2009 Martinsville #2 Race Weekend Discussion

Join in here and discuss all the weekend action from Martinsville. Robby Gordon will be running the #7 Schrock/Menards Toyota. Here is the weekend schedule for RGM at the Virginia track.

FRIDAY , OCTOBER 23rd

Practice 11:30 am - 1:00 pm/et ( 24th Quickest )
Qualifying 3:00 pm/et ( 33rd Quickest )

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24th

Practice 10:00 - 10:45 am/et ( RAINED OUT )
Happy Hour 11:15 am - 12:15 pm/et ( RAINED OUT )

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25th

Pre-race at 1:00 pm/et on ABC
Green Flag 1:45 pm/et on ABC

Dont forget live raceday chat will be available,as well as live twitter feeds from the track.

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Permalink Reply by Keith on October 26, 2009 at 1:36pm

He's going nowhere. He has a job @ JGR as long as he wants it.

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Permalink Reply by Josh Northcutt on October 26, 2009 at 5:29am

I think Doug will do fine, I'm sure he'll have some great ideas during the off season. Hell I wouldn't mind Doug being my CC.

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Permalink Reply by vak7 on October 26, 2009 at 9:40am

I'm wondering too how well recovered Robby actually is from the Hummer wreck. It was nasty and he's too macho to admit how badly he was really hurt. Lesser wrecks have killed the season for others including Dale Earnhardt, Sterling Marlin, Greg Biffle and a host of others. They never missed a start but weren't in top form until the following season. Robby never took any downtime, not even on off days. He was testing for and running the Crandon/Atlanta double and the Prelude a few days later. All physical events. Out of the hospital bed, onto the track.

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Permalink Reply by rick on October 26, 2009 at 9:48am

On to next week.

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Permalink Reply by sdc312 on October 26, 2009 at 9:49am

Was the car unrepairable? I thought they could fix the rear end?

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Permalink Reply by alan4s on October 26, 2009 at 10:13am

Hole in the oil tank. Too extensive a repair to do at the track, I think.

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Permalink Reply by WJM on October 26, 2009 at 12:43pm

I agree. With laps clicking off every 20 - 21 seconds and given the amount of repairs that needed to be done, they had nothing to gain going back out 200 laps down.

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Permalink Reply by Racingwench on October 26, 2009 at 10:28am

On to the more important question...
Even though it was a short lived race for those of you that had the scanner, was the chatter with Doug better than before? Was it still Robby calling out the adjustments, crew doing the adjustments and then Robby growling at the crew? Was this more of Robby listening to Doug for advice on what to do to the car to correct the situation? Is Doug willing to override Robby?