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mick said:
from 2015 thru 2020, cruz finished 9th once, 10th twice, 11th once, and 12th twice ....... then went 7th, 6th, and 9th w/JC and crew the last three years.
it's been widely commented on previously, cruz struggles to keep crew chiefs. no clue who he mite get for next year.

from 2015 thru 2021, clay finished an average of 8th, with a high of 3rd, and low of 11th ....... Jim-O came aboard 3/22 and team has finished 8th and 11th,
but the subtraction of points in ennis would have put the team finishing 7th or 8th ........ i'm a big kloeber fan, and wish he wouldn't have left, but unless he returns, i think Jim-O stays.
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I dont think kloeber is coming back,to bad bc with a nice budget i think he would do quite well
 
Jer said:
I dont think kloeber is coming back,to bad bc with a nice budget i think he would do quite well
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doug stringer came to nhra with clay, grubnic, and lance larsen in 2015.
the car finished 11th, then 10th, then 6th, and finally in 2018 they finished 3rd with stringer money, or lack thereof.
what that team was doing in 2017 and 2018 was nothing short of brilliant.
 
RWR owns many race teams, but T/F was the only winner X3. His other teams I don't think ever get on the podiums.
IDK how he's able to fund the others, he must have one hell of a sponsor headhunter. Just think of what he spends on racing would probably blow us away.
 
Jer said:
He must not have had much of a budget from his sponsors like rwr?
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Great question. Guess not? Either that or Rick buys a lot of the parts, I don’t know how that works. But now, they have a truckful of heads and blocks and hundreds of rods and pistons instead of “just enough to get through the weekend if we don’t hurt parts”. Maybe someone can enlighten us.

I imagine the deals with sponsors/owners are different from team to team. The owner covers salaries? Or the sponsor? The sponsor covers parts? or the owner? Either way, they have a lot more parts and aren’t as worried about money.

And I’m glad Doug Stringer is still peripherally involved with the team and seems to be working behind the scenes with Rick Ware in some areas to benefit everyone under the RWR umbrella.
 
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mick said:
you are right jeremy, but at a certain point, everything in life comes down to the dollar.
i am thrilled that rick ware came drag racing, and will be back next year, and hopefully after that; and i hope they can continue to build their program.
i just don't think at this time that their budget is on par with some of the other teams. i could be wrong.
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I think the same. Don’t know, of course. It is “better“, but not Force or Stewart level.
 
Cruz Pedregon Racing adds Jason Bunker and John Medlen
BROWNSBURG, Ind. (Nov. 22, 2023) - Preparations for the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season are well underway at Cruz Pedregon Racing (CPR) headquarters as team owner Cruz Pedregon announced the following changes to the CPR team roster today. Tuner Jason Bunker will be taking over the crew chief duties on the Snap-on® Dodge® SRT® Hellcat® Nitro Funny Car in 2024. Bunker will be joined at CPR by 30+ year nitro veteran John Medlen, who will be in a consulting role for the team. Bunker and Medlen found some of their best on-track success towards the end of the 2023 season.
“I am eager, excited and motivated for this opportunity, for both myself and the entire team we are putting together here at CPR.” stated Bunker. "The competition in Funny Car is incredible right now but we feel we have a solid plan as a team to hit the ground racing in 2024."
“I am very excited for this opportunity to have Jason and John join our Snap-on Nitro Funny Car team,” said Pedregon, a two-time Funny Car world champion. “They both have the mindset and the skills that you desire out here and will definitely be a great piece to bring our team into championship form.”
Bunker, a Northern California native, has a passion that should complement the entire team. He has been involved with drag racing since he was a teenager and has prior experience in Pro Modified, Nostalgia Funny Car, Top Fuel and most recently Nitro Funny Car.
“It's like a football team” Pedregon relayed. “You have to have the right people in the right places to be able to succeed. It’s going to be a busy offseason but, we will be ready to rip in 2024.”

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mick said:
you are right jeremy, but at a certain point, everything in life comes down to the dollar.
i am thrilled that rick ware came drag racing, and will be back next year, and hopefully after that; and i hope they can continue to build their program.
i just don't think at this time that their budget is on par with some of the other teams. i could be wrong.
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I don't think their's anyone in all of auto racing that own's as many different kinds of race teams as RWR. If you watch Clay's youtube videos boy did they have the parts inventory this year. Rick has a lot of irons in the fire and it does come down to the dollar. But he definately pumped some of his own money in. With that young crew I think they had a awesome season. Pretty sure Clay only has 4 Nhra wins and 3 of them came this year.
 
65 Goatboy said:
I don't think their's anyone in all of auto racing that own's as many different kinds of race teams as RWR. If you watch Clay's youtube videos boy did they have the parts inventory this year. Rick has a lot of irons in the fire and it does come down to the dollar. But he definately pumped some of his own money in. With that young crew I think they had an awesome season. Pretty sure Clay only has 4 Nhra wins and 3 of them came this year.
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I believe you are correct. Clay won Route 66 in 2018, I think that was the first NHRA win for him.
 
ZWeinstein said:
His first win was arguably the most popular win I have ever seen, his Father's day win in Bristol in 2017.
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I forgot about that one! Thanks for the reminder. Yeah, so he has 5 NHRA Wallys. Bristol, Rt. 66 X2, Denver and St. Louis.
 
NHRA insider had some tidbits on it this week. Mac Savage out of JFR, unknown if he is staying in the sport. Nick B leaving Alexis heading to Millican to tune alongside Jim O. Jason McCulloch and Kurt Elliott out of Kalitta, Jason back to Capco. Ronnie Thompson will be joining Hart to work with Douglas. As mentioned on the Cruz thread, Medlen might have a contractual commitment with Lee.
 
Paul said:
NHRA insider had some tidbits on it this week. Mac Savage out of JFR, unknown if he is staying in the sport. Nick B leaving Alexis heading to Millican to tune alongside Jim O. Jason McCulloch and Kurt Elliott out of Kalitta, Jason back to Capco. Ronnie Thompson will be joining Hart to work with Douglas. As mentioned on the Cruz thread, Medlen might have a contractual commitment with Lee.
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Is Savage a fall guy? Did he have that much input into Brittany's car and that was the issue this year.....?
 
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