Overton/Burroughs to Longhorn/Riggs

[AJMcCool]

I was told that Wells is going to help Gustin but he is actually staying put with Todd Cooney.

In the end, that makes sense

[HoosierDirtFan]

On the Longhorn Chassis Facebook page now.



"𝑾𝒆'𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑩𝑰𝑮 𝑺𝑬𝑿𝒀 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌..." 🤘🕺🏼

Riggs Motorsports and the Longhorn Factory Team are proud to announce Brandon Overton and Anthony Burroughs as the 2025 Longhorn Factory Team Driver and Crew Chief. Full press release and details to follow.

https://www.floracing.com/articles/12979479-brandon-overton-announces-his-new-team-for-2025?fbclid=IwY2xjawGYeVRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHWrLlgPb12X6JesCKBq0hLwoE_4ShyxxXtz5zRuYVKuYAQRPwwetvFSTHg_aem_FQt4qxWfiPKadCbkvrZQgg

[Henry Every]

Why would Overton move rides when he's the mastermind on infinite chassis? ...

My thoughts exactly. He just clinched the HTF series and was complementing Bobby Kay on the New "Old School" spindles he built for him ahead of last race making a big difference. Said car felt better than it had in a while. I'm assuming he means Bobby Kay of Tri-County Buggy Fame in SC. I'm surprised, surprised he left and surprised he wants to run a national tour again, I thought he wanted to run an outlaw type schedule. Never know what went on behind scenes.

[Pennsboro32]

Plans to run Lucas or woo like I mentioned on page 1. A house car team of that magnitude isn’t going to run regionally.

[kidrock]

Oh my I can't believe it. What a surprise

[Dlmfan123]

Guessing Brandon won’t be calling the shots on set ups now. Probably more of a show up and drive

[SLM_FAN77]

Guessing Brandon won’t be calling the shots on set ups now. Probably more of a show up and drive

This is no different than any other top driver out there... they all have crew chiefs and work as a team, pretty sure he had a crew chief at Wells too didn't he?

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

This is no different than any other top driver out there... they all have crew chiefs and work as a team, pretty sure he had a crew chief at Wells too didn't he?

No not really

[bleedblue55]

Wondering how Huddy shakes out after these changes. Haven't heard much about his situation lately.

[SLM_FAN77]

No not really

So what did Kent Fegter do then?

[Tireguy17]

So what did Kent Fegter do then?

Don't think he has been with 76 for some time.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

So what did Kent Fegter do then?

There's a huge difference between what a crew chief must do for a Hudson O'Neal vs a Scott Bloomquist.

[Henry Every]

If I remember right Brandon said when he took the Wells ride that he only did it because they let him pick everything, "HE" wanted, he chose the engine builder, the shocks, the crew, etc. Sometimes having a "crew chief" can hurt performance, ie CBR struggled because they had people in those roles and higher making less than perfect calls all the time. Since I can't know went on behind scenes I can't know why he's leaving but to me it seems like a mistake, but maybe the autonomy he had at first with Wells has changed since the Infiniti deal kicked off.

[84wedge]

No not really

I've seen big name drivers hammering out sheet metal.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

I've seen big name drivers hammering out sheet metal.

This discussion branched off a comment about setup decision/calls. I see less drivers working on sheet metal than I used to. That's mostly a flunky job.