The demise of Rocket Chassis

[dirtcrazy4u]

Yea blame ray cook for the stupid rule. That wedge nose gets into a guy that's crossed up he's going over, plain and simple. The LR shock and bodies are the problem. From my neighbor, who does run a slm with his son, Mark has had it with WRG and what they don't do. He relinquished a couple different things he heard but as he said you just never no who is telling who the hole story. There going all out up there on that hill in WV is what I can say.

[Pennsboro32]

McCreadie says the cars bodies now minus the droop rule produce better racing than they ever have.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

Pretty sure Ray Cook was the driving force behind the droop rule starting with his Southern Nationals Series

And it went nowhere else for years. The current rule Lucas and woo adopted is very different from rays proposal.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

McCreadie says the cars bodies now minus the droop rule produce better racing than they ever have.

McCreadie is very McCreadie-centric. I have seen that first hand. I know he doesn't actually believe that. He raced when you could pass on entry or exit.

[ImCryn2]

It did take Mark suggesting the droop rule to all major sanctioning bodies to get his cars relevant again on the national stage. Not hating, just spitting facts. Not biased. I own and XR1

I think it had the opposite effect. Bad call on his part if that is true.

[Rajflyboy]

Then you got a guy like Chris Madden who can win in whatever chassis he is in. Doesn’t matter to his team.

[Raceready]

It's a good deal for the other drivers that he is not in a Longhorn he'd a maybe won that big old million and all the other races he was in perhaps ? ?

[Pennsboro32]

I wonder if anyone else noticed how many races rocket won over the weekend?

[JustAddDirt]

44

pretty sure he got his last couple cars bare steel from Rocket, so he can change a few things. specifically so it will turn. He is a purdy smart cat.

[foxfire2dirtracing]

Maybe a few tweaks from his knowledge of Bloomqist and Longhorn Chasis?

[foxfire2dirtracing]

I think most veteran drivers do their own changes to their cars. Those that rely on Chasis manufacturers for set-ups are probably the ones crying about no tech support?
Madden doesn’t use the Integra shocks like Rocket1 house car. Integra seems to be the leading brand for most rockets while Bilstein is heavy with Longhorns- hi XR Kevin Rumley.

[Josh Bayko]

What works for Madden probably wouldn’t work for Sheppard and vice versa. Their driving styles aren’t anywhere near similar.

Flo just put up an article where Mark basically says they have been trying new things most of the year. After Portsmouth, they had a team meeting and decided to get back to what they know works.

Then they went and absolutely dominated at Muskingum. Sometimes you lose your way attempting to reinvent the wheel.

[KTMLew]

Leaf springs. Get back on leaf springs.

[Raceready]

Leaf springs. Get back on leaf springs.

In total agreement ! ! I would love to go back to the days when it was 80% driver and 20% car that won races ! !

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

Bayko,

My understanding of that DoD article was Brandon was tired of doing it Marks way and was past ready to run what he knew he needed. "Not do what we always do, do what I need". Basically