BamBam2140
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Four-time champion tuner Dickie Venables named DHL Funny Car crew chief
Longtime NHRA Funny Car crew chief Dickie Venables is the new crew chief for the J.R. Todd-driven Kalitta Motorsports DHL Funny Car.
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Just try to wipe that smile off of JR Todd's face.....Four-time champion tuner Dickie Venables named DHL Funny Car crew chief
Longtime NHRA Funny Car crew chief Dickie Venables is the new crew chief for the J.R. Todd-driven Kalitta Motorsports DHL Funny Car.www.nhra.com
65 Goatboy
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Found it kinda strange that Jon O is now the assistant crew chief instead of co-crew chief.
BaldyLochs
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This is a good development. I'm hoping for some great results and soon for the Kalitta funny car.
z28
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you know money will not be a problem
I was NITRO BREATH
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I guess everyone knew Dickie was going to land with a topnotch team. But the real mystery still remains, why did he "leave" TSR ????
you
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And what’s going on with Todd Smith?
No insider info, but based on some of the comments by the teams it sounds like he was offered more $ and TSR had to make a "business decision" on what they were going to do.
mick
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mel, thanks for the info ...... that was my second guess where your bro might turn up ...... i hope they do well this year, for everyone involved.
IMO realistically a top 6-8 finish would be great for them.
65 Goatboy
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J.R. is due for his second championship. Being on the Kalitta team you would think he would have won more than one in 7 years in F.C. I love his passion and determination, good things are coming. And he's still young.
*******
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Everybody saw the writing on the wall in Tony's top end interviews. He was not happy going down the last stretch of the season with his teams performance. I'm surprised anybody is still there.
J.R. , like many other nitro pilots are pretty much at the sole mercy of their respective crew chiefs. Put any one of the current nitro drivers in that Prock car and it still wins the championship!
Not to take anything away from Jimmy Prock. He is a great crew chief, but It takes more than just a great crew chief. You got to have a very good crew putting it back together every time. Plus a great driver that is consistent in how he does the burnouts, staging and everything else. From my view point he has done that very well !!
It certainly takes the entire team to perform at that level.
I was NITRO BREATH
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I agree, Tony was unhappy with his 9 th place finish in the points. But Hagan was fourth in FC. With Austin's phenomenal season and John's car doing almost as well ,4th ain't bad. And I know, 4th place is not acceptable for Tony, but believing that replacing Dickie is going to make things better seems like wishful thinking.
I agree Barry. This seemed like a knee jerk reaction to what really was a decent finish for Hagen in FC, everything considered. I think it was a mistake, unless Dickie left on his own. But the media reports pointed to this as solely a T-S discission.
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