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  • Krooser
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2012
    • 3117

    #91
    I remember when one local track considered outlawing Reese bars and 1/2 leafs with a coilover since it was 'exotic' and the cost was prohibitive... but a full aluminum engine was legal.
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    • MasterSbilt_Racer
      Senior Member
      • May 2007
      • 14310

      #92
      Originally posted by chupp n bloomer fan View Post
      If it was so easy and cheap, why didn't everyone have it? You all act like he went to Summit or Jegs and bought it off the shelf. It was testing, I'm guessing computer modeling, data acq, trial and error etc. was the end result expensive, no, but to get there was. Bloomer and whoever else was running them shocks, yeah they were a lot, but anyone who had the cash could get them and run them. Not need an engineering degree to get it right.

      It's funny the hypocrisy on here. Bloomer or Rocket came out with this and you'd be off with their heads asap. But poor Kevin comes out with it and it was a conspiracy by Bloomer and Lucas to get it outlawed. Most of the people they talked to, chassis builders, regional, and national teams, said we gotta nip this in the butt. And Kevin wanted more defined rules, so here they are.

      You wanna outlaw one thing because you don't like the guy, and allow another because you perceive him as a good ole boy. Well, it's rules, not a favoritism contest, so you outlaw one trick, mine as well get the next. And down this slope we go. And if WoO, which I don't see them doing it, doesn't follow Lucas, I think it'll hurt late models in general till they unify the rules.

      And as I've said countless times. The dude is smart, JD is a wheelman, but he's too smart for dirt late models honestly. They are going to paint him in a box, right or wrong.
      You sure make a lot of assumptions about our motivations, Kevin's skills, and what it took to get where the 6 is.

      And so do the rules makers. So here Lucas is.
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      • bullring
        Senior Member
        • May 2007
        • 947

        #93
        Originally posted by Josh Bayko View Post
        Hardly. Owens won 2 races last year. O'Neal won 1 race last year. The perceived strength of the Lucas series rests mostly on Bloomer and Davenport.
        Did you ever think the reason they didn't win many races is because they were racing against Bloomer and Davenport? The only way Davenport loses a WOO race is his car breaks.

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        • Josh Bayko
          Senior Member
          • May 2007
          • 8737

          #94
          Originally posted by bullring View Post
          Did you ever think the reason they didn't win many races is because they were racing against Bloomer and Davenport? The only way Davenport loses a WOO race is his car breaks.
          Davenport didn't win every WoO race he was in last season, and he didn't break in any of the ones he didn't win. You can pound your chest until you're blue in the face, but you're still going to sound like an idiot.

          By the way, you know which Lucas regular generally runs the best against the WoO when he runs against them? Brandon Sheppard.
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          • NY DIRT
            Senior Member
            • Jul 2011
            • 443

            #95
            Originally posted by bleedblue55 View Post
            Doesn't WOO pay their champion 25% more, $100,000 versus $75,000. Based on a 50 race schedule Lucas champ would have to get $500 more show up money per race than WOO to make up the difference.
            Lucas purse money is higher then WOO. For instance a $10,000 to win Lucas race pays $800 for last position. A WOO $10,000 to win pays $700 for last. Lucas pays more bonus money then WOO. For instance Davenport collected an extra $10,000 for winning the TV race challenge which was just one of the many bonuses he collected last season



            Hey, I am a WOO fan. I would love it if Davenport switched over and McCreadie stayed with the WOO. but dollars and sense says that there is more money and much more TV exposure running the Lucas series for Davenport...

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            • SLIDING SIDEWAYS
              Senior Member
              • Mar 2013
              • 7658

              #96
              Correct me if im wrong

              doesnt woo pay show up money for there regulars somthing like top 10 or 15. I remember tim fuller was getn $ just before he droped out a few yrs back.
              THE REAL SLIDING SIDEWAYS!

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              • WisWildManFan
                Senior Member
                • Mar 2013
                • 3217

                #97
                Originally posted by Josh Bayko View Post
                Hardly. Owens won 2 races last year. O'Neal won 1 race last year. The perceived strength of the Lucas series rests mostly on Bloomer and Davenport.
                If you think the strength lucas oil has over the outlaws is just perceived it might be time for you to start watching a new sport.
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                • Josh Bayko
                  Senior Member
                  • May 2007
                  • 8737

                  #98
                  Originally posted by WisWildManFan View Post
                  If you think the strength lucas oil has over the outlaws is just perceived it might be time for you to start watching a new sport.
                  That's rich coming from you.
                  Last edited by Josh Bayko; 01-07-2016, 07:46 PM.
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                  • WisWildManFan
                    Senior Member
                    • Mar 2013
                    • 3217

                    #99
                    Maybe for vacation you can come visit late model country... posse!
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                    • Josh Bayko
                      Senior Member
                      • May 2007
                      • 8737

                      #100
                      Originally posted by WisWildManFan View Post
                      Maybe for vacation you can come visit late model country... posse!
                      You clearly know nothing about the lay of the land as far as racing goes in Pennsylvania.
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                      • pink floyd
                        Senior Member
                        • Sep 2011
                        • 8181

                        #101
                        Originally posted by bleedblue55 View Post
                        Doesn't WOO pay their champion 25% more, $100,000 versus $75,000. Based on a 50 race schedule Lucas champ would have to get $500 more show up money per race than WOO to make up the difference.
                        in ky, that would be 33.3333 percent more.
                        jackie boggs....the last true outlaw
                        anyone but lanigan
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                        • dirtdobber45
                          Senior Member
                          • Jan 2015
                          • 7226

                          #102
                          I heard an interview with JD that the only plans at the time were to go to the Ultimate race iat VMS and Brunswich was for sure and they would see from there. Maybe he runs just big money races. Theres usually a race somewhereevery weekend that pays at least 10k to win. Be a true outlaw
                          If I havent offended you please be patient Ill get to you as soon as I can...... and yes Im a Bloomquist fan...deal w it!!! WWG1WGA!!!

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                          • bullring
                            Senior Member
                            • May 2007
                            • 947

                            #103
                            Even Bubba decided to switch to the A series this year.

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                            • bleedblue55
                              Senior Member
                              • Feb 2012
                              • 1872

                              #104
                              Originally posted by pink floyd View Post
                              in ky, that would be 33.3333 percent more.
                              WOO pays 33% more or Lucas pays 25% less, both are correct.

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                              • pink floyd
                                Senior Member
                                • Sep 2011
                                • 8181

                                #105
                                Originally posted by bleedblue55 View Post
                                WOO pays 33% more or Lucas pays 25% less, both are correct.
                                correct my friend
                                jackie boggs....the last true outlaw
                                anyone but lanigan
                                Swartz - we don't build race cars fast, we build fast race cars

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