BIR 2026 (19 Viewers)
- Thread starter mick
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Maybe I missed reading about this elsewhere, but I don't see the Jim Dunn Funny Car on the entry list for Brainerd. Pretty rare in the past for them to miss a race. Looks like maybe they are starting to cut back? Maybe the loss of funding from the driver is significant. I'm sure Arend as a fill-in driver for Losenko is only driving for expenses and is not a paid gig either way.
Chili
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They missed a racer earlier this year so they have to be in the top 10 to be countdown eligible. Since that is off the table, I’m guessing they didn’t have a primary sponsor for this race so no reason to make the trek up to north. After Losenko’s Pomona incidents and NHRA stepping in to get him out of the seat, the Dunn team was more or less left out of the countdown this year.
I hadn't heard about NHRA being involved in the decision to keep Losenko out of the seat. The fact that he was out of the seat right after a couple of lane swaps suggested it may not be an injury but I hadn't heard that.
Rasn1320
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I Heard an arm injury,guess that was bs like robert hights deal lol. Prob cant get a driver to pay his way bc they either dont qualify or go out 1st rd,thats gotta get old,esp for the crew guys
Chili
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Unfortunately the Dunn’s don’t have the funding to run with the big dogs. I would guess they are doing it on about a third of what the big teams are spending. If they could get a driver to bring 2 million to the seat, their performance would step up dramatically. It’s great that they are still racing and going to most events. I would guess they get fairly raw crew members, train them up, only to lose them to a team with better funding. That happened to Wilkerson for years when he had his own team.
