Sergeant Politeness Posted July 18, 2015 Author Share Posted July 18, 2015 I'm pretty sure Tropical Thunder is gone. Before 2015, Andrew Peckham drove that truck, and usually did decent in it. With Rodoni in El Toro Loco and Peckham in The Patriot, the question if Tropical Thunder is history has yet to be answered. Also, for those of you who said that Dennis doesn't really drive as good as he did in years past now, then may I remind you that he WON freestyle in Foxboro . Well, let's take a look at some statistics for the sake of argument and I'm kind of psycho. Here are the number of stadium freestyle wins for Dennis Anderson in 2013, 2014, and 2015 2013- 6 2014- 1 2015- 3 (San Diego he said Jimmy Creten should've won so take that for what you will) Now you might argue it's not fair because Digger 30 is in its first two years, so let's go back to 2006 & 2008 (2007 skipped for obvious reasons) the first two years Dennis drove Grave Digger 20 2006- 4 2008- 5 Dennis said his contract will be up in 2017 and honestly, I wouldn't be shocked if that is his final season. I think Digger 30 is the final incarnation to keep Dennis up to today's trucks and look don't get me wrong he's not doing bad by any means, but his sons have been outshining him statistically for the last few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outlawed Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 I read that he is selling off his current trucks so that he can raise enough money to build a new Patriot. You realize that the current truck he drives was built in 2013 and Dan keeps his stuff in better then new shape. Unless he says he is building a new one, I am skeptical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsterJam2008 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Dennis said his contract will be up in 2017 and honestly, I wouldn't be shocked if that is his final season. I think Digger 30 is the final incarnation to keep Dennis up to today's trucks and look don't get me wrong he's not doing bad by any means, but his sons have been outshining him statistically for the last few years. 2017 would be the 35th anniversary, so it would make sense to end his career with a huge anniversary season. I don't think he'll just leave, I wouldn't be surprised to see him sub for sick and/or injured drivers and even encore at the world finals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Cannon Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Or they are trying to get hype and rumors going about "Dennis is done his 35th year, what?" and when it gets to that point, he makes an announcement that he will not quit until he dies driving one, kind of like John Force. (Although that's a different motor sport, but it's still the same concept.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Politeness Posted July 18, 2015 Author Share Posted July 18, 2015 Or they are trying to get hype and rumors going about "Dennis is done his 35th year, what?" and when it gets to that point, he makes an announcement that he will not quit until he dies driving one, kind of like John Force. (Although that's a different motor sport, but it's still the same concept.) I'd really hope he doesn't. I mean he doesn't have to step away from the sport but I, as a guy who's been a Digger fan since I was a kid, would hope Dennis would gracefully retire and just enjoy his life and watch his sons and his team prosper. I mean hell look at Bob Chandler and Jim Kramer, they don't race sure but they're still heavily involved in the Bigfoot corporation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxdman Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 I read and heard that Madusa and Duhon both got new chassis. Anyone heard anything about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outlawed Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Madusa would have had to actually run her truck hard to warrant a new chassis, Duhon is plausible as his chassis was a refurbished PEI (Fortune's Superman). Lupe could be also due for one as his chassis was one of the first Cohen's made and he has beaten the snot out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkelly Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 I don't think Madusa needs a new chassis. I mean all joking aside, she doesn't run as hard as she did from 2000-2006. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockgod88 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 She ran hard then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagan Moskau Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Blaise, she won the Jacksonville shows 2 years in a row before (2003-2004, almost won in 2005 till Dennis put up an awesome performance and took it away), and has done awesome in the 2003-2004 seasons..... But ever since 2012, her racing and freestyle progress went to zero basically... Every now and then, she'll win an arena show, but that's about it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dough Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 From Sean's insta this weekend: I can't tell if it's still the old one or not but if it is new it looks like its a cohen And here's a shot of Mad USA from last month, also running on a cohen (while Sean's Zombie appears to be on a CRD): The "bow tie" is clipped off the chassis on both of these, which leads one to believe that they're the same one so they might have just switched? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Cannon Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 I'd really hope he doesn't. I mean he doesn't have to step away from the sport but I, as a guy who's been a Digger fan since I was a kid, would hope Dennis would gracefully retire and just enjoy his life and watch his sons and his team prosper. I mean hell look at Bob Chandler and Jim Kramer, they don't race sure but they're still heavily involved in the Bigfoot corporation I wouldn't want him to, either. But I just feel that when the time comes, he isn't going to let it go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockgod88 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 im guessing he still stick around the sport. in 02 he said when he retires he wants to be a track side coach. i like the crd wo/ the bowtie. my fav bumper was the one(s) one dig 19-20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dough Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 I wouldn't want him to, either. But I just feel that when the time comes, he isn't going to let it go. He said in his hall of fame speech that after 2017 he was going to stay "track side", but that could always change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Cannon Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 He said in his hall of fame speech that after 2017 he was going to stay "track side", but that could always change I understand that, what I'm suggesting is that when it comes to being post-2017-season, he isn't going to want to step out of the seat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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