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To all, Chip is the best rider we have ever had. He can ride anything fast.
You all could never even imagine how many bikes he has tested for us.
He is a team player, hard worker, honest, smart, and very friendly.

We ALL agree we need a change. We are ALL better than we DID.

Chip will get a deal....he will make someone very happy.
We hope that it will be a customer with a S&S powerplant.
Chip is not fired....he works at G2/Star....he is building new
S&S powered Buells. He can work here as long as he want to.

We, George and George, have released him to make a new deal for himself.
If he gets a NHRA deal.....we hope it is one of our bikes.

George and I are trying to put a deal together for us to race next year with a new deal.

We are prepared to not not enter a team next year.

We will go and be involved in customer support for the 13 or so S&S powered teams that we service now and in the future.

These are FACTS......from the horses mouth. GB3...little George

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And there you have it! Thanks Jackie!

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That was George. And I noticed he's ready to "not not" have a team next year. Which means he'll have a team.

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thanks for posting jackie. all the best to you, george, chip and the entire team! i really hope you guys are back out there in 08! you are the classiest team in drag racing!

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To all, Chip is the best rider we have ever had. He can ride anything fast.
You all could never even imagine how many bikes he has tested for us.
He is a team player, hard worker, honest, smart, and very friendly.

We ALL agree we need a change. We are ALL better than what we showed.

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Am I the only one actually reading these posts?

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LMAO! I think our fellow Maters are lacking in Reading Comprehension 101!

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Geez, so far Kenny Miller, Jeff Dibaigio, Joe Sherwood and Garry Parrish all missed who actually posted. I wonder how many more names we add to the list?

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That was George. And I noticed he's ready to "not not" have a team next year. Which means he'll have a team.

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Man-I feel as bad for George + Jackie as I do for Chip - I'm sure it was not an easy discission)-but the writing has been on the wall for at least a 1/2 season. Third would be a great finish-for a newcomer like Peggy L.-and a championship is great for someone with a few years under his belt like Matt--but Chip has close to 20 years on both of them-and helped build their bikes.
Having Drag Specialties on the bike means its pretty much self-sponsored. If you have the #1 plate, you have something to go out+ try to sell to a sponsor. Its hard to sell "we had the fastest bike at most races-but no wins to show for it." As long as there has been P/SB, its been Star vs. V+H. And I can remember (many) years ago other riders that had Star motors complaining their motors werent as good as the house bike--and now Star has a winless season while their bikes picked up Wallys + a championship.

Note: this post was in no way meant to bash Chip (I've been a fan since the Riceburner F/b) Nor to the Smith family for their tuning skills--bashers will now have to read something else into it to make it a 10 pager.