Morgan Lucas...

Only talks about tom Conway coming in for these couple of races with no mention of Jim at all...

What gives??? Is Jim still the CC with Tom giving help, or is Tom taking over this car???

Mentions that Aaron may return to the seat??? That seems like a weird statement...

Anyone got the scoop on this???

 

No, but it all does sound bizarre. When I was talkng to those guys in Brainerd a month or so ago there was no mention of it. Mustve just come up.

Maybe Morgan figures if he cant win in Top Fuel this year he can go back to the AFD car and win another wally?

 

All of this has been brewing for sometime. Jim had been struggling with the tune up for the hot weather, then to add insult to injury Armored Coatings wanted to step back on their sponsorship...
In Chicago we were told at the end of the event the car was to be taken to the Lucas Race shop near Indy, and be parked till the money situation was handled. Well it took nearly 3 weeks before Jim was told that he would not be returning to the team.
If AO gets his new sponsor package handled you will probably see him back in the seat, that is unless someone else snatches him up! He was paying over $20,000 per race, im sure there is a lot of teams out there that could do wonders with that kind of money.

 

I think Morgan just misses us...

 

Ouch! Not a good weekend for the Afuel car... Looks like there is still some gremlins! Looks like a new engine combo, and crew chief did'nt fix the woes of this car. But here's looking to Sonoma...

 

why would you waiste the money on an a/fuel car when your top fuel car can't get down the track. not trying to pick on him , just asking a sinceable question. i thought they would have gotten better results out of the top fuel car by now.

 

What's Morgan doing in Brainerd???

I dunno what's going on with Morgan and the A/FD team and Aaron. But it's really killing some of us low budget, hometown teams trying to get into the Lucan Oil Nationals in Brainerd. Working on an TAD team out of Minnesota, we take a lot of pride and get very excited for our home town "big race" in Brainerd every year. But when a rich kid wants to step down and play with his toys again at mommy and daddy's race, it makes it very tough for us small teams to get into the show, let alone get onto the entry list. Thanks Morgan for taking away our spot in the show!!!

 

There is a similar situation in Nascar. Many of the nextel cup guys drop down and run a Busch car periodically. Its called seat time. The guy with the most seat time frequently wins more often.

 

You better get signed up NOW, THERE IS ONE SPOT OPEN. Some one must have dropped out

 

someone else just signed up, so the field is full again.

 

Thanks John for the heads up. But i was a little too late to contact Ziggy about the open spot. I sure hope that we can get it though. It's the biggest one of the year for us and we missed it last year. Keep us posted if you hear of any more oppenings. 320-291-4296 is my number. Thanks again John, your a true Div. 5 friend.

 

Keep checking the list , I will too. Maybe call Steve Torence, see if he is going or not. Get him to withdraw his name if he's not going and sign up the minute he does.

 

I might have to give old Steve a call then. Do you or anyone know how to get in contact with Steve Torence? Thanks again John.

 

Well now 3 guys would have to drop out for you guys to get in. There is still one spot open for INDY.

 

Yea if you don't have the grade points to sign up early you really need to watch and sign up the first day you are allowed too. Last year i missed Indy because not enough grade points and i should have signed up the day when i was able too, but wasn't wathcing close enough thinking I could get in no matter what since i won that race in 2002. I then found out that i had to be the previous years winner to get in no matter how full the field was. This year i am keeping a good eye on the Nats. I want to attend and signing up the first minute i'm allowed too.

 

Indy is full now too. Glad i made it this year.