JD or Rumley?

[FlatTire]

I think you will get your answer after the first few Lucas Oil races when the technical advantage is taken away.

[blncfn57]

I think you will get your answer after the first few Lucas Oil races when the technical advantage is taken away.

If you listen to Rumley in his interview, all that stuff was off the car awhile ago...... was it? Your guess is as good as mine.

[SLIDING SIDEWAYS]

If you listen to Rumley in his interview, all that stuff was off the car awhile ago...... was it? Your guess is as good as mine.

It was for the last race at the wws.

A few more days of tweeking on car at shop and it will be faster for gldn isle!

[Barbecueboy]

That's a good place to be fast at........

[B_K]

First off I'll be blunt, I used to hate Davenport. The talent was always obvious on track, but he had little respect for equipment, his or anyone else's. Off track at times he seemed even worse.

Long story short from my surface level view point, he's finally gotten out of his own way. He's crazy gifted behind the wheel, and that's pretty obvious to everyone now. I don't know if it's age, fatherhood, or a combination of the two, but he just carries himself different now. Not saying he's a saint, but who is really? I've grown to really enjoy watching him race. Plus he's a GA boy so I naturally want to pull for our guys.

It's not all him though, Rumley is as good as there is at setting a car up to fit his driver. He's smart, yeah he knows it too, but confidence and success sometimes rubs folks the wrong way. I don't know him personally, but outside looking in seems like a funny guy who's great at what he does.

So to me it's both. Kind of like the Gordon/Evernham days of old. They're both good separately, but together they're lethal.

[WisWildManFan]

I will wait to see how they perform under the 2016 lucas rules. I know a lot of people are claiming they went to WWS with 2016 lucas legal rules but if I dominated 2015 the way they did I would run that set up every time I was allowed to.

[Josh Bayko]

It's a combination of Davenport coming into his own as a top level driver coming together with a car that was redesigned onto a different level by his car owner. It was kind of perfect timing on both ends. Looks so far like the combination is still very potent, but as we all know that groove could go off the rails at any time. Nobody stays on top forever.

[shagger]

It's a combination of Davenport coming into his own as a top level driver coming together with a car that was redesigned onto a different level by his car owner. It was kind of perfect timing on both ends. Looks so far like the combination is still very potent, but as we all know that groove could go off the rails at any time. Nobody stays on top forever.

I believe a little credit needs to be given to that 70+ year old man building those power plants under the hood!!!!

[Josh Bayko]

I believe a little credit needs to be given to that 70+ year old man building those power plants under the hood!!!!

You're right, I was remiss in mentioning Leroy. Smooth, reliable power under the hood is also a pivotal part of a winning program.

[B_K]

I believe a little credit needs to be given to that 70+ year old man building those power plants under the hood!!!!

Good point the 6 never looks like HP is an issue. Doesn't he turn 80 this year? It's nice to see a guy that's been around and contributed a lot to the sport get a payoff like last year.

[Barbecueboy]

I believe a little credit needs to be given to that 70+ year old man building those power plants under the hood!!!!

Basically on the two saw horses and a dirty piece of 3/4 inch plywood as a work table.

Awesome story.

[dirtdobber45]

I believe its a combination of all 3. JD is a good driver and K Rumley has figured out how JD wants set up and of courseLeroy and his motors one of the best engine builders thats ever lived.

[drano]

JD has raced for the Rumleys before.

[rickybrown1952]

the most important part of any racecar is the DRIVER I don't care who sets it up !!!!

I agree it don't matter how good u set up a car the driver has to get that car around the track and across the finish line

[King1]

Davenport was only good at the end of the year at places like why not, Cherokee, Charlotte eams, and boyds, but with the exception of Charlotte he only won races where Randy weaver, Vic hill and the rest of the southern regulars showed up. Cold weather and shorter days was the only time he was any good.
The six team was competitive and wasn't all that great in 2014. The only reason they win now is because a man that should be in formula 1 took the time to make a racecar just for Jonathan Davenport. Davenport is a good driver but take Kevin away and stick him in a bwrc again and see the same results as 2010, 11, 12, and 13. So who wants to tell me how stupid I am ??? I know its coming