2010 Martinsville Goodys 500 Race Weekend Discussion

Join in here and discuss all the practice & race action for the 2010 Goody's 500. Robby Gordon will be running the #7 Warner Music / Blake Shelton Toyota. Here is the weekend schedule for RGM at the Virginia track.

FRIDAY , MARCH 26th

Practice 11:30 am - 1:00 pm/et ( 41st Quickest )
Qualifying 3:00 - 4:30 pm/et ( Rained Out - Starts 38th )

SATURDAY , MARCH 27th

Practice 10:30 - 11:15 am/et ( 38th Quickest )
Practice 11:50 am - 12:50 pm/et ( 36th Quickest )

MONDAY , MARCH 29th

GOODYS 500 12:00 pm/et , green flag at 12:13 pm/et ( Finished 34th )

Dont forget live raceday chat will be available,as well as PLANETROBBY TWITTER.

Robby Gordon Martinsville Preview

Charlotte, NC (March 25, 2010) – The No. 7 Warner Music Nashville / Blake Shelton Camry speeds into Martinsville Speedway this weekend with high hopes after recording a season-best finish of 22nd at Bristol Motor Speedway last week. After an unlucky start to the 2010 season, the team looks forward to the challenge of recording another strong finish at the 0.526-mile short track to obtain a spot within the top-35 Sprint Cup Series owners’ points.

Robby’s Thoughts – “Martinsville Speedway is different from any other track on the Sprint Cup circuit,” commented Gordon. “Its tight corners and flat banking present a whole different set of challenges from every other short track that we visit. Not only is it a tough track on the driver, but it’s also hard on equipment. I’m confident in my team’s ability, and I’m sure that they built the Warner Music Nashville / Blake Shelton Toyota Camry to the challenges of Martinsville.”

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Permalink Reply by Alex on March 26, 2010 at 4:40pm

Im pretty sure this is wrong but nascar.com has the 90 in and the 09 out, anyone got an explanation or is it an error?

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Permalink Reply by Alex on March 26, 2010 at 4:45pm

When Robby is racing in other series, a hired driver will take over. No official commitment but pretty much. And BAM will sponsor races Robby doesnt already have one

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Permalink Reply by TOG on March 26, 2010 at 5:04pm

that they did.

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Permalink Reply by Richie Hornsby on March 26, 2010 at 5:28pm

Oh I understand.... you took it the wrong way.. I just think it would of been good a confidence booster for all of us to qualify in on time.

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Permalink Reply by DefLefty on March 26, 2010 at 5:06pm

I think the confusion between the 90 and the 09 is that the 90 is higher than the 09 in owners points, but the 09 gets in as a 2009 Race Winning Team and should start 36th. Robby should end up starting 37th.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on March 26, 2010 at 5:17pm

Yes, that is correct. Keep forgetting that about the #09 winning in 2009

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Permalink Reply by MAyersatUSC on March 26, 2010 at 6:41pm

NASCAR.com says Robby starts 38th. Is that because the #26 team (transferred from McMurray) also won a race last season?

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Permalink Reply by Bigzoom on March 26, 2010 at 5:07pm

FYI - Owners Points can be shaken up a good bit sunday. All of these positions are mathematically able to change in one race. Robby could go as high as 25th and as low as 38th. Here's the on-track finish results that would need to happen for Robby to overtake, all these would be reduced by a position if Robby leads a lap and the others do not:

25 George Gillett Jr. 19 483 (Needs to beat by 40 positions)
26 Tony Stewart 39 452 (needs to beat by 36 positions)
27 John Henry 6 436 (needs to beat by 31 positions)
28 Richard Childress 78 428 (needs to beat by 28 positions)
29 Kevin Buckler 71 428 (needs to beat by 28 positions)
30 Roger Penske 12 424 (needs to beat by 27 positions)
31 Tad Geschickter 47 413 (needs to beat by 23 positions)
32 Doug Yates 38 412 (needs to beat by 23 positions)
33 Roger Penske 77 392 (Needs to beat by 16 positions)
34 Bob Jenkins 34 374 (needs to beat by 7 positions)
35 Doug Yates 37 355 (needs to beat by 4 positions)
36 Robby Gordon 7 346
37 Bill Jenkins 26 343 (has to beat us by 3 positions)
38 Tommy Baldwin 36 307 (has to beat us by 14 positions)

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Permalink Reply by TobaccoRoad on March 26, 2010 at 5:30pm

If that happens I'll be drunk for a week.

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Permalink Reply by DefLefty on March 26, 2010 at 5:33pm

I could finally break out that very dust-covered bottle of Jim Beam that I've been saving for Victory Lane for the past 5 years. I'm guessing the dust will still be there on Monday.