Re: Jeggie leaving Pro Stock too...
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Pro Stock is done at the end of 2016 anyhow. Pro Mod or some form thereof will be the new door car class. The Factory Stock shootouts are going to get ramped up too. Nice NHRA gave them their own classes. Now my junk my be competitive again.
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Re: Jeggie leaving Pro Stock too...
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Personally, I'm not surprised. That is a lot of time on the road, and Jeggie has big time business commitments as well as a family to raise. He's a good guy....it's hard to be a good dad when you're never around.
Someone will step into that ride, J&J will have a two car team. Could it be Morgan?
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Re: Jeggie leaving Pro Stock too...
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AJ crew chief Mark Ingersoll was moving on at end of season, so AJ let him go at Pomona, brought in Jim Yates for this race...
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Re: Jeggie leaving Pro Stock too...
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Someone will step into that ride, J&J will have a two car team. Could it be Morgan?
It absolutely WILL NOT be Larry Morgan. Here is a little back story..... A few years back, I had a Pro Stock Hemi, and was buying parts from various PS teams, J&J being one of the main teams. Roy Johnson and I seemed to have a nice bond. Having said that, when Morgan told everyone he was going to Ford, he did not tell everyone that he was taking the same exact MOPAR HEMI with him, and all of the R&D that went in to making that motor competitive.(Putting valve covers, among some other minor changes, turned the Mopar Hemi, into a Ford Hemi) Out of respect for Roy, I will just say that, in no way, shape, or form, will Morgan ever be affiliated with a PS Mopar, while J&J are still around.
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Re: Jeggie leaving Pro Stock too...
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That Vincent Nobile kid is pretty good, too bad we can't get John to throw his $$$$ behind the Mountain View car as the other dodge. The Mopar camp is down on bullets and the competition has all stepped up its game. The very BEST scenario is for J&J to pair up full open disclosure with V Gaines/Madcap and then get them 2 of the best double-O hired guns to drive the cars.
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Re: Jeggie leaving Pro Stock too...
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11/14/14 09:58 PM
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I think Pro Stock as it is now has to be one of the most boring classes since the 8.90 / 9.90 BS
Yeah....lets get rid of those boring ass superclass index racers....hell they only account for 200-300 cars at each divisional and national race....shouldn't create any impact at all....DUH
While we're at it lets kill bracket racing too....one car leaving before another....that's not racing (temper flaring...lol)
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Rickster
Come on now Rick....you know were just there to pay for the event and let the Pros have time to cool off between rounds..
I swear...sometimes I wonder what kind of racing half the guys here really like at all.
I hear Ya Erik...It Befuddles me...all one has to do is research the numbers of racers in these classes and multiply that by $300+ a race....
I'm the one that goes for a beer and a sammich when the pro's line up
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Re: Jeggie leaving Pro Stock too...
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I think Pro Stock as it is now has to be one of the most boring classes since the 8.90 / 9.90 BS
Yeah....lets get rid of those boring ass superclass index racers....hell they only account for 200-300 cars at each divisional and national race....shouldn't create any impact at all....DUH
While we're at it lets kill bracket racing too....one car leaving before another....that's not racing (temper flaring...lol)
Rant Over
Rickster
Come on now Rick....you know were just there to pay for the event and let the Pros have time to cool off between rounds..
I swear...sometimes I wonder what kind of racing half the guys here really like at all.
I hear Ya Erik...It Befuddles me...all one has to do is research the numbers of racers in these classes and multiply that by $300+ a race....
I'm the one that goes for a beer and a sammich when the pro's line up
Rickster
Butts in the stands is what counts, because they don't give any of that money back, like they have to with entry fees. Sorry, but not many spectators go to see the sportsman cars and we all KNOW that.
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Re: Jeggie leaving Pro Stock too...
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I think Pro Stock as it is now has to be one of the most boring classes since the 8.90 / 9.90 BS
Yeah....lets get rid of those boring ass superclass index racers....hell they only account for 200-300 cars at each divisional and national race....shouldn't create any impact at all....DUH
While we're at it lets kill bracket racing too....one car leaving before another....that's not racing (temper flaring...lol)
Rant Over
Rickster
Come on now Rick....you know were just there to pay for the event and let the Pros have time to cool off between rounds..
I swear...sometimes I wonder what kind of racing half the guys here really like at all.
I hear Ya Erik...It Befuddles me...all one has to do is research the numbers of racers in these classes and multiply that by $300+ a race....
I'm the one that goes for a beer and a sammich when the pro's line up
Rickster
Butts in the stands is what counts, because they don't give any of that money back, like they have to with entry fees. Sorry, but not many spectators go to see the sportsman cars and we all KNOW that.
Monte
You Lose the Sportsman and you can kiss drag racing goodbye....period.
Same goes for Outlaw....why the lower index classes ... the majority of racers are the lower classes....lose them and we all lose...just my
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Re: Jeggie leaving Pro Stock too...
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Someone will step into that ride, J&J will have a two car team. Could it be Morgan?
It absolutely WILL NOT be Larry Morgan. Here is a little back story..... A few years back, I had a Pro Stock Hemi, and was buying parts from various PS teams, J&J being one of the main teams. Roy Johnson and I seemed to have a nice bond. Having said that, when Morgan told everyone he was going to Ford, he did not tell everyone that he was taking the same exact MOPAR HEMI with him, and all of the R&D that went in to making that motor competitive.(Putting valve covers, among some other minor changes, turned the Mopar Hemi, into a Ford Hemi) Out of respect for Roy, I will just say that, in no way, shape, or form, will Morgan ever be affiliated with a PS Mopar, while J&J are still around.
Guess "making it a Ford" cost about 100 HP, based on the MPH I've seen Morgan run...
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