Any speculation on RWR crew chief pick for Schumacher?

[Butch]

Remember when Mike won Bristol, he was going to buy a lake house nearby?
Maybe that cookie jar wasn't as deep as we and him thought it was.

 

[Chili]

Of course no explanation is required, yet Mike had a huge fanbase that looked up to him and his leadership and Jasmine was building a humongous fanbase with every round win, an explanation would have been nice.
Will continue to hope to see them back (JFR- Brit and Grubnic could use a teammate, that would be one heckuva T/F team)

If you follow Jasmine Salinas on Instagram she continues to post a lot of top fuel racing content. I don’t think they are done nitro racing.

 

[LoPony]

Still no announcement. Maybe we’ll know around Indy?

 

[Just Paul]

Still no announcement. Maybe we’ll know around Indy?

I think it will be known by this coming Monday, if not sooner.

 

[Rajunz]

I'm pretty sure that Scrappers were just missing the East Coast races, and will be back later in the season.

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[Topfuel386]

More info came out after this article that they were done for the year.

 

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[mick]

can't go wrong with one of best stone's tunes ever for bkg. music.
guessing BIR or indy for debut??

what are chances there mite be a sponsor hint/s in that short video?

 

[Butch]

BIR to debug the entire operation (car & crew), then on to Indy?

 

[handsome]

can't go wrong with one of best stone's tunes ever for bkg. music.
guessing BIR or indy for debut??

what are chances there mite be a sponsor hint/s in that short video?

I saw the one shirt with Sunny D on it and wondered that... there was also ( what looked like ) a wrap rolled up in front of the car with some blue on it..

 

[DragFan2]

More info came out after this article that they were done for the year.

Well, you probably have more contacts in the industry than we do, Kyle, so I guess they may be regrouping and looking for sponsorship. Mike and his company Scrappers, can't fund a Top Fuel car forever on his own nickel. Hope they can come back in 2026.

 

[mick]

there was one year not too long ago, when leah was running the gold papa john's TF'r, the ceo John (papa johns) had
a guest in the pits at brainerd. it was the ceo/owner of jimmy johns, which is part of Inspire Brands, the same as Arbys.
this is NOT a rumor. just stating a few facts. these dots more than likely do NOT connect.

 

[Topfuel386]

My info only comes from Lohnes podcast.

 

[Just Paul]

Here it is

 

[LoPony]

Here it is

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Hot dog! We were right. Paul you called it.

 

[mick]

two different chassis. tony stays enclosed. probably won't share too much tuning? although jim-o and nicky have worked
with rob while at kalitta i think?

 

[none]

Mike,

Just asking. Are you sure the chassis' are different? I know that Tony prefers the canopy but that doesn't mean the chassis is different. You can install the canopy on any chassis. And it hasn't seemed like that big of a deal. When guys like A.J. or Grubnic have changed they haven't slowed down when they swapped.

Alan

 

[LoPony]

two different chassis. tony stays enclosed. probably won't share too much tuning? although jim-o and nicky have worked
with rob while at kalitta i think?

That’s what I heard, re: Flynn at Kalitta. Gonna be interesting to see how this plays out over the next year and a half.

 

[mick]

Mike,

Just asking. Are you sure the chassis' are different? I know that Tony prefers the canopy but that doesn't mean the chassis is different. You can install the canopy on any chassis. And it hasn't seemed like that big of a deal. When guys like A.J. or Grubnic have changed they haven't slowed down when they swapped.

Alan

actually alan, you have a good point. i don't know if they are different chassis. i should have thought about that a little better.
i think RWR has been aligned with DSR and DSM for chassis and engine block?

 

[DixonFan]

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