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Rico would be a popular winner of the Nationals. He looked really good in the non stop affair.Ricky helps with his experience and Rico is always thankful and humble. It gets down to a liitle bit of luck from the time trial draw to heat and no mistakes. Kyle will be favorite to win but first time winners are always the most popular. There are 10 people that could win and one flat can make the difference. Sounds like Sammy is going to try it again. Havent heard much about Kevins program. No question had He not got injured He was one that could have challenged the best drivers.

I suspect a lot of drivers use the CC to set up the car for the Nationals, to ensure they can start their prelim night fast. So those who go to the front row challenge, do they use a different car or reset everything twice before Wed and hope they set it up identical to Sundays education?

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You ok Rod?

"Havent heard much about Kevins program. No question had He not got injured He was one that could have challenged the best drivers."

Kevin Swindell had major back surgery earlier this year.  I do not think that his car has raced at all this year.  There is speculation that Sammy may be using Kevin's engines for his coil-over car that is entered for the Nationals.

Agree with almost all you say.  However, time trial draw is a non-issue for the big guns.  Guys went out early and set fast times, guys went out in the middle and set fast times, and guys went out at the end and set fast times.  Teams/drivers with great programs should be completely unphased by the pill draw at Knoxville.  If they lay down a bad lap, they just laid down a bad lap.  That said, some of the average teams can benefit greatly, or suffer greatly from the luck of the pill draw.  Guys that are a force at Knoxville, year in and year out, will draw all over the board and still rise to the top.  Rico could have gone out in time trials dead last and it wouldn't have changed the outcome.  

Apperently not. Maybe you can read it now  after proofreading. 

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Ok just checking lol. There's plenty of people in here that know better than me but I believe that Osky is similar in size to Knoxville. So the set ups could be similar.

Congratulations Rico! :)

Adds some credibility to Strawsie's "Ricky Warren Theory" ;)

RIco's Knoxville Nationals and King's Royal wins over the last 3 years is proof enough of the theory.   So many more than Donny's without him. 

Yawn....your boring Donny was good before and after Ricky but go ahead keep beating your dead horse.

So tell me how many nationals has Ricky won without Donny. Don't run from the question either how many?

Double digit wins before him Kings Royal and nationals wins without him.

Ricky joined him in 2005 before that he had 7 seasons of double digit wins 5 with the Outlaws 13,17 ,10,16,and 12. Do you even know where Ricky was before that I do but do you?

He had good success before Ricky yeah his best years were with him but they were Ricky's best years also. And yes he did struggle without him but there were other factors that I'm sure you don't wanna hear. But Ricky hasn't come close to the years he had with Donny so cut the King maker crap.

What were the big wins with Tyler? Sure he was fun to watch but they weren't dominating anything?

Rico looks like Rico has always looked and Schatz looks like a racer in his twilight years having his last hurrah.  Next thing you know, someone will try to tell me the only reason Larson's car came to the front the last three nights is because Silva was wrenching on it.  Doesn't hurt, but Larson is the reason that car came all the way to the front.  The reason RW has all of those Nats on his resume is because Donny was in the seat of the car he wrenched on.  I'm not really sure how this isn't obvious by now to everyone.  Rico could very well win the Nats this year----he's always been good there.  He's always been very good there.  If RW pulls off another win as a car chief, it's because he earned the right to work with the best drivers.  Rico is very good.  Let's not pretend RW is gonna draw a name from a hat and make their career explode.  

While we're on the subject of obvious, how good are Rico's odds of toppling Cory Eliason during the Nationals this year?  Since he's equal to, or even better than Donny, I'm assuming that's who Rico and RW have their eyes on.  

He started with Kevin Gobrecht's family team and I believe he worked in NASCAR for a little.

Why is it so hard to realize two people who are great at what they do created a great team when they work together.  They have their own strengths and perhaps we overlook their team skills of making others perform better. Who really cares who is better or best and why does it matter? 

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I agree totally it was two great talents coming together at the right time and their numbers can be compared to the greatest driver/mech combo ever. I have gained a lot of respect for Donny since that run and I live in Pa where he was enemy number 1. I just push back on the whole he needs Ricky to have success when he's proved that's not true.