2018 STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN ( Part 1 )

[kazual]

Watched Dillard a good bit, mostly in mods, and he’s a calm and cool kid. Curious if he stays with MB Customs, it served him well with open mods but best of my knowledge he would be a loner with that brand on a national LM series. Stormy Scott will run Lucas and Dillard with WOO, its a challenging transition from mods to touring LM series, ask Jason Hughes. It’s be great if Weiss and Dillard would last out the season. Weiss from Canada and Dillard from west of the Red River Louisiana. Not currently late model strongholds but maybe a chance to add some fans from those regions.

[waaac77]

Kazual... do you know how much, if at all, Hughes ever drove a LM before running the LOLMS that year? Seem to think he just jumped in and got thrown to the wolves.

Seen Dillard at a few USMTS events and he is legit in a mod. Was pretty surprised how well it carried over to LMs as well. Guy can wheel and have no doubt he will put up a good challenge on Weiss for ROY.

Thanks for the stats magic! I like to pick a Driver of the Year every year. The guy I think was had the best year. I was torn between Brandon Sheppard and Jonathan Davenport this year. I leaned more towards BShep and awarded him but seeing your figures confirmed my decision to go with BShep. Thanks again!

[kazual]

Waaac77

I don’t recall exactly how much time Jason had in a late model prior to his rookie season in LOLMDS but don’t think it was much.

[edavis71]

Awesome stuff as usual from the Magic man, glad to see you post on here again. don't get on here much anymore. too much BS, miss the good days on here!!!

[slydejob18]

Magic numbers

Hey Magic,

Glad to see you doing your thing on 4m again. As always, interesting, yet useful numbers breaking down what I thought was a wide open season in SLM racing.

As for a kid to watch, how about Devin Gilpin. I believe this guy is on the verge of breaking out. Obviously, another successful Mod grad that's been tweaking his craft for a couple seasons in LMs. Eldora SLM track champ in 18 and ran well at The World. Got a hunch he's gonna show out next season.

Go 18!!

[MontanaMagic1619*]

Yes, good to hear from you too again edavis, and yes, the good 'ol days are gone on here, and I don't blame ya' for not coming on so much, too much dammed bickering is correct, those who type their garbage on here just want to start BS to see who they can pi$$ off I presume. But that's the moderators job to eliminate such BS, they should be doing there job. But no matter, as long as there's posts on here that can provide a healthy discussion about our favorite sport, we can overcome these troublemakers.

And yes slydejob, I had forgotten about Devin, and yeah, he's more than got the talent, I liked some of his interviews in those wins he had a year or two back. He's got a flair about him, good interviewer in the class of TMac, and his talent is top notch, there's no denying that, but the more younger drivers this sport has, the better it will be for the future, that's very apparent.

[Jim11h]

I can't help but point out that thru all the numbers, Rusty schlenk, top 25! What that means totally I'm uncertain cause stats can be done anyway you want, but with this it seems he's Ill-regarded as a driver and doing great things. That simply is my problem with #'s

[MontanaMagic1619*]

My God man, what do you want ?? In all the years I've been on here 20plus I read these comments about drivers getting no respect and I have to laugh. Schlenk is a dammed good driver and deserved the ranking he earned at # 18 and I think he gets a ton of respect from drivers AND fans, so that argument doesn't wash with me anymore; and I beg to differ with you on that comment of yours about stats being done anyway a person wants; that's pure bull$hit 'cause when I do my stats I take into account EVERY driver, not just Rusty Schlenk or Scott Bloomquist, but everyone of them because I'm a true fan of ALL drivers, there is not ONE I dislike. So you can continue to mistrust numbers if u like, but you'll be missing out on information that tells a story eventually and makes for interesting reading and studying instead of some of the crap I see on here on a weekly basis. And hell, I'll even let all you guys copy my work so that you'll have something to read while you're on your own personal throne