Talladega I

[RGFan]

Well, any predictions?

[Hemp]

well robby seems to do well on the plate races and daytona was a great finish. Hopefully if he has a good car he can hang around till the end and make a strong run for the finish

[b-makk]

RG crashes out in the warm-up laps due to his hangover from winning the Dakar make-up

[bajafox]

Another top 10 would be a nice jumpstart to how this season is going

[RGFan]

I think a top 12 is doable. He has the speed usually of a top 5 car lately at the restrictor plates( last year and a half), but he just does not get enough help and that is crucial at a track like that.

[michael_loomis]

wins the Dakar makeup and then wins talladega, once on the podium at dega he explains that he still thought he was tryin to stay in front of BJ!

[fishd00d]

Put BJ in the Cup car!

[randy s]

after winning the make-up, he tells nascar they're all a bunch of power whining sissys and to get skrewd and dedicates his career to international off road and world rally racing. real racing.

[FlyHiFlyLo]

Who cares! It's rally time right now Beotchs!

[randy s]

Who cares! It's rally time right now Beotchs!

you're right. and i did'nt care about anything going on in alabama anyway. it's rally time teenagers! i do however, hope that kyle and his brother stuff their cars into the wall. but i don't mean that in a bad way. ja ja.

[bajafox]

So back to Talladega. In my NASCAR group on myspace (dont laugh) a guy posted some pics who's staying there for the weekend and I thought this one was pretty funny

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/RickC1/IMG_0567.jpg

Talk about Southern pride, he's driving a Nissan:D

[RGFan]

The South WILL rise again...............Yeah right:D

[JasonHutter]

Well I'm off to the airport to head to Burmingham! I have pit passes for the morning and sitting near pit entrance for the race. Thanks to the girlfriend for this trip! Hope to see Robby sometime over the weekend and get to ask him how he liked Hungry and Romania.

Jason
Fire Guys

[woundedyak]

Oh Man! Sitting here watching practice and POS almost put P.J. Jones in the wall a few times...

[NIKAL]

PJ finished 1st practice 19th on the charts. Not bad!

[FlyHiFlyLo]

Holy Sheet! PJ 4th in HH right now!

[RGFan]

PJ finished 4th in Happy Hour, good car for RG this weekend.

[Tristar Racing]

Who has the car thats painted like RGs Menards cars in the Busch race? Look near the back, it has no sponsors from what I can see. Any info? Ill almost bet its one of his old cars...

[Tristar Racing]

91 team of Larry Gunselman definately is running one of Robbys old cars. Good view of it being destroyed on the fist caution.

[woundedyak]

wow,hell of a wreck in the Busch race. 61 pulled in front of the pack coming off pit row.Got smoked and took out about 10 cars......That guy gets the Richard Cranium award for the week

[FlyHiFlyLo]

wow,hell of a wreck in the Busch race. 61 pulled in front of the pack coming off pit row.Got smoked and took out about 10 cars......That guy gets the Richard Cranium award for the week


Oh that wasn't so bad... Cousin Carl... got jacked! YES!

[woundedyak]

Oh that wasn't so bad... Cousin Carl... got jacked! YES!

LOL.....Cousin cheater looked like he was about to cry!

[Bricoop]

So Camping World has had some ads in the pre-race. Look to see some updates about RG today.

[Bricoop]

He's got a rocketship, hopefully he can still be around at the end to show it off.

[Tristar Racing]

"Tell that **** sucker Im going to beat his ass!"

Who was that about, Montoya?

[Tristar Racing]

And now I have offically heard it all. Robby Gordon just said "car drives like a dream," I have never heard him not have an issue with a cars handling. Crazy.

[woundedyak]

Wa-What....Like a dream? Maybe he still thinks he's driving the hummer!

[Tristar Racing]

One of the oddest plate races Ive seen

[Big Hock]

It's too bad Robby is a lap down, he definetely has a top car right now!

[woundedyak]

Lisening to the race in the back ground. All of a sudden I hear " Robby Gordon gets a big push to the front and leads a lap" Then I hear "Robby's justing fighting with the leaders to get his lap back?" How the hell did he go a lap down?

[Bricoop]

He lost the draft...Well he just got it back(lucky dog). Surprise, Surprise it was JPM who caused the caution.

[woundedyak]

He should get his lap back now and have enough laps to make a run to the front!

[fishd00d]

RG upto 21st with 13 laps to go....

[woundedyak]

Geeezzzzus,these guys are trying to go 5 wide......Doh! spoke too soon.

[Bricoop]

There will be AT LEAST 1 more wreck before this things over.

[woundedyak]

I have a felling there is going to be a green,white,checker with the caution coming out somewere in the middle

[DTA 55]

Uh oh POS

[Bricoop]

The best line of the day was from Jimmy Spencer on Nascar race day:

"95% of the wrecks are driver error, I mean every 1 in 10 are equipment failure, but the other 95% are driver error."

Nice math Jimbo.

[RGFan]

Hey all, why the hell is RG in 22nd.........Oh, never mind.....Just got back from boating at the river

[DTA 55]

Haha POS just got pushed out of the lead by 10 cars...lol

[DTA 55]

oh my god wtf just happened

[Bricoop]

Looks like 11th Sweet!!!

[fishd00d]

lol RG finished 11th! got lucky on the crash at the end.

[woundedyak]

Wow,what a finish. I like how the 18 just pushed everyone out of the way and took it from there.

[Mary Kay]

lol RG finished 11th! got lucky on the crash at the end.
really??? i thought they had him in 20th!!!

11th is great!!

[Bricoop]

if you watch the replay RG made an awesome move to avoid the wreck and score his 11th place finish(actually did it twice, avoided the initial wreck then avoided the 31 slamming the wall in front of him). AWESOME!!!!

[RGFan]

Yeah, they just listed him in 20th......Hope that was a mistake

[RGFan]

THey corrected it, he is listed in 11th.........What a great week......Did they cover him going to Europe at all, I forgot to Tivo it

[Bricoop]

THey corrected it, he is listed in 11th.........What a great week......Did they cover him going to Europe at all, I forgot to Tivo it

about 4 seconds

[RGFan]

about 4 seconds

Co%k SUckers

[Mary Kay]

THey corrected it, he is listed in 11th.........What a great week......Did they cover him going to Europe at all, I forgot to Tivo it

mrn talked him up about going across the pond:) :)

[Bricoop]

Moved up two spots to 27th in the standings. Good week for RGM. Hopefully they can keep the momentum rolling into Richmond.

[DTA 55]

Yeah Robby!

[RGFan]

They just talked with him on Fox........He got to much sleep, flying back

[RGFan]

They just moved him back to 20th

[RGFan]

How in the hell does RG finish 20th and cross the finish line under his own power at speed, and Burton finish 17th when Burton needed a tow truck to cross the finish line.

[Bricoop]

How in the hell does RG finish 20th and cross the finish line under his own power at speed, and Burton finish 17th when Burton needed a tow truck to cross the finish line.

They need to adjust that. Those cars who crashed did not keep up with pace car speed(obviously

Like the inconsistency between this and Canada???? Ya me too.

[RGFan]

They need to adjust that. Those cars who crashed did not keep up with pace car speed(obviously

Like the inconsistency between this and Canada???? Ya me too.

No pace car speed on the final lap..........They are going to say that it was the final lap and they went to the last recorded position before the yellow was shown.......BUT BURTON STILL DID NOT CROSS THE FINISH LINE..... I am so sick and tired of the Nascar BS:mad:

[Ryno]

NOL has RG finishing 11th, moving up to 27th in points. Unless they want all hell to break loose, they need to go by finishing order. I have on idea what they do with cars that didn't cross the line, but had more laps than cars that did.

[RGFan]

Now he is up to 11th AGAIN!!!!! Let's hope crapcar keeps him there!

[FlyHiFlyLo]

Rock and Roll! The new secret weapon "Driving like a dream"

[FlyHiFlyLo]

If RG could get two more top 15s in the next two races and gets into the top 25 I think RG's pit crew could be in the Pit Crew comp... right?

[JRod]

I didn't get to watch today, but wouldn't RGs pit crew get smoked? LOL!

[Hemp]

dontcha just love how RG ended up 11th while being a lap down and POS ended up 27th after being in the lead towards the end

[Mumzy]

Another gimme for Robby........he had ANOTHER 30 something place car that won on attrition.
Let's blast people for winning on fuel mileage and give props to those who win on attrition. :eek:
RGM is off to a gimme season...I would just like to see him earn a well deserved and fought for top 10. Not a "if only four more cars fall out" top 20. He didn't earn an 11th place finish, he was given it.

[Offspring]

It's all about where you finish, and how much it paid, especially on a RP track. I would like to see better performance on the shorts and 1.5's.

[Tristar Racing]

Another gimme for Robby........he had ANOTHER 30 something place car that won on attrition.
Let's blast people for winning on fuel mileage and give props to those who win on attrition. :eek:
RGM is off to a gimme season...I would just like to see him earn a well deserved and fought for top 10. Not a "if only four more cars fall out" top 20. He didn't earn an 11th place finish, he was given it.

He had a top 15 car at least at the end, if Harvick and/or Sadler didnt keep dumping him he would have drafted to the front. He demonstrated that while trying to get his lap back.

RGM has a gimme season? I think he has fought for what he has earned this year (which isnt much to begin with), and his moves through the last lap wreck alone gives him the right to an 11th place finish, which is not really a win as you describe. Whats your issue? :confused:

[hammer down racing]

Another gimme for Robby........he had ANOTHER 30 something place car that won on attrition.
Let's blast people for winning on fuel mileage and give props to those who win on attrition. :eek:
RGM is off to a gimme season...I would just like to see him earn a well deserved and fought for top 10. Not a "if only four more cars fall out" top 20. He didn't earn an 11th place finish, he was given it.

I'm not a huge fan of Robby but he definately hasn't had a gimme season. The beginning of the season crap in Daytona was bs. He got reamed. He deserved his 11th yesterday. Talledega is a crazy track, one minute you're leading and the next minute you're in 25th.

[FlyHiFlyLo]

RGM will hit on something... They will finish the season in the top 25... It always happens Summer time hits and RG get about 6 or 8 decent finishes... Road courses are coming up and the guys in front of him right now will eat crap. Robby is one spot behind Sadler...

[Mumzy]

He led ZERO laps.........was NEVER in the top 15 except during green flag pit stops and was unable to hook up with a draft to get anywhere near the the top ten. Kenseth was not in the game.....and at least five or six of the major players were taken out in the last two cautions. Robby had trouble keeping up with POS the whole day.

I would love to see the stats on how many top 15 cars have been taken out by wreaks or mechanical issues in the last 50 laps so far this year, and who has been the biggest benefactor of that. My bet is that Robby would be close to the top of the benefactor list.

Any of you that have been around know my feelings and SUPPORT for Robby, and I turn on every race he is in hoping the very best for him. For the last few years Robby has had a huge black cloud over him, and this year he seems to be getting breaks that historically have been dealt to others.

Granted how you get there means little if you get there first, but you just can't base your performance on others failures.

[JasonHutter]

I will say this, we were sitting almost accross from Robby's pit and it seems as though they could use a little more speed in getting him out of there. They took only two tires more than once to be sure to get him out at least where he came in. Also during the race he seemed a bit heated saying his car was slow and he couldn't hold onto the back of the draft. He seemed ok once he got into the middle of the draft though.

Jason

[Bricoop]

He led ZERO laps.........was NEVER in the top 15 except during green flag pit stops and was unable to hook up with a draft to get anywhere near the the top ten. Kenseth was not in the game.....and at least five or six of the major players were taken out in the last two cautions. Robby had trouble keeping up with POS the whole day.


I don't know how closely you followed/tracked Robby during the race but you are incorrect. Robby was up with the leaders early then dropped back to avoid a possible wreck. He made a poor move one time in the back and lost the draft. But, when Robby was fighting to get his lap back he easily moved through the pack.

At the very end he was hung out to dry no fewer than 3 times, and as you know if you don't have someone pushing you(or vice versa) you will drop hard like a rock. Robby's car was great when leading a line, not nearly as good though when he was pushing someone else. He made 1 good move and another great move to avoid the final wreck, it's that skill that got him a good finish.

[Tristar Racing]

He led ZERO laps.........was NEVER in the top 15 except during green flag pit stops and was unable to hook up with a draft to get anywhere near the the top ten. Kenseth was not in the game.....and at least five or six of the major players were taken out in the last two cautions. Robby had trouble keeping up with POS the whole day.

I would love to see the stats on how many top 15 cars have been taken out by wreaks or mechanical issues in the last 50 laps so far this year, and who has been the biggest benefactor of that. My bet is that Robby would be close to the top of the benefactor list.

Any of you that have been around know my feelings and SUPPORT for Robby, and I turn on every race he is in hoping the very best for him. For the last few years Robby has had a huge black cloud over him, and this year he seems to be getting breaks that historically have been dealt to others.

Granted how you get there means little if you get there first, but you just can't base your performance on others failures.


Is it shocking that he is towards the back? I mean its a single car team where the owner is the driver. In reality, Robby maybe has 2 or 3 chances to win a race a year, and thats it. What are you expecting?

Honestly, can you complain about a top 15 any more?

Oh and yes, he was in the top 15, his first charge at the beginning of the race landed him near the 12th position before he played it safe and moved back. I believe he was also 11th when he pulled out to pass in the single file draft after pit stops and he got freight trained because Dale Jr. dumped him. At least have the facts straight before crying...

[spalind]

I don't see what the big deal is...the season is long enough that any "luck" evens itself out over time...sure...MAYBE RG got a little luck that there was a crash and he ended up 11th...but what about races where he gets "unlucky" and gets taken out by someone else or is given a bad set of tires?? It all evens out in the end and you generally end up right where you belong by the time Homestead rolls around...All we can realisticly hope for is gradual progress...which means ending this year up around 25th or so...anything better is gravy...

[michael_loomis]

Sorry, I was having too much fun at the topless pool at Mandalay Bay.. but when I got back to the room to shower and pack up, there were about 10 laps left and they were just mentioning the 7 car, how he started in the rear, moved up thru the field to 15th before all the green flag stops.. then they mentioned his 2 hummer placing in the top ten.. then right before the wreck the scoring line showed him up to 14th... BEFORE getting any help from fallen cars..

Seems earned to me.

My worry is the 10 Chase races.. those are the ones he seems to just be riding around in.

[bajafox]

Seems just about every plate track he's running in the top 15, makes a move and gets hung out to dry

[PMAZ7]

Another gimme for Robby........he had ANOTHER 30 something place car that won on attrition.
Let's blast people for winning on fuel mileage and give props to those who win on attrition. :eek:
RGM is off to a gimme season...I would just like to see him earn a well deserved and fought for top 10. Not a "if only four more cars fall out" top 20. He didn't earn an 11th place finish, he was given it.

You're tweakin' dude... RG held his own ALL day long on Sunday, especially being that it was at Talladega.

[FlyHiFlyLo]

RG always sits in the back on plate races... Always!!! This was just one fluke he lost the draft.