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Yup, all those posse teams running chinese chassis are putting Americans out of work. Gotta love those Pa sprint car teams. Posse says "who cares about the American working man, use what is cheapest". Why don't you go zebu tell those posse guys how bad those xxx chassis are and how using them hurts America?
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Posted By: J&J on May 03 2015 at 09:18:26 PM
Goes to show that crew chief is So So important.. When you have a guy like Keith who makes larson,bell,abreau look like rocks stars and know the right t"tricks" to get those cars to go round it's important. His tricks have carried onto larson marks team this year with Kyle knowing all the great secrets has really helped Stewart be very very competitive with schnatz..please don't take it as disrespecting Stewart he is a great driver, but having that inside know how is very helpful for Any Talented Driver!
look at the improvement with Jason Sides this year with having set up a car
also have changes been made to kraig Kinsers team this year? Does he have a new crew chief or engine builder?
when you have a great setup guy like Ricky Warner that can get scchnatz from dead last at the nationals to first goes to show you that insight and tricks to the trade Does help!
seems as though there is a shortage of Decent Crew Chiefs or there might be certain car owners that maybe crew chiefs don't want to work for?
Looking at Buffalo Wild Wings car they have had so many drivers through there program is it owner or crew chief?
Roth not sure what they got going on? Is it Dennis because money is not the issue. He's had some talents through his cars over the years. Thought Gravel did great last year but this year Roth seems to have made some poor choices. with crew guys.'Or equipment changes Gravel went through 3 crew chiefs in less than a year and now Hirst seems to be out in left field a bit. I just hope destiny gets rid of that Benic guy because that kids got some talent I have hears that Jack and Craig aren't fond if Benic.
Why aren't there any crew chiefs out there? Or some that are Available that know how to set up a car. Maybe in order to keep this series going they should work with training mechanics for the future of the sport!
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SO let me get this straight.....
You are telling everyone that has had the pleasure of reading your post, that the Larson/Marks sprint car team owes their successes to Keith Kunz??? With all due respect, that's one of the dumbest statements I’ve ever read. Larson only drove midgets for Kunz, never in a wing sprint car. These speed secrets you speak of for the midget would not translate whatsoever to a 410 wing sprint car.
Keith Kunz, has had the benefit of surrounding himself with some of the great talents in recent memory. Bell, Rico, Larson are all special talents. Bell won the WoO race at I-55 because he drove the car harder then 98% of the field.
Does it take a good car to win? Yes, but the car can be great and if the driver isn't going to push the car to its limits, it won't matter. I'm not knocking Keith either, he is good at what he does, but the car is only as good as it's driver.
Let’s start giving credit to the talent of the drivers.
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Posted By: Kjholley on May 03 2015 at 11:41:23 PM
SO let me get this straight.....
You are telling everyone that has had the pleasure of reading your post, that the Larson/Marks sprint car team owes their successes to Keith Kunz??? With all due respect, that's one of the dumbest statements I’ve ever read. Larson only drove midgets for Kunz, never in a wing sprint car. These speed secrets you speak of for the midget would not translate whatsoever to a 410 wing sprint car.
Keith Kunz, has had the benefit of surrounding himself with some of the great talents in recent memory. Bell, Rico, Larson are all special talents. Bell won the WoO race at I-55 because he drove the car harder then 98% of the field.
Does it take a good car to win? Yes, but the car can be great and if the driver isn't going to push the car to its limits, it won't matter. I'm not knocking Keith either, he is good at what he does, but the car is only as good as it's driver.
Let’s start giving credit to the talent of the drivers.
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I am sorry if you took this the wrong way, I am not knocking talent if any thing I am agreeing with you. That there are a lot of talented drivers out there. And with out the proper guys wrenching it its very difficult even for the most talented drivers to win or be up front on a consistent basis.and of course where you qualify and start the a main are just as important too.
For example when Roth ran out in California the California swing, he tried putting every available driver into his 2nd car. Tim kaeding awesome driver, Kevin Swindell, Kyle Hirst 2 time California Champion who is now in the 83 car that Gravel was in and got fired from.
Great car, Great Equipment 4 talented drivers and still with out the proper guys wrenching these cars you can't get anywhere. Look at what Hirst has done since he has been out running with the outlaws day in and day out. Shows you that Gravel wasn't an issue As far as driving That Car. Same when you had Jack and Dollansky in that 7 destiny car. Talented drivers they sure have won some races in the the past but look who is wrenching that mess Benic.
If you want to say that it was strictly talent that won Bell that night, sure go ahead he is talented and he has one of the best wrenches out there. So if he drove the heart out of the car what happened last night Sunday? You need to start in front and all the pieces have to be put together to the puzzle. Unless your Donny Schnatz,
TALENT, CREWCHIEF, EQUIPMENT AND LUCK! with out those 4elements ask any driver minus - schatzy you need all four
take the madman last night. Tyler swank hell of a set up guy. 4 times Madsen lost it and came back because his car was drivable with the right hands working on it . Now if Kerry wasn't such a madman he probably would of finished up front. Talent, wrenched, equipment and patience for Kerry that is..
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