ever sat in anything but?

I don’t think so. Possibly a MBH MasterSbilt, but I don’t think so.

[kazual]

The Richards and Bowyer combo is interesting. The race team has mostly not hit performance expectations in the past, if they don’t do it with Josh and tech support from Rocket makes one wonder what could be left to fix in future years?

[MI Dirt Fan]

Do you think that's possibly why they might downsize to one team?