Changes at RGM

Hearing the new Foreman at RGM's facility is none other than Johnny Kaiser .

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Permalink Reply by rpmscott on September 17, 2008 at 4:51pm

is it because he is hard to pass (GOOD). or they think he is out of control (BAD)?

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on September 17, 2008 at 4:33pm

Off road guy that pays the bill's by driving Na$crap.

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Permalink Reply by WJM on September 18, 2008 at 10:49am

I agree. The upside would be improved build quality on the Cup side; guys used to building equipment to last 5,000 miles over brutal terrain versus 500 miles on a paved oval. Some costs could also be consolidated. The downside is the disconnect with the SoCal off-road culture and community, and also convincing key people to relocate to NC.

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Permalink Reply by DougM on September 18, 2008 at 12:47pm

cheaper cst of living , but cheaper pay$ as well. I doubt he'd get alot of So. Cal moving to NC especially to where the shop is since theres nothing around there. His roots are in S. Cal, I doubt he would move completely to NC.

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Permalink Reply by Terie (aka vassinvegas) on September 19, 2008 at 1:44am

OK, let me comment on this since I was raised in the LA area and then lived in Nashville and Atlanta as an adult. Not to knock the south, because I like it there, I can't see why they'd want to relo to NC from his OC shop. It's just a different world, a totally different atmosphere that I wouldn't want to leave. And how frickin far do you have to drive to test in the desert??? There's a reason Vegas is full of off road teams, we have loads of great places to test.

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Permalink Reply by Rod on September 19, 2008 at 9:30am

Who said the pay was cheaper? I make more out here than I did on the west coast, and the cost of living is WAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY, cheaper! In so. cal. you can't buy a shack for less than $500,000. Out here you can still find some small older houses well under $100k. And don't even get me started on cost of car insurance etc!

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Permalink Reply by Joan Forsythe on September 18, 2008 at 1:08pm

Butterknife7 - years ago in an interview at Baja, Robby said "I race NASCAR so I can do this (off-road). NASCAR pays big $$ and gave him the bucks to spend on his off road racing. His shop in Anaheim does well, but his "day job" is a means to an end. Joan

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Permalink Reply by IndyTim on September 18, 2008 at 2:45pm

Thinking out loud.....

We should put together an annual "Big Wheel Race" for all the good folks here a Plannet Robby......

I haven't seen Rooby's shop....but maybe the parking lot would be big enough to host it?

I can just picture some of the "Mean Machines" some of you would show up with...........

Then we would have to think through stuff like..."do we let Green machines enter" (rememeber those..two sticks for steering wheels...you could cut some mean 360's downhill just after a rain)

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Permalink Reply by Tooltime on September 18, 2008 at 6:56pm

Moving the OR shop to charlotte would be the same as the petty's up there in Level Cross. They moved from there to be closer to the cup world. Moving the Off Road boys would take them out of the Off Road community and out of touch I think.