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Permalink Reply by TOG on May 9, 2010 at 5:34pm

Robby was waiting to pit until he was no longer the first car in the lucky dog position , and it was a perfect strategy. He was still a few laps from his pit window, so they made the correct call. The slow down to get into pit entrance & then missing pitroad is where he lost all the time ( and a 16 sec pitstop to boot ) If he pitted 10 laps earlier , & then the caution comes out , you would have been cussing that he pitted too soon.

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Permalink Reply by Rob Hoban on May 9, 2010 at 3:15pm

The only possible gamble I recall was the call to stay out and lead a lap when they were already the last car on the lead lap.

Overall the night was a shame. Robby's car was real good on long runs. Should have had a top 20. Oh well, on to Dover. Watchout out for the Flying Logano!

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Permalink Reply by Beagle7 on May 9, 2010 at 10:10am

If the engine didnt go south and we finish the reace, we come home with a 20-25th place finish...

Given the 33rd and 35th place finishes of the 37 and 38, that enginee left ALOT of Owners points cushion on the table unfortunately...

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on May 9, 2010 at 10:26am

I miss'd the post DNF info, I thought it was a punctured radiator that caused high engine temps than failure?
Honest question

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Sweeney on May 9, 2010 at 11:32am

yes, it was a radiator leak that cooked the motor

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on May 9, 2010 at 11:55am

Thank you

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Permalink Reply by Beagle7 on May 9, 2010 at 12:48pm

it was definitely good on long runs....and with the series of rather quick cautions, they tinkered with it a lot...and they went from being to loose to too tight...so they were accomplishig what they were attempting to do...

without the radiator/engine getting cooked, probably had a 20-25th place finish...if you believe in the fallacy of the predetermined outcome...lol

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Permalink Reply by TOG on May 9, 2010 at 2:52pm

Lesson that some longtime fans seem to forget that were mentioned last night. When a car is in TRAFFIC, or making a PASS, the lap time will be SLOWER than the previous lap time.

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Permalink Reply by Beagle7 on May 10, 2010 at 8:03am

TOG files this away for the FAQ next year,,

163-167 = very good lap times

160-162 = ok lap time probably in Traffic

154-157 = smacked the wall....lol...with a 5 second delay F bomb on Scanner that Robby hit the wall..

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Permalink Reply by Scotty Grove on May 10, 2010 at 11:10am

The car was good on long runs. Very good actually. Rob drove away from vickers and jeff gordon on the first long green stint. Told my buddies look at the 7 drive away from the leaders. Then my buddy says that means she is about to blow with robbys luck how lil did I know he would be right

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Permalink Reply by Wheaton56 on May 9, 2010 at 11:11am

bummer night, wasnt able to see what happened to RG, but on to next week.
MAking the 600 is the goal id say

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Permalink Reply by Karen on May 9, 2010 at 3:11pm

And since it appears that I have brought bad luck by attending Daytona, Atlanta, and Darlington races this year, take heart that we are not going to Dover or the 600 :-)

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