The 2027 thread

[Mike]

Instead of having a dozen different threads for next year, why not combine into one?

Checking comp plus after a few days away, here are 2 TF announcements:

Leah stepping back, Schumacher gets her ride in a multi year deal (already mentioned in separate thread).

Doug Foley coming back with Gary Pritchett as driver, I thought the article mentioned 8 races.

Also, Foley will run an a-fuler in TAD with his sons driving.

What else will change or who may start a team next year?

 

[mick]

i have no clue or inside info, but i still think blake and clay could be teammates,
as they share the same parent company as sponsors, but blake seems to me like he wants
to be his own boss, which i respect, so maybe that wouldn't work?

 

[LoPony]

RWR will either downsize or find a new driver….theres no shortage of people itching for a seat….Ida?

 

[T.Smith]

The return of Maurice DuPont.

 

[Rasn1320]

The return of Maurice DuPont.

The money team....

 

[8sec71]

I say Reed sells and drives the 2nd RWR car providing half the funding with RWR providing the other half with their sponsorships.
He said he was stepping back next year to save money for retirement. This way he can save some money and still be out there full time, and essentially be reunited with Wendland.

 

[you]

I say Reed sells and drives the 2nd RWR car providing half the funding with RWR providing the other half with their sponsorships.
He said he was stepping back next year to save money for retirement. This way he can save some money and still be out there full time, and essentially be reunited with Wendland.

Makes sense! I like it!

 

[z28]

RWR will either downsize or find a new driver….theres no shortage of people itching for a seat….Ida?

Tony got there with $$$. They are hard to find.

 

[GumbyWVU]

Instead of having a dozen different threads for next year, why not combine into one?

Checking comp plus after a few days away, here are 2 TF announcements:

Leah stepping back, Schumacher gets her ride in a multi year deal (already mentioned in separate thread).

Doug Foley coming back with Gary Pritchett as driver, I thought the article mentioned 8 races.

Also, Foley will run an a-fuler in TAD with his sons driving.

What else will change or who may start a team next year?

Any more info going around about Freeman/Elite fielding a TF team or two next year?

 

[65 Goatboy]

i have no clue or inside info, but i still think blake and clay could be teammates,
as they share the same parent company as sponsors, but blake seems to me like he wants
to be his own boss, which i respect, so maybe that wouldn't work?

Where is Blake this weekend?

 

[Billy]

Where is Blake this weekend?

According to this article, he is competing at at least 3 of the last 6, maybe more, but not all.

Blake Alexander goes back to the future beginning at NHRA U.S. Nationals

Multi-event NHRA race winner Blake Alexander is embarking on a new chapter at the NHRA’s most prestigious event, debuting his own Funny Car team at the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals.

www.nhra.com

 

[Jack]

I say Reed sells and drives the 2nd RWR car providing half the funding with RWR providing the other half with their sponsorships.
He said he was stepping back next year to save money for retirement. This way he can save some money and still be out there full time, and essentially be reunited with Wendland.

Really like this senerio. Not sure Reed would invest a couple million into this and if RWR could come up with the rest but would love to see it happen

 

[Mike]

Dustin, Reed had said with his new business He cant run full time

 

[sfw1960]

The smell of money does strange things to people Mike...

 

[handsome]

how about the rumor of Ida going to JFR as a second tf team? or was that just internet talk?

 

[Cliff]

Robert, your comment made me think how much $ is inflated. When I worked at Sky Harbor Airport in Phx, used to go to some of the stores to buy a candy bar. More than $5 for a large size Hersheys, etc. The didn't sell the small sizes, cuz less profit. Thinking how it costs around 5-6 million for one nitro car per year. And we're the cheap sport, compared to Indy 500, etc etc

 

[mgty3whlr]

how about the rumor of Ida going to JFR as a second tf team? or was that just internet talk?

Probably a rumor created by some Internet dude that has a big following and has his algorythm dialed in to hit anyone that follows drag racing.

 

[Ponyhntr]

Probably a rumor created by some Internet dude that has a big following and has his algorythm dialed in to hit anyone that follows drag racing.

Not really. I heard that rumor in Seattle from a JFR employee. That person said it was going around internally at JFR, so…

 

[Tony]

The smell of money does strange things to people Mike...

As does the smell of nitro.