Josh Richards?

[84wedge]

Is barely winning a national touring championship similar to a woman being slightly pregnant?

hhahahahahahahaha

[NeedforLM$peed]

Tmac and Bloomquist both blew tires with under 10 laps to go.

[seminole939913]

Bottom line is the record book says 2017 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Champion: Josh Richards. There are no astericks beside it denoting this or that for him being champion because someone else had a flat or blew an engine. He got the trophy and the check. As for this year, wow he is really struggling. I really hope they get it turned around and he finds his winning ways again soon.

[Action10]

Tmac and Bloomquist both blew tires with under 10 laps to go.

That happened in every points race the entire season? Sorry for making a joke of this, but come on...

[ZERO25]

Most wont believe this, but the missing link is......his DAD!

[nc mudcat]

Lapped in 9 laps last night. Pitiful. 2 house cars coming, one for each tour?

On second thought, after last night's house car performance, going there may not be desired anyway. With that said, I look for a much-better performance out of Shepherd the next 2 days.

[NeedforLM$peed]

I don't believe Josh and Steve are on good terms and Josh said at one time when he left Rocket1 he wanted to go out and do it on his own.

[dirtcrazy4u]

I don't believe Josh and Steve are on good terms and Josh said at one time when he left Rocket1 he wanted to go out and do it on his own.

Yea he left and went to the best ride. Won the title and went downhill from there. Along comes the CBR ride and they just can't seem to get on the same page. Yea it's been said it's the crewchief because boyer is not going to replace him. There's not a lot of teams out there looking that has the equipment and backing of that CBR ride. So what do you do ? Ride around like EPJ has in a garbage chassis program until it's possibly to late ? Does rocket team owners and sponsors say we want a car on both series ? I have a feeling he's the highest paid driver out on tour, if anyone is close I think it would be JD. Josh's stumbling block is Brandon Sheppard, he has done remarkable things in team blue and I don't see him leaving that seat anytime soon.

[t3r3e3]

I may be wrong but Bowyer said JD wasn't much of a driver when they split.

Which is funny because Davenport had been crushing it with Barry prior to taking the CBR ride. He leaves the black hole that is CBR and proceeds to kick ass ever since. Let’s get real: Bowyer is a marketable pretty boy with average at best driving talent. If he had a face like JD he’d be running a modified somewhere winning a couple small races a year. All his talented drivers have underachieved while there; only O’Neal won a title and it was on consistency. Bowyer’s late model outfit is the biggest underachiever in the sport.

[t3r3e3]

Yea he left and went to the best ride. Won the title and went downhill from there. Along comes the CBR ride and they just can't seem to get on the same page. Yea it's been said it's the crewchief because boyer is not going to replace him. There's not a lot of teams out there looking that has the equipment and backing of that CBR ride. So what do you do ? Ride around like EPJ has in a garbage chassis program until it's possibly to late ? Does rocket team owners and sponsors say we want a car on both series ? I have a feeling he's the highest paid driver out on tour, if anyone is close I think it would be JD. Josh's stumbling block is Brandon Sheppard, he has done remarkable things in team blue and I don't see him leaving that seat anytime soon.

Sheppard is the better driver; I don’t see why Mark would replace him even with Josh.

[Josh Bayko]

Mark has said in a couple different interviews that Brandon is the driver as long as he wants to be. If Josh was in a bad way and completely out of a ride, I’m sure Mark would make something happen for him.

[84wedge]

I never considered the pay issue. If Josh is already being paid handsomely with zero results, why try harder? People rarely feel that hunger and fire when they are already taken care of and secure.

[Hovlane]

I believe Bowyer has changed chassis brands multiple times. He also has put very talented drivers in his cars. He has changed everything except the crew. Nothing he's changed has worked maybe it's time he looked at the people in the shop that are working for him calling the shots......

[Barbecueboy]

Josh looks tired of it…….

[Josh Bayko]

@bbq

Yeah, he’s never been Mr. Personality, but he does seem different these days.