Bristol

[kaw500]

So much to choose from

COT, MWR, RGM, MM, CM, just name a topic

Hard to make a prediction on this one but another top 20 for RGM would be huge IMHO.

[dezertranger1600]

COT should be interesting,gotta love 500 laps of short track racing:D

[michael_loomis]

cant wait to see what all these new cars look like when there beat and battered the bristol way..

we should have a poll on which lap a wing or a "splitter" flys into the croud and takes a head off.. that should end the COT debate.. haha.

I read somewhere that the splitters were designed to fit under the car in front. was this the first bump? or the second one?

also for us RG fans .. I suppose this should end the aero/engine debate too.

[FlyHiFlyLo]

Can't wait to see this play out. That is for sure. As far as RG... I'm just hoping for a better than top 25 and a car that is in one piece so they can actually keep good notes and not have to do the mad rebuild back at the shop.

[NIKAL]

These are mine and RGFAN's post on my duplicate Bristol thread that I deleted.

From NIKAL;
This week there are only 50 cars entered so 7 will go home. On Jayski RGM's sponsor is listed as Jim Beam, but on NOL RGM's sponsor is shown as Robby Gordon Motorsports. I hope there are not more sponsor issues this week.

From RGFAN;
They have 12 holes to plug up with Harrahs pulling out. Jayski is usually right on with his list. One race is out of the way, so there are 11 races to cover. Where in the hell is Monster? I thought that was a "done deal".
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Be scared, be very scared, a Monster is coming......

[spalind]

SOMEBODY needs to step up!! Thats big money being flushed down the drain if he can't sign a sponsor...though its real tough to do mid-year and all given all the accountants have already gotten their budgets done and no one would want to upset their pocket protectors...

[Scrapiron]

These are mine and RGFAN's post on my duplicate Bristol thread that I deleted.

From RGFAN;
They have 12 holes to plug up with Harrahs pulling out. Jayski is usually right on with his list. One race is out of the way, so there are 11 races to cover. Where in the hell is Monster? I thought that was a "done deal".
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Be scared, be very scared, a Monster is coming......

Does this mean that the RGM car is no longer parked at Harrah's in Vegas? If they need it picked up I will gladly get it out of there way.

[bajafox]

Does this mean that the RGM car is no longer parked at Harrah's in Vegas? If they need it picked up I will gladly get it out of there way.

That makes two of us!

Can't wait to see how the COT performs, luckily I'll be back from prerunning the CODE race Saturday afternoon. These passed few races have been pretty boring, should be interesting this weekend.

If anybody can figure out how to drive the COT it's RG

[Bricoop]

This would make for a great race:

http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=189329

[kaw500]

This would make for a great race:

http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=189329

That is kind of funny:)

[Bricoop]

The best laps, IMO

Each lap from 2 until 26: Fox announcers point out Mark Martin is not in the race.

Lap 27: Michael Waltrip mows his lawn.

Lap 37: It appears that Goodyear's plan to make the tires out of balsa wood was ill conceived. The race is marred by numerous flat tires and, a preponderance of little wooden airplanes makes the air seem foggy.

Lap 96: The 63rd caution of the day is brought out by Robby Gordon, who threw a cell phone at Jeff Burton's No. 31 car.

Lap 97: Cingular sues Robby Gordon.

Lap 98: A.J. Allmendinger, Friday driver of a Toyota for Team Red Bull, makes himself a peanut butter sandwich.


Lap 285: Dale Earnhardt Jr. falls 315 laps down.

Lap 260: Tony Stewart chuckles to himself that he was right: The Car of Tomorrow handles exactly like a wood-paneled station wagon. Of course, because he's Tony Stewart, he's fine with that, and he's 14 laps ahead of the rest of the field.

[Scrapiron]

The best laps, IMO

Each lap from 2 until 26: Fox announcers point out Mark Martin is not in the race.

Lap 27: Michael Waltrip mows his lawn.

Lap 37: It appears that Goodyear's plan to make the tires out of balsa wood was ill conceived. The race is marred by numerous flat tires and, a preponderance of little wooden airplanes makes the air seem foggy.

Lap 96: The 63rd caution of the day is brought out by Robby Gordon, who threw a cell phone at Jeff Burton's No. 31 car.

Lap 97: Cingular sues Robby Gordon.

Lap 98: A.J. Allmendinger, Friday driver of a Toyota for Team Red Bull, makes himself a peanut butter sandwich.


Lap 285: Dale Earnhardt Jr. falls 315 laps down.

Lap 260: Tony Stewart chuckles to himself that he was right: The Car of Tomorrow handles exactly like a wood-paneled station wagon. Of course, because he's Tony Stewart, he's fine with that, and he's 14 laps ahead of the rest of the field.


You forgot that Waltrip's point were still in the negative after the forth race of the season.

[spalind]

New Power Rankings are up on NASCAR.com...RG remains 16th...nice to get some exposure and pub this year...

[dezertranger1600]

Glad to see he's still in 16th position...:D

[Bricoop]

Robby Gordon bucking the system, making it work



SIC Article on ESPN

http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/columns/story?seriesId=2&columnist=chengelis_angelique&id=2807143

[kaw500]

Robby Gordon bucking the system, making it work
SIC Article on ESPN
http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/columns/story?seriesId=2&columnist=chengelis_angelique&id=2807143

Nice Find, I like the reference to the old Robert Conrad ads, fits RG well.

[NIKAL]

Maybe OTC 360 would be intersted in being on a car for a limited amount of races on a team that is currently 16th in points. At least they would be guaranteed to be in the race.

#36 BDR team shutting down? UPDATE: was told about a report on a local racing radio show, Gary Danko's Speedway Line Report, a 90 minute show [WATR 1320AM out of Waterbury CT] where Jeff "The Jet" Zarella of the #15 DEI team said that he is hearing that the #36 360 OTC Toyota team of Bill David Racing, that Jeremy Mayfield drives for, could shut down soon, and said he had heard that if the #36 didn't make last weeks race at Atlanta, the team would not run at Bristol. However, the team and Mayfield are listed on the Bristol Nextel Cup race entry list and have checked with a few sources and been told the team and Mayfield will attempt Bristol.(source: Gary Danko's Speedway Line Report)
AND in the Bristol pre-race report from Billdavisracing.com...quotes Jeremy Mayfield on Bristol Motor Speedway…“Maybe this whole Car of Tomorrow thing is exactly what this team needs right now. Something new, something different. We feel like we’re working so hard day in and day out, and we haven’t got anything to show for it. It’s tough. It’s tough to stay positive and not drive yourself crazy trying to figure out what you’re doing wrong. But I don’t think there’s anything major that is wrong right now. It’s just been a bunch of little stuff, and sometimes we beat ourselves and sometimes we just plain get beat. There’s no room for error in Nextel Cup racing anymore. Each and every team that shows up has a legitimate shot at making the race. The days of field fillers are over, and we need to step up our program to get where we need to be so that we’re one of the teams that makes the field every Friday. It’s just that simple; we won’t give up until we get there. We show up every weekend thinking we’ll race on Sunday, and that’s not going to change. This is a good bunch of guys, and we’ll get there because no one is going to let anyone give up.”(3-21-2007)
UPDATE: nothing new on this..yet, but noticed....the 360 OTC website had a forum/message board for Jeremy Mayfield fans, but it has supposedly been shut down and folks cannot log on to it.(3-22-2007)

[RGFan]

Jeremy Mayfield.....The next Ricky Craven. Jeremy Mayfield and POS are one in the same in my book, he always has a boner for RG.

[DanDan]

Jeremy Mayfield.....The next Ricky Craven. Jeremy Mayfield and POS are one in the same in my book, he always has a boner for RG.

Not sure if thats fair to Ricky. He had a bad crash and took some time coming back. He was not the same.

[RGFan]

Not sure if thats fair to Ricky. He had a bad crash and took some time coming back. He was not the same.

That was nothing against Ricky. My comment with parenthesis did not post. I said he was forced to retire before he really wanted to, that was the comparison. ;)

[DanDan]

That was nothing against Ricky. My comment with parenthesis did not post. I said he was forced to retire before he really wanted to, that was the comparison. ;)

Gotcha. Yes that would be correct.

[NIKAL]

The updated entry list for Bristol has RGM's #7 car sponsored by Robby Gordon Off-Road Wheels. (Per Jayski) On Robby's site he says that Jim Beam, Menards and Mipei are all associates on the car this week.

[woundedyak]

Who do you guys think will get the pole today? (or is it poll?)

[spalind]

The updated entry list for Bristol has RGM's #7 car sponsored by Robby Gordon Off-Road Wheels. (Per Jayski) On Robby's site he says that Jim Beam, Menards and Mipei are all associates on the car this week.

Well, that would fit with the latest video on RG's website where he says that he will have to run unsponsored in some races this year...which is really pathetic given all the sponsor money going to multiple teams that are not even making the race each week and yet he has run in the top 20 all year long so far and goes without....really poor, poor, poor...

[dezertranger1600]

just wanted to let everyone know,Busch's final practice will be on ESPN2 @ 11:30am pacific time.

[spalind]

RG was 31st in this mornings practice session...Jayski now lists his sponsor for Bristol as "Robby Gordon's Offroad Wheels"....So does that mean he's gonna have to pay himself for the exposure?? Sure will be a bit tax writeoff as a "business expense"...good thinking on his accountants part...

[RGFan]

Robby seems to be doing pretty well speed wise. Granted he is 32 on speed, he is a tad over 2/10ths off of the pace. Hopefully he can survive Bristol and escape with another top 20. Robby has had some solid runs at Bristol, but that last 100 laps always seems to bite him, hence the poor finshing average. If the COT can survive Bristol, It should be able to survive anywhere. Once again Red Bull (AJ) and MWR are running like crap. Vickers looks like he has the speed to make it though.

[woundedyak]

I don't think speed will be a issue at Bristol.I have a feeling that everyone is going to have problems with the set-up. Who ever can stay out of trouble and keep thier temper in check will have a good run. I also have a feeling that there will be alot of teams going to the back of the pack and getting busted at tech!

[RGFan]

I don't think speed will be a issue at Bristol.I have a feeling that everyone is going to have problems with the set-up. Who ever can stay out of trouble and keep thier temper in check will have a good run. I also have a feeling that there will be alot of teams going to the back of the pack and getting busted at tech!

I think Nascar just fixed the cheating problem with their new penalty policy announced this morning. Starting with a 6 figure fine and atleast 100 championship driver/owner points. They are reffering to it as the "Michael Waltrip Rule". That amount of points is quite a bit more then 25 points which has been customary.

[spalind]

RG is out 33rd for qualifying so it will be quite some time before he gets on the track....

[b-makk]

looks like they're qualifying trucks out there. It'll take some getting used to the new look

[spalind]

Holy crap!! Looks like Mayfield may actually qualify for a race!! 2nd fastest of the go or go homers so far...

[spalind]

RG coming up soon!!

[spalind]

23rd as of right now...will probly fall back to like 34th or so...typical back of the pack qualifying for RG...gonna have to be REAL careful this Sunday to avoid the sure to happen wrecks....

[cvc motorsports]

POS going home again!!!!:p

[Bricoop]

POS going home again!!!!:p

ahahahaha!!!

[FlyHiFlyLo]

It's so funny hearing the crowd when POS fails to qualify. They just jump to their feet!

[Scrapiron]

POS going home again!!!!:p

Still negative 27 points after 5 races, WOW.

:eek: Toyota:eek:

[dezertranger1600]

LMAO!... oh well though:D

[spalind]

I'm gonna have to enter POS as an official entry in my dead pool...

[racer951]

I think its smart that Robby is sponsoring himself this week. Depending on how he has his businesses set up, he might be able to pay him self, then write it off!

When it was blank, I was wondering why he didnt just put multiple sponsors on there as a thank you. Or his wheels, etc. But blank?

[cvc motorsports]

I think its smart that Robby is sponsoring himself this week. Depending on how he has his businesses set up, he might be able to pay him self, then write it off!

When it was blank, I was wondering why he didnt just put multiple sponsors on there as a thank you. Or his wheels, etc. But blank?


I think Robby was trying to make some sort of statement by leaving the car black with no primary sponsor.

[b-makk]

I think its smart that Robby is sponsoring himself this week. Depending on how he has his businesses set up, he might be able to pay him self, then write it off!

When it was blank, I was wondering why he didnt just put multiple sponsors on there as a thank you. Or his wheels, etc. But blank?

RGM & RG Offroad are separate companies so he could definately charge RGO for the sponsorship but it's moving money from one pocket to the other. Taxable income in RGM and a deduction in RGO. However, if RGO is profitable and RGM is not it makes perfect sense to smooth the earnings over both companies.

Maybe the RGOffroad contract with Monster is tied to operating costs ....well advertising just went up so pay up sucka!

[woundedyak]

POS going home again!!!!:p

Even his brother was running some smack on him. The funny thing is,A.J. bounced off the wall and still made the race.

[RGFan]

It would be so funny if he (POS) lost a sponsor and they went to RGM

[Ryno]

On the lineup sheet, RG Offroad Wheels is the sponsor on the car. Good for Robby to qualify on time again. Hopefully he'll continue his good luck.

Poor Dale Jarrett, just to be affliated with MWR right now must be bad enough. Even without Harvick and Busch taking owner points, he still wasn't fast enough to qualify on time. Even his own boy (Reutimann (sp)) was faster than him. To make things worse, Blaney, Vickers, and Allmendinger all qualified on time, with Toyota equipment. So we know it's not a car/ power problem. Karma's a *****. Maybe he will learn to shut his mouth now.

[FlyHiFlyLo]

Toyota is making great power. That is far from the issue... I agree

[racer951]

Watching practice...they just called him "sponsorless this week". No RGO Wheel stickers on the car.

[JRod]

Not sure where this pic came from (got it off RGOffroad)- Hopefully this is what the car will look like in the morning- Assuming RG offroad wheels would not somehow conflict with Nextel or Red Bull $$$$ going to the France family.....puke.

http://i9.tinypic.com/3yoqsew.jpg

[FlyHiFlyLo]

That is a rendering "The Punk" did in 3d Studio.

[kaw500]

This race is going to be a wreckfeast Hope RG can keep it together. A top 20 here would be huge!

[bajafox]

Races have been pretty boring lately, looking forward to see what this COT is made of...can't believe they picked Bristol to debut it though

[kaw500]

Yellow lap 43 RG nice job and a little luck to avoid DJ's crash. Loose car he is really chatting up a storm with Greg trying to get it right. Replay shows RG caught a little of DJ's car on the drivers side front fendor. Should be OK

[REEVESRacing]

Yellow lap 43 RG nice job and a little luck to avoid DJ's crash.

Loose car he is really chatting up a storm with Greg trying to get it right.

Replay shows RG caught a little of DJ's car on the drivers side front fendor. Should be OK

Rex...thx., my audio isnt working , best part of track pass is listening to RG and Greg...keep us posted on chatter, hated to see that driver front bump on dj, glad seems ok.

Just gotta hang in and get another top 20, or better!!!

[RGFan]

I hope it is OK, he is falling back fast

[Bricoop]

Broken Rotor, I thought that is what I saw fly out from the contact w/ Jarrett

[kaw500]

He just reported his breaks are horrible and really really really loose.

[kaw500]

100 laps in, by and large a pretty clean race so far

A little mention for RG OFF ROAD by Mike Joy.

[REEVESRacing]

heard the RG offroad mention...

BFG is really stepping up their advertising including offroad...

is it just me or did any of oyu guys catch the Dale Jr. Bud Road Warrior Commercial where at the end of the chase, Jr. says, "crazy dezert guys?"

[kaw500]

Greg is goiing to tun off the brake fans off thinks there may be pad build up on the rotors from to much cooling. Pulling a spring rubber rt rear and lower air pressure in both rears.

[kaw500]

is it just me or did any of oyu guys catch the Dale Jr. Bud Road Warrior Commercial where at the end of the chase, Jr. says, "crazy dezert guys?"

If the shoe fits

[DanDan]

heard the RG offroad mention...

BFG is really stepping up their advertising including offroad...

is it just me or did any of oyu guys catch the Dale Jr. Bud Road Warrior Commercial where at the end of the chase, Jr. says, "crazy dezert guys?"

Isn't it "crazy mutant dezert guys"?

[randy s]

who needs trackpass when you can just hook up on this thread? well, almost. thanks alot for the updates guys. it's almost like being there. haha. kidding aside. thanks again.

[REEVESRacing]

Isn't it "crazy mutant dezert guys"?:D

ya, something like that....just cracked me up and couldn't help but think it coulda been a L'il poke over at dez guys...

[kaw500]

yellow lap 137 JPM. RG Just told Greg the new tires feel great debating on pitting or not. Spotter is working his tail off and RG says breaks are better will turn fans on if they fade. Great call from Greg Irwin.

Back to chasing the lucky dog.

[Bricoop]

Hopefully was just over cooling, Montoya and RG just got together. Both OK. Montoya Not making any friends.


AJ allmandinger just wrecked cautions out

[Bricoop]

RG will be 2nd car 1 lap down after restart.

[kaw500]

RG will be 2nd car 1 lap down after restart.

Lap 181 RG 1st car 1 lap down in 31st. Lot of good racing going on out there. JJ just gave him a love tap.

Schrader just got by again they are battling for that dog

Lap 193 going backwards fast RG just said worst car he has ever had.

[kaw500]

lap 204 2 laps down sucks

[RGFan]

It is a pretty bad day when Kenny Wallace passes you for position:(

[kaw500]

It is a pretty bad day when Kenny Wallace passes you for position:(

Yeah

It's almost painful listening to RG talk about how the car is (or not) working.

[REEVESRacing]

aaargh....

any specifics on handling problemos? Sound like something that they will ework out later in race, or at least for next cot race?

not quite 1/2 way, HANG in there for the finish.

[kaw500]

aaargh....

any specifics on handling problemos? Sound like something that they will ework out later in race, or at least for next cot race?

not quite 1/2 way, HANG in there for the finish.

Brakes, shocks, tires , loose you name it but he did just say he is starting to be able to put the power down 1st positive comment all day. I think they got the brake issue handled.

Lap 262 3 laps down in 32nd, hang around till the end top 30 maybe top 25?

[kaw500]

Lap 282 Kahne spun tapped wall he may be outside the top 35 next week.

[kaw500]

OMG lap 325 and RG likes the car "what a difference" 4 laps down in 33rd

[RGFan]

How are his lap times? I have been out working on the boat.

[RGFan]

I hope they start to do some more testing at places like Kentucky and Nashville. The COT will also be at Infineon and WG, so they need to test at VIR or Road Atlanta as well.

[kaw500]

How are his lap times? I have been out working on the boat.

All over the board

80 laps to go 9 laps down just lost 3 more (was 6 down) pit stop screw up RG is pissed something about a tire change that did not work and NASCAR held them. Not sure radio just got real quiet except for the spotter. 75 to 5 laps up on 34th.

Hamlin is way strong!

[Bricoop]

yeah, they're all attacking each other.

[kaw500]

Gonna leave Bristol 21st in points. Mama said there would be days like this. 5 races in and 1 postion worse than last year.

[DanDan]

Gonna leave Bristol 21st in points. Mama said there would be days like this. 5 races in and 1 postion worse than last year.

Fox just showed him as 20th.

[RGFan]

Yeah, the bad news is Martinsville is next weekend. That is his least favorite track, as it is for many drivers. People dog races at Fontucky.....Nothing is worse than a race at Martinsville IMO

[RGFan]

Robby is tied for 20th with Kurt Bush according to nascar

[Ryno]

20th in points, tied with Kurt Busch. Not bad for a single car team. He got caught in a wreck, and was running at the end. He's still in alot better shape than 30 other cars. Think of it like that. At least Mike Joy gave some airtime for RG and RGOffroad.

Jarrett was gone early, poor guy. How long is his contract @ MWR? Montoya I'm sure will get a talking to ASAP with Martinsville next week. If he does a repeat of today, people will just spin him out for the fun of it.

[FlyHiFlyLo]

#16 declared too low after Bristol race: #16-Greg Biffle's team faces penalties after his car failed post-race inspection following a fifth-place finish. Robin Pemberton, NASCAR's vice president for competition, said the car was too low. Pemberton would not speculate on the penalty, which could include a fine and points deduction, saying inspectors wanted to go over the car completely at the R&D Center in Concord, N.C., before a ruling is made. Biffle's car, as well as the #5 of winner Kyle Busch, were taken to Concord as a part of what will be a routine process as NASCAR implements the Car of Tomorrow this season. Pemberton said Busch would have the car back in time for Martinsville. That was good news to crew chief Alan Gustafson, who plans to use the car as a backup next week

[RGFan]

Lets see if Nascar has the nuts to back up thier big talk about a 100 point deduction and 6 figure fine

[RGFan]

You know, the 16 is having a rough weekend. FIrst comes news of their sponsorship issues, then being to low. Now Nascar has given Roush until the start of the 2010 season to dump the 5th car. ROush said that he would like to sell the "5th" car to an established Ford team and still give some sort of tech support to the team. This could really be a good thing for RG. Although that would be contigent on securing sponsorship. Bring Paul Menard over, put him in the car. I think John Menard would foot the bill for the tech support. And buying tech support for one car would be buying tech support for all of the cars really. Look how well Boris Said has done with it. Do not get me wrong, he can drive the wheels off of a car, but you just do not get into a stock car on the Cup level and start scoring top 10's right out of the box for every race you enter. Anyways, just day dreaming.

[kaw500]

I wonder if Biffle will comment on the situation tonight on INC.

[bajafox]

The 7 car looked horrible.

Only read the last few pages and dont know if anyone has mentioned it, but did anyone hear when the announcers talked about RGO and desert racing? Thought that was pretty cool:D

I was hoping Jarrett would have had a good day since qualifying in on time. Blaney was having a top 10 run and glad to see Vickers getting a top 15.

Being a Toyota guy is kind of painful watching Cup races these passed few weeks...

[Jack]

Nice, late in the race when the 07 and the 9 car got together the anouncer said I don't think that was really Robby's fault. No **[IMG]http://www.race-dezert.com/forum/images/fr.gif[/IMG] [I]OOH LA LA[/I]****[IMG]http://www.race-dezert.com/forum/images/fr.gif[/IMG] [I]OOH LA LA[/I]****[IMG]http://www.race-dezert.com/forum/images/fr.gif[/IMG] [I]OOH LA LA[/I]****[IMG]http://www.race-dezert.com/forum/images/fr.gif[/IMG] [I]OOH LA LA[/I]****[IMG]http://www.race-dezert.com/forum/images/fr.gif[/IMG] [I]OOH LA LA[/I]**, he was on the other side of the track.

[Hemp]

that was darrel waltrip that said that

[NIKAL]

This photo was taken at Bristol. Look at Robby reading it. That had to put a smile on his face.

[Mary Kay]

The last post is a HOOT!!!

[Scrapiron]

This photo was taken at Bristol. Look at Robby reading it. That had to put a smile on his face.

LMAO put a smile on mine.

[dezertranger1600]

LMAO...that is priceless.

[Bricoop]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxAifRL1i7Q

[mattb]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxAifRL1i7Q

It's already gone... What was it?

[Bricoop]

It's already gone... What was it?

pic montage of Robby at Bristol. Well done, I'll post again if he puts it back up.

[RGFan]

It's already gone... What was it?

A bad video update with pics only. I have to admit though, I like the written updates better, just more info/stats provided. I would like to have both.

[Bricoop]

Bristol recap:
http://www.robbygordon.com/cms/publish/article_855.shtml

Martinsville preview:
http://www.robbygordon.com/cms/publish/article_856.shtml

[Bricoop]

A bad video update with pics only. I have to admit though, I like the written updates better, just more info/stats provided. I would like to have both.

it wasn't done by RGM, a fan did it.

[Offspring]

it wasn't done by RGM, a fan did it.

Did he pull the pictures from RGM's site? Maybe that is why it was shut down. If not he had pretty good access to get them himself. He did a pretty good job on it.

[Bricoop]

New Bristol Pic montage:

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=WHXUvN8c9j0)

[bajafox]

New Bristol Pic montage:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WHXUvN8c9j0

Hey Coop...next time a little warning about the background music...:D

[Bricoop]

didn't have any sound on, I'll go check it right now.


EDIT: HAHA not much of a country fan eh?

[bajafox]

EDIT: HAHA not much of a country fan eh?

My roommate is from Indiana...I get my fair share of it at home,I can only take it in very small doses or if I'm really drunk and can block it out:D