2010 Auto Club 500 Race Weekend Discussion

Join in here and discuss all the practice & race action for the 2010 Auto Club 500. Robby
Gordon will be running the #7 Warner Music / Whitney Duncan Toyota. Here is the weekend schedule for RGM at the California track.

FRIDAY , FEBRUARY 19th

Practice 3:00 - 4:30 pm/et ( 38th Quickest )
Qualifying 6:30 - 8:30 pm/et ( 40th Quickest )

SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 20th

Practice 2:30 - 3:15 pm/et ( 41st Quickest )
Practice 3:45 - 4:50 pm/et ( 38th Quickest )

SUNDAY , FEBRUARY 21st

Auto Club 500 3:00 pm/et , green flag at 3:19 pm/et ( Finished 33rd )

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

Garagecam from FONTANA

Practice Live Leaderboard

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Permalink Reply by Mike Loving on February 20, 2010 at 6:51am

Get off at the next stop? If it wasn't for the consistent support of fans such as myself and the others here on this site, Robby, & you for that matter, wouldn't be able to do this. "Either support through good and bad..." when was the last good, & a fast lap in practice doesn't count? For years, all the way back to IMSA days Robby has always performed to the best of his ability. If he hasn't been able to get what he felt was the best out of the situation he moved on. Why can't we as his fans and supporters expect that now? He hasn't put his best stuff out on a Cup track in years, save road courses. TOG, your comment about getting off at the next stop is perhaps part of the problem; the thought process has become if they don't like it then they can just leave...that's what sponsors and fans are doing, leaving because the product, both Robby and NASCAR as a whole, has become bad save the top team for each make. If you don't produce a good product then sooner or later, I don't care how loyal your fans are, you'll be completely forgotten about and sitting on the sidelines.

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Permalink Reply by alan4s on February 20, 2010 at 7:07am

But the race isn't until Sunday. Maybe you should chill some until then.

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Permalink Reply by GrayAntiMatter on February 20, 2010 at 8:34pm

The race starts when they unload from the trucks. HMS doesn't wait until Sunday....

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Permalink Reply by alan4s on February 20, 2010 at 8:52pm

But practice doesn't mean "go faster than everyone else". It's a time to, well, fucking practice. Certainly a car that kicks ass all practice long will have a good shot at running a good race, but if that's all it took, then we could cancel the race all together and just declare a winner based on practice and qualifying.

All I'm saying is that we haven't lost until the race is done. And no one else has won until then either.

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Permalink Reply by 1splat on February 20, 2010 at 9:00pm

Nope, new this year....you get 5 extra bonus points for winning practice each week....lol

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Permalink Reply by GasOnRobby on February 20, 2010 at 11:22am

I'm with you TOG. I'm here with the good and bad. Disappointed - sometimes but I try to only get upset for things I can control. I can't control RG's speed.

This is not IMSA, CART, SCORE, or DAKAR. It is NASCAR! Some say that it is the toughest in the world. There are many cases where folks have been at the top and haven't done much in NASCAR. There have been drivers who have done great in NASCAR and haven't done much elsewhere. Yes, I think NASCAR with managed competition and IROC rules have been killing it.

This is not just RGM, we live in a free economy, "if they don't like it then they can just leave." Do you have a fundamental problem with our free economy?

Give the guy and the team some slack. Criticism is okay as long as it is constructive. Can you help him lift the splitter or help Triad find add a few horsepower? If so, I'm sure the team and this forum would love the hear your ideas.

I support RG through the good and bad.

Gas On Robby

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Permalink Reply by TOG on February 20, 2010 at 11:53am

Mike- Get off at the next stop is basically me saying turn the channel on Sunday if you think it sucks so much.You have him written off before the race has begun.yes the car unloaded like crap,but the problem they had yesterday cant be fixed inbetween practice and qualifying. They need all day on Saturday to get it going.