xcellracing Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 I regret to inform all the truck drivers that i had contact with that this series will never get off the ground. Apparently, According to hmp and thr, alot of drivers contacted them and told them that either they didnt want a traveling series or did not want to race in a driver owned series. So they decided to make it local classes at both tracks with the same rules, Stating to me "you can still have your series and the same dates that we agreed upon", but of course that would be a tall order to race on the same night as the local truck class. To those of you that shared the same vision as I did for our once unique traveling series I am sorry it wont happen, Yes, that means I will be cancelling the Corpus Christi races on July 7th and Sept 15th. Any further questions should be directed to Hmp or thr.See yall at hmp this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landlord Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Trucks are coming to Houston this weekend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcellracing Posted April 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Yes as the houston local class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Txenergy Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 XCELL.. Â I was there also and heard that.... Keep the idea .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcellracing Posted April 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Heard what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Txenergy Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Heard what? The trucks were going to Houston to race.... Cool they are working together on things...Keep the idea of a traveling series for the future.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonesome Ford Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 man Rusty, you gave it your best shot. Keep all of the research, just put it on the back burner. Who knows, it could still be a possibility in the future. Thank you for giving it your all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truck38 Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Rusty I also appreciate all the hard work you put into putting together a series. I'm really sad about the corpus deal, I really enjoyed that track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcellracing Posted April 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 John, it might have worked, but I didnt know that I was one of the only drivers that wanted it to be touring still. Apparently most of the drivers want it to be a local class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonesome Ford Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Rusty, let's have an "Outlaw" race in Corpus <shrug> just an idea, I dunno.... Â That is suprising. I would have thought the opposite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gundogC3 Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Question is...how many are going to show up at each track on any given night???? I'm thinking dont give up Rusty. Only time will tell! I just hope the death of truck racing isnt around the corner. Was really thinking of buying one, you would almost have to give me one now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcellracing Posted April 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Gunnar, we should have a bunch, Hmp and Thr both told me that they were contacted by ALOT of drivers wanting it to be a local class!! Who and how many drivers I dont know they wouldnt tell me!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gundogC3 Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Just like iI said time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truck99 Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Rusy, I commend you for stepping up and trying to do something to take care of the trucks. It looks like your idea just didn't jive with what HMP and THR had already planned. I don't think it's completely accurate to call the trucks a local class. They are still just as much of a touring series as they were last year - two tracks (HMP and THR.) It may be that the tracks just felt like the existing trucks couldn't support your series AND what they had already planned between their two tracks. Keep the faith and best of luck in 07. You've started it on the right foot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane hunter Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 sound like u got the shaft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcellracing Posted April 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Chase it is two local classes one at hmp with like 15 races for points and 4 races at thr for seperate points and i guess 19 races for an overall champ(not sure on the structure for that yet), so yes if you want to go to 19 races to be an overall champ you could call it touring except that all the thr and hmp dates are back to back and a week is not enough time to change over to run at the other track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fast18 Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 I'm just curious...but they are both 3/8 mile tracks...is there much to change? I'm not sure what the other THR SS changed when we raced there last year but I didn't change anything . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcellracing Posted April 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Sure mickey, springs and shocks are different I run a different gear ratio(rpm limited 305) different banking requires diff. roll center and camber gain thr front strecth is longer than hmp concrete is diff than asphalt etc.., maybe if you are going for just one race sure you can get away with it, but when you are running for points against people like Green,roper,meridith,jim albert brent bell and such every hundreth of a second matters, cuz you know they are working and changing thier stuff to go faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fast18 Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Gotch Rusty...I don't race for points and I am a one man race team.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junior Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 I sure wish we knew about all the changes needed between the two tracks, maybe we would have done better Junior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Txenergy Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 I have to say ,, I liked the idea myself...touring series... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProTree Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 That's what the truck series used to be when it first started in texas,the lone star series raced at tracks in texas,oklahoma and kansas and finished with a national race on the east coast and west coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcellracing Posted April 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Well Junior at least for us our thr setup had to be changed to run hmp you know not everyone can drive as good as crazyhorse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gundogC3 Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 10-11 hr trips to Dodge City, those where the day's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REBELRACER Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 just wondering why a race or two cant still be run at ccms? if they already approved the race before the local truck series were announced, is there no way that the truck race in corpus could still happen? i guess like john said, an "outlaw" race of sorts.........just curious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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