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December 17, 2025 at
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Gio Scelzi has a new team, a new-ish sponsor and a new crew chief(?). The team is going racing with High Limit, and bought the Meyers team H-L franchise. Will he be able to move the needle and elevate himself from his past performance with WoO and H-L? He appears to have talent. He's finished in the top 10 in WoO championships, and wins about 1 WoO every year. Is this the beginning of something big?
Does anybody have a good grasp of the franchise and how the numbers work? The craziest thing I saw was on DIRTRACKR, that said the team paid $400,000 plus for the franchise in order to have the potential to receive up to $240,000 in payout money in 2025. This was portrayed as a way for the team to have predictable finances in 2026. Huh?
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December 18, 2025 at
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This message was edited on
December 18, 2025 at
07:56:50 AM by onporch
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Posted By: Murphy on December 17 2025 at 06:59:20 PM
Gio Scelzi has a new team, a new-ish sponsor and a new crew chief(?). The team is going racing with High Limit, and bought the Meyers team H-L franchise. Will he be able to move the needle and elevate himself from his past performance with WoO and H-L? He appears to have talent. He's finished in the top 10 in WoO championships, and wins about 1 WoO every year. Is this the beginning of something big?
Does anybody have a good grasp of the franchise and how the numbers work? The craziest thing I saw was on DIRTRACKR, that said the team paid $400,000 plus for the franchise in order to have the potential to receive up to $240,000 in payout money in 2025. This was portrayed as a way for the team to have predictable finances in 2026. Huh?
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Justin said that the Spire team would get $240,000 in 2026 from HL and surmised that they would get the same amount in 2027. That team could try to earn a new franchise (no guarantee and much risk ) or buy one and get most of their money back in 2 years.
As far as moving the needle... That is a good question. Gio was always hot or cold in that Aspen Aire 18 car. Maybe he will no longer be cold in this Chili's 77 car. I can't wait to find out.
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December 18, 2025 at
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Great questions. Was the 18 car carrying him to a win or 2 here or there? Or was the 18 car holding him back? I guess we have a way to gauge it in 2026 and 2027. Sheldon racked up 32 wins over the past 5 years. Whether anyone thinks Sheldon is over rated or not, that's a pretty stout win total at 6.4 wins per year. If Sheldon falls flat on his face, it's safe to say the ride isn't up to par.
As far as the $400,000 franchise goes, it's kind of like gambling on a pension from a private company. It's probably a great idea, so long as the company that pays you still exists when you're expecting your payout.
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December 18, 2025 at
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This message was edited on
December 18, 2025 at
01:00:01 PM by NWFAN
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Posted By: Murphy on December 17 2025 at 06:59:20 PM
Gio Scelzi has a new team, a new-ish sponsor and a new crew chief(?). The team is going racing with High Limit, and bought the Meyers team H-L franchise. Will he be able to move the needle and elevate himself from his past performance with WoO and H-L? He appears to have talent. He's finished in the top 10 in WoO championships, and wins about 1 WoO every year. Is this the beginning of something big?
Does anybody have a good grasp of the franchise and how the numbers work? The craziest thing I saw was on DIRTRACKR, that said the team paid $400,000 plus for the franchise in order to have the potential to receive up to $240,000 in payout money in 2025. This was portrayed as a way for the team to have predictable finances in 2026. Huh?
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I believe that is a one time fee for franchises moving forward but stranger things havw happened...plus my reputation is so stellar...lol
Ascot was the greatest of all time..
West Capital wasn't half bad either..
Life is good...
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