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Old 12-17-2018, 10:26 AM   #1
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Now that Lavon sold #mywhitetruck............

And other big names seemingly getting out of Prostreet, what does 2019 look like in terms of full-size "street" truck racing?
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Old 12-17-2018, 10:40 AM   #2
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What other big names "seemingly" getting out of ProStreet?
 
Old 12-17-2018, 11:12 AM   #3
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What?!! The race truck is gone?

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Old 12-17-2018, 11:15 AM   #4
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What other big names "seemingly" getting out of ProStreet?
Dustin Jackson left
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Old 12-17-2018, 11:31 AM   #5
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I guess they got tired of the 5.0 index racing.
 
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Uhhhh whaaa? I didnt know it was for sale... must have been an offer he couldnt refuse. I cant imagine someone using these specific built trucks for anything other than what they were built for... however a lot of famous trucks have become garage art since changing hands.

Hopefully he is building something else.
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Old 12-17-2018, 11:42 AM   #7
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I guess they got tired of the 5.0 index racing.


It’s not an Index one person one time went faster. Not at all an index


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Old 12-17-2018, 01:28 PM   #8
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Uhhhh whaaa? I didnt know it was for sale... must have been an offer he couldnt refuse. I cant imagine someone using these specific built trucks for anything other than what they were built for... however a lot of famous trucks have become garage art since changing hands.

Hopefully he is building something else.
Guy by me bought it here in VA. He ran the 5.90 class last year I think.
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So a thinning Prostreet/5.0 index fields are thinner, and the 5.90 index class is growing.



Here's to Hoping JP makes some waves soon.
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Maybe he's going to dabble in the local sled pull scene for a while. With what these guys have done in the racing scene, I'd love to see a dedicated sled puller from them. They've won everywhere else, so why not? Seems like he could stay closer to home with pulling too, and kids love fairs!

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Can the class get certed lower than a 5.0?
 
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Can the class get certed lower than a 5.0?


Yes, they would need to lower the minimum weight though.
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Guy by me bought it here in VA. He ran the 5.90 class last year I think.
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Old 12-17-2018, 04:40 PM   #14
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Yes, they would need to lower the minimum weight though.
But the class has a minimum weight of 4500lbs. So no...the class cannot.
 
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Maybe they’ll pull a Milliken and build some nasty cars.
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Old 12-17-2018, 09:35 PM   #17
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Realistically, how light could they possibly make a "street outlaws" type race car? Near as I can tell, they make plenty of power to go much faster, just always had to be heavy.

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Old 12-18-2018, 07:51 AM   #18
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I think we will start to see a pile of door cars over the next few years.
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I saw the post on FB over the weekend, didn't read it until seeing this thread.

My opinion is that Lavon retiring from UCC is Derek Rose's or Shawn Baca's only way to win. They're win will be less credible with Lavon absent, IMHO
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I'll share my thoughts, that way in 5yrs from now i can remember why we sold it .
I'll start with the fact that our truck was never actually for sale and I hadn't even entertained the thought, but a sequence of events changed our plans in about a weeks time.

After we committed to UCC 2019, my wife and I found out we are expecting a child on May 2nd, the day before UCC, while that was a topic of debate on how everything would work out, we heard that Josh Scruggs (Triple Hart Fab) was looking to get into a Pro Street chassis and after a few conversations, a fair offer was made and I spent 3 days deciding what to do before committing to sell the roller. Some of the other deciding factors that influenced the sale was the fact that we built that truck to compete in UCC and race Pro Street, 3yrs later we've won UCC 3 times, won a Pro Street Points Championship, set the 1/8th mile record at 4.97@151mph and 1/4mile record at 7.88@181mph, both below the 25.6 cert requirements. This leaves no room for looking for the "next level" in this 4500lb chassis, and for the next cert we need to get below 3600lbs, and for that we may as well start over. It was either settle in and focus on getting it to run consistent 5.0 range in Pro Street or sell and open the door to build a new chassis and keep going faster.

This 2018 season we learned that campaigning a Pro Street and Pro Mod truck with the same crew was a little much, and focusing on one project made more sense. The S10 is owned by Edgar Artecona in TX, with the original plan to have us campaign it for the first year, then have his daughter Amalee drive the truck the following. But if any of you have been watching the S10 this summer, you'll notice its been on a few wild rides. Because of how fast its progressed, Edgar decided to have us campaign the S10 for the 2019 season again with Larson driving and once its going straight consistently we'll put Amalee in the seat for a few non points races (she drives a high 9 sec street truck and has been through the Frank Hawley driving school).

So 2019 we will focus our efforts on the S10, we raced at 3375lbs last year, and are going to a billet head, spindle mount wheels, tbm brakes, new fiberglass doors, etc all to shave weight as we need to get to 3200lb race weight to keep our 25.2 cert that has a 3200lb max. While we're racing the S10 we are also working with D&J to finish the new Billet block/head that he started on in 2017, getting it to the dyno, putting its through its paces looking for as much power as possible with a single turbo/nitrous combination (less weight then twins or triples), so the engine is ready for action for a new chassis in the 2020 season.

The goal for the 2020 season is to go faster then the diesel dragsters in a door slammer (lofty goals). This would give us the best chance of having a chassis that can go play in other classes with the gassers when we're not racing ODSS. Even a billet block/head Cummins is 150lbs heavier then a Big block nitrous engine, and in the gas world a $40k budget gets you a 4000HP engine (its not fair). Diesels have a long way to go to compete in that league but we're a glutton for punishment and somehow think its a good idea to try to get a diesel power plant on that level.

I look forward to taking a little bit of a breather in 2019 and being able to focus more time on family and business while we prepare for the 2020 season.

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