From Best Performance Racing's Facebook page
For Immediate Release
Mark Richards Racing, Inc. and Best Performance Motorsports partner for 2017 Season
Shinnston, WV, November 16, 2016 Mark Richards Racing, Inc. (MRRI), the 2016 World of Outlaws Champion car owner and driver Josh Richards have agreed to partner together for the 2017 season with Best Performance Motorsports. (Josh)Richards will race for Best Performance Motorsports team during the 2017 season out of their St Marys, Ohio race shop.
Best Performance Motorsports team owner Eric Brock and I have reached an agreement for Josh (Richards) to drive the Best Performance Motorsports super dirt late model in 2017. mentioned Mark Richards. I cant stress enough that Josh is still an important member of the Rocket Chassis family and feel that this is a great scenario for both organizations. We wish Josh nothing but the best for next year.
In addition to car owner duties on the #1 Valvoline/Seubert Calf Ranches Rocket Chassis house car, Mark will also serve as a consultant/advisor on the Best Performance Motorsports super dirt late model.
The driver, schedule, sponsors and crew members of the #1 Valvoline/Seubert Calf Ranches Rocket Chassis house car has been finalized and will be announced soon.
About Mark Richards Racing, Inc. dba Rocket Chassis Based in Shinnston, W.V., Rocket Chassis is a dirt late model manufacturer founded in 1991 by business partners Mark Richards and Steve Baker. A company that began with just three employees now has 16 full-timers. It's a group of talented individuals who strive to make Rocket Chassis the winningest dirt late model manufacturer in dirt oval racing. For more information on Rocket Chassis, please visit rocketchassis.com.
Mark Richards Racing, Inc. and Best Performance Motorsports partner for 2017 Season
Started by Won11Virus, Nov 17 2016 07:42 PM
11 replies to this topic
#1
Posted 17 November 2016 - 07:42 PM
#2
Posted 17 November 2016 - 07:53 PM
People argue that Rocket is not " The Best " but Kid rocket was killing them in a Rocket Before he got sick and now that he is back ... He is Kicking but in a Rocket .... Again
#4
Posted 18 November 2016 - 03:44 PM
Guessing Josh will be running Lucas now and the Rocket house car on the Woo circuit with possibly Bshepp.
#5
Posted 18 November 2016 - 04:58 PM
Guessing Josh will be running Lucas now and the Rocket house car on the Woo circuit with possibly Bshepp.
BShepp has stated numerous times he was running his family owned operation with the Lucas Series next season.
#6
Posted 18 November 2016 - 05:31 PM
BShepp has stated numerous times he was running his family owned operation with the Lucas Series next season.
Things change....
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#7
Posted 18 November 2016 - 08:52 PM
Bring Timmy Hitt back !
#8
Posted 19 November 2016 - 02:05 AM
he would be one of the drivers directly responsible for putting Rocket on the map..'97 they moved the left rear shock behind the axle and took that #68 car down south effectively cleaning the good old GRT boys in their own backyard winning the "Dixie Shootout"..the orders have been rolling in since.Bring Timmy Hitt back !
hard to believe that's been 20 years,I still have the side from that car on my garage wall..part of my Rocket history collection that will someday be worth millions! lol..
#9
Posted 19 November 2016 - 08:10 PM
he would be one of the drivers directly responsible for putting Rocket on the map..'97 they moved the left rear shock behind the axle and took that #68 car down south effectively cleaning the good old GRT boys in their own backyard winning the "Dixie Shootout"..the orders have been rolling in since.
hard to believe that's been 20 years,I still have the side from that car on my garage wall..part of my Rocket history collection that will someday be worth millions! lol..
i might be wrong but i belive that skip arp was the guy that invented the shock behind.
#10
Posted 19 November 2016 - 10:11 PM
i might be wrong but i belive that skip arp was the guy that invented the shock behind.
He was the first one to do it, and that's when GRTs took over the DLM world.
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#11
Posted 19 November 2016 - 11:35 PM
He was the first one to do it, and that's when GRTs took over the DLM world.
I believe the 2nd race he tried it at was the Hav-A-Tampa race at Pittsburgh that he won. After he won that race folks got pretty suspicious then everybody started doing it once they found out what he was doing.
Edited by GEARHEAD, 19 November 2016 - 11:35 PM.
#12
Posted 21 November 2016 - 08:51 PM
The news of the decision has been released.
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