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Rock Crest Raceway (28) (10,249)
Posted By the1jet17
Re: Rock Crest Raceway
10/2/21, 10:09 AM
Thank you for having the Sprints back out. The track was in the best race shape I've seen in a long time. Keep it tacky like that and more cars will come.

JJ Hughes
Pavement Sprint Car Driver Q (2) (1,056)
Posted By the1jet17
Good question! Unfortunately we couldn’t come to...
8/6/21, 9:21 PM
Good question! Unfortunately we couldn’t come to terms with financial expectations. We unfortunately learned something the hard way, but still want to run some pavement races in 2021.
Pavement Sprint Car Driver Q (2) (1,056)
Posted By the1jet17
Pavement Sprint Car Driver Q
8/6/21, 8:33 PM
Good evening!

After being teased with a pavement sprint car ride, we at JJ Hughes Racing are interested in working with a team to put together a pavement sprint car. We have the financial means to...
1986 Honda TRX 70 (1) (2,041)
Posted By the1jet17
Sold
4/11/21, 12:05 PM
Sold
1986 Honda TRX 70 (1) (2,041)
Posted By the1jet17
1986 Honda TRX 70
4/11/21, 9:57 AM
Selling our 1986 Honda 70. It runs and shifts fine. Everything works as expected. We’ve maintained it well but are buying something bigger.

$750

812-799-9053

JJ Hughes Racing
Flo issues (11) (4,377)
Posted By the1jet17
Re: Flo issues
12/17/20, 11:44 PM
I get the same issue on my Roku. I've started just plugging in my laptop to an HDMI and watching it that way.

JJ
American Racer RR Sprint Tires New and Used (1) (2,368)
Posted By the1jet17
Re: American Racer RR Sprint Tires New and Used
9/7/20, 8:41 AM
Bump
American Racer RR Sprint Tires New and Used (1) (2,368)
Posted By the1jet17
American Racer RR Sprint Tires New and Used
6/29/20, 8:41 AM
Good Morning,

We have three sprint car RR tires that we don't plan to use. Can meet in or around Indianapolis or Columbus.

1 MC-1 Lightly used. Has 1-2 Qualifying sessions on it. $100
2...
Midget side panels. (24) (7,979)
Posted By the1jet17
Re: Midget side panels.
11/21/19, 5:18 PM
So I can't speak for everyone else, but when I added them to my sprint car, it reduced the glare inside my shield. Therefore I added them full time.

JJ Hughes
Sprint Car Parts (3) (3,402)
Posted By the1jet17
Re: Sprint Car Parts
9/19/19, 3:54 PM
What is the part number on the combo power steering/fuel pump?
the burg (11) (5,600)
Posted By the1jet17
Re: the burg
9/3/19, 4:34 PM
Thanks Chuck. I'm feeling fine. Car was pretty tore up but that's racing sometimes. Our championship hopes might be up, but we still have the speed to get another win. I thought I had something for...
Gas city tonight (10) (3,517)
Posted By the1jet17
Hey I finished 6th! My mom went and talked...
8/2/19, 11:37 PM
Hey I finished 6th!

My mom went and talked to Travis. Car was in rough shape. Hate seeing small teams tear up equipment.
Lawrenceburg, 6/29/19 (15) (5,874)
Posted By the1jet17
Re: Lawrenceburg, 6/29/19
7/1/19, 4:28 PM
Thank you!
Double file restarts (29) (7,522)
Posted By the1jet17
Re: Double file restarts
6/4/19, 9:36 AM
As an owner of my own equipment, I do not like them and would agree that I see double file restarts as a safety concern.

JJ Hughes
Point funds (43) (14,404)
Posted By the1jet17
We averaged 28 cars per race. 11 top tens. 3 top...
11/8/18, 8:08 PM
We averaged 28 cars per race. 11 top tens. 3 top fives. We let some good ones gets away too. we were wrecked once while running top 5, We popped a tire running in the top 5, broke a right front...
Point funds (43) (14,404)
Posted By the1jet17
Re: Point funds
11/7/18, 11:39 PM
We're about as cost conscious as they come. If you account for a motor rebuild every 30 races...
$200 of motor wear + $120 for four pit passes + $100 round trip for fuel in hauler and generator +...
Aug. 18th - Lawrenceburg Speedway - Dick Gaines Memorial (44) (14,860)
Posted By the1jet17
We would be there but engine issues have caused...
8/18/18, 6:24 PM
We would be there but engine issues have caused us to miss a few weeks.

Really wanting to see the weekly carcount go up at the burg. Tire wear is a likely contributor to car count. I wonder if...
Drivers getting hurt (8) (4,087)
Posted By the1jet17
Re: Drivers getting hurt
8/3/18, 11:32 AM
Check this out.

Nomex vs CarbonX.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F45DzLUNSpc

The idea of CarbonX is that it is heat resistant. Found this on their website:

CarbonX heat resistant...
Drivers getting hurt (8) (4,087)
Posted By the1jet17
Re: Drivers getting hurt
8/3/18, 9:23 AM
I was told by Carbon-X that if you don't need the SFI rating, buy these. They are made with the same fabric as standard racing SFI carbon x but they are NOT SFI rated. Being SFI rated raises the cost...
Open wheel fest at twin cities 7/28 (21) (7,711)
Posted By the1jet17
Re: Open wheel fest at twin cities 7/28
7/31/18, 9:48 AM
Our team would be interested in running there more. Our only complaints are that we continue to slice tires. We sliced a right rear tire on Saturday during qualifying. Two races ago we popped a brand...
If You're Coming To The Action Track From The West (5) (1,980)
Posted By the1jet17
Re: If You're Coming To The Action Track From The West
7/23/18, 1:52 PM
I work in Marshall, Illinois and also recommend this little cafe. Cash only by the way.
Paragon updates (10) (4,706)
Posted By the1jet17
From KO on Twitter Stanbrough, Daylan...
6/17/18, 7:22 AM
From KO on Twitter

Stanbrough, Daylan Chambers, Kinser, Cunningham, and Gentry finish 1-5. Prather, Barrow, Chris Phillips, Hampton, and Brandon Spencer 6-10.
Non Wing Sprints at TCRP!! (6) (2,590)
Posted By the1jet17
Re: Non Wing Sprints at TCRP!!
6/5/18, 9:40 AM
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Spread too thin (50) (15,159)
Posted By the1jet17
Re: Spread too thin
5/17/18, 10:04 AM
I don't know much about Bloomington's advertising but LPS has ads on the radio in Terre Haute all the time. Heck I also heard an Eldora radio ad last week.
Hero cards (3) (1,769)
Posted By the1jet17
Re: Hero cards
4/25/18, 10:16 PM
We designed our own and used eBay to source them. It was approximately $100 for 1000 cards plus buying a picture from a photographer.