Bristol Baby!

[FlyHiFlyLo]

Bristol will be ok so long as he qualifies better than 20th. The new car seems to take a good beating. Hopfully GEM can give RG some good data. This is now a track that we have actual data from with this car via last year. Now not only does RG have his own data but also GEM's 3 cars with past data.

[Tristar Racing]

Bristol will be ok so long as he qualifies better than 20th. The new car seems to take a good beating. Hopfully GEM can give RG some good data. This is now a track that we have actual data from with this car via last year. Now not only does RG have his own data but also GEM's 3 cars with past data.

Im looking forward to Martinsville, where supposedly RG will be getting a chassis built from the ground up by GEM.

I just thought of this, now that the nose-gate has died down. Im certain we were all told the cars Robby would use for the Daytona 500 would be from GEMs shop, since he was changing manufacturers a week before Speedweeks. But all the news that came out after the 500 said that RGM put the wrong nose on the car.

Is there an explination for why we were told he would be getting GEM cars for Daytona, but they were obviously Ford re-skins? (Re-noses I should say) Should I doubt he will be getting a GEM car for Martinsville?

To be honest, I wonder about the alignment already. All the press that came out of GEM stated Robby saw how good they were testing on the 1.5 mile intermidiate tracks and thats why he wanted to align, frankly I havent been impressed with their performance at Vegas or Atlanta. Just making a statement, not complaining, at this point at least, ;)

[bajafox]

Last years Bristol wasn't what it normally is on the old chassis. It seemed everybody was playing it safe, hopefully the racing will be better this year

[Benny Metcalf]

Bristol is always fun to watch. Lets see what Shurb can do there. Also watch out for SMOKE

[Brandon Johnson]

Lets see how many finish on the lead lap at this track. It seems the top 10 just run away from everyone else lately.

[RGFan]

The races at Bristol have been alot different with the new car.....Alot less crash up derby and alot more 3 wide......Will be interesting to see how they do this year

[Offspring]

Didn't they change the surface to progressive banking? I think that has had more of an impact on the racing. Before it was the bottom line only or you were screwed, now two grooves...we'll see how it goes.

[RGFan]

Yes, they messed with the banking a little actually decreased it from 36 degrees to progressive 24-30 degrees, new surface (all concrete) and new cars.

[bajafox]

WAFJ the NOL Power Rankings are:

http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/features/power_rankings/05/bristol/index.html

They kept the 48 and 24 in the top 15 even though the 83 is having a way better season and even moved up 4 spots

I'm gonna miss the race this weekend driving back from San Felipe...I cut my sirius satellite antenna cord by accident so I'm gonna miss it completely:(

[DSRacing]

What do you expect, when it's used to throw DJ a bone and he's 32nd in points. They should just move drivers up into the rankings to celebrate their birthdays. At least everyone will a chance once a year.

[FlyHiFlyLo]

Bristol Car posted on RUR.

[bajafox]

Bristol Car posted on RUR.

Link please, RUR runs REAL slow for some reason on my work computer.

I noticed in the entry list RGM is the sponsor, is it the same black one we saw last year?

[Tristar Racing]

Its the Camping World car, dont know which list reported RGM...

[bajafox]

Its the Camping World car, dont know which list reported RGM...

NOL

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[Chris Tobin]

1st practice is supposed to start in around an hour, but it has been raining off and on since late last night in the Chattanooga area, I am not sure what the weather is like further north where Bristol is...

I hope they don't get rained out this weekend.:D

[Chris Tobin]

Here's a weather forecast I found, looks like quals will be rained out and DJ will get his final start after all... Atleast it looks like we'll be fine for Sunday!!!:D


Bristol, TN Weather Forecast
4:23 AM EDT FRI MAR 14 2008

TODAY - Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the morning - then rain showers likely and a slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid to upper 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.

TONIGHT - Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain showers and isolated thunderstorms until early morning. Lows in the lower 40s. West winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the northwest after midnight. Chance of rain 40 percent.

SATURDAY - Showers and thunderstorms likely in the morning - then showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s. East winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.

SATURDAY NIGHT - Mostly cloudy. Rain showers likely in the evening - then a chance of rain showers after midnight. Lows in the upper 30s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.

SUNDAY - Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.

SUNDAY NIGHT - Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower to mid 30s.

[RGFan]

What a great place to run the rain tires at:D It is funny how the Australian Supercars can run in the rain but not the stock cars. Weight wise, I am sure they are pretty close to one another (600 lbs)........Sure would be fun to see........Ah well

[Chris Tobin]

What a great place to run the rain tires at:D It is funny how the Australian Supercars can run in the rain but not the stock cars. Weight wise, I am sure they are pretty close to one another (600 lbs)........Sure would be fun to see........Ah well

NASCAR used to bring the rain tires to the road course races and even ran the truck series in Portland on the PIR road course for a couple years in hopes of running them with the rain tires in the rain but the weather did not cooperate. I think it would be cool to see the Cup cars in the rain but it would have to be on a road course or some track that does not carry a lot of speed through the turns.

[Tristar Racing]

NASCAR used to bring the rain tires to the road course races and even ran the truck series in Portland on the PIR road course for a couple years in hopes of running them with the rain tires in the rain but the weather did not cooperate. I think it would be cool to see the Cup cars in the rain but it would have to be on a road course or some track that does not carry a lot of speed through the turns.

Yea, its impossible to do a rain tire for ovals, for many reasons.

Remember practice and I think qualifying at Suzuka was ran using rain tires. That was fun.

[RGFan]

THey brought them to the road courses for several years in cup, and I think they were only able to use them in one practice. What a shame. What ever happened to a driver having to lift in the corners.........Anyways, RG is 13th early in practice at Bristol, Mears is fastest with a sub 12 second lap, while everybody else is running 16 second laps.........Another screwup by Fox obviously. Or they broke T-rex out of dry storage.

[Tristar Racing]

If the practice times are an indicator, could be a long day tomorrow. 42nd and 38th in the second and third practices, yikes.

[RGFan]

If the practice times are an indicator, could be a long day tomorrow. 42nd and 38th in the second and third practices, yikes.

Yeah, but the lap time average is more indicative of what kind of car he has....And he is 21st in happy hour and better yet, 5/100 of a second from being top 15;)

[Tristar Racing]

Yeah, but the lap time average is more indicative of what kind of car he has....And he is 21st in happy hour and better yet, 5/100 of a second from being top 15;)

Good to hear, I was unable to find the averages, makes me feel more optimistic.

[RGFan]

Still, I hope his guys go over to the 9 car and get some info for the race.

[Combo]

Looks like he is getting faster as the run continues. Better on longer runs is not a bad thing at Bristol!!

[Combo]

I Love That Bird!!!!!!!!

[Tristar Racing]

What happened? I go outside, and everything goes to crap! Damn it!

[DanDan]

What happened? I go outside, and everything goes to crap! Damn it!

RG got together with KS and spun. Busted the struts out of the splitter.

[Tristar Racing]

RG got together with KS and spun. Busted the struts out of the splitter.

Like I said in post #21 yesterday, looks like it could be a long day. Yikes.

[fishd00d]

SON OF A *****!!! That crash took out 2 of my picks!! not good lol. It was looking like a good week too!

[Tristar Racing]

SON OF A *****!!! That crash took out 2 of my picks!! not good lol. It was looking like a good week too!

Yea, Menard was running so damn good too! Accident took him out and it wasnt even his fault. Oh well.

[fishd00d]

There goes my 3rd driver of the day lol. Wow this is rediculous!

[Mary Kay]

i LOVE bristol!!!!!!!

my team really bites today:mad:

[Ryan_P]

Good racing today. Tony's not going to be happy, can't wait for the interview.

Way to rally back, good finish after a terrible start, nice job RGM.

[JRod]

24th for the day, and 24th in points- Not a bad day for RGM- Hopefully at M'Ville Frank Kerr can start making the car work sooner in the race...

[fishd00d]

i LOVE bristol!!!!!!!

my team really bites today:mad:

How the hell do you call that team biting?? lol looks pretty good to me!!

[Mary Kay]

How the hell do you call that team biting?? lol looks pretty good to me!!


i was so excited i forgot who i had:eek:
83 hurt me...

[kim]

Oh my God....after Tony's rant last weekend I thought forsure we would hear some choice words after todays race. Oh what a disappointment for Tony. I just couldn't believe it.

Congrats to Childress racing.

[FlyHiFlyLo]

RG getting a 24th after being 3 laps down is odd.

[JRod]

NOL now shows him 27th, so who the hell knows? Certainly not Nascar!

TV & FoxTrax showed him 24th...

[spalind]

Yes...odd....NOL shows RG finished 27th and now 24th in points and Fox showed RG finished 24th and 23rd in overall points....

[JRod]

I don't know how long RG would have kept dropping, but Schrader wrecking him early on certainly didn't help.... and another observation- Anyone else find the caution for the 48 a little dubious, if not premature? He got a little slideways, and saved it, but they threw the caution and he nets +4 spots out of the deal after pitting... hmmmmm, more fine work by Na$car...

[spalind]

And how bout Jamie McMurray now being OUTSIDE the top 35??

[Brandon Johnson]

I am so glad to see Dale jr. being so consistent with great finishes every week. His win will come soon.

[erikh]

Wow listening to DW's voice was terrible. I couldn't handle that at all.

erik

[kim]

Wow listening to DW's voice was terrible. I couldn't handle that at all.

erik


Yea, it was painful to listen to. Poor guy. Feel better soon.

[RGFan]

Missed the race today.......Sounds like I did not miss much. RG being showed 23rd in points after Bristol on NOL and Fox.....Decent points day.

[Ryno]

Only bummer is that POS made that top 35. Oh well, you can't have everything. Jr. is doing great, showing that he can do the deal. Johnson is struggling, funny to see the 48 in the middle of the pack. Glad to see a good racer like Jeff Burton win one. You won't hear him popping off his mouth about tires either.

[bajafox]

I was in line 4 hours coming back from San Felipe and lost another hour in the process so I missed the entire race.

I'm really glad to see Jeff Burton get a win, I hope he makes the chase and contends for the title and nothing is better than seeing the 48 and the 24 outside the top 12, I know the chances are slim to none but I hope it stays that way all season, it's good to see new faces in the top 12. I'd watch more races this season if there are new winners week in and week out