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 TOG on March 27, 2010 at 2:41pm

nope, but at least it happened at the end of practice.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on March 27, 2010 at 3:08pm

It was a godsend for a problem this big to happen in practice and NOT in the race.Maybe Robby hurt it practicing in Q-trim?Q-oil,timing,ect.I'm happy as hell it happened in practice.

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Permalink Reply by Chris Jamieson on March 27, 2010 at 2:38pm

Is there a reason the 7 blows a rear gear or motor every time we come here?

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Permalink Reply by RJS7 on March 27, 2010 at 2:50pm

got an Idea.... put this monster motor in it.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on March 27, 2010 at 2:53pm

and folks thought Carl Long's $200,000 penalty was high............lol....

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on March 27, 2010 at 3:02pm

That funny shit right there

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Permalink Reply by jack on March 27, 2010 at 8:12pm

just a little out of nascar specs.. uh?

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Permalink Reply by TOG on March 27, 2010 at 3:16pm

or a direct indicator of the time it takes to make spring,shock and bar adjustments to get the car to handle better.The L1 and L2 buttons on the xbox controller dont work that good in the cup garage.Robby buys the same amount of new tires as the #48 does when he shows up for a race.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on March 27, 2010 at 4:08pm

Not sure if they do or don't. Great question.

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Permalink Reply by FlyHiFlyLo on March 27, 2010 at 7:53pm

It depends what they have pumping with the sump pump and it the sump pump had damage too.

Plus a good thing to get that qual trans out I bet.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on March 27, 2010 at 4:07pm

If Robby had a billion dollars to piss away he wouldn't run more laps in practice IMO.It's a matter of feel vs lap times. A rookie might need laps,Robby does not IMO to know the feel he's looking for.
If Robby had a billion dollars to piss away he'd have a test team.But remember you don't get to test anywhere with Goodyear tire's (except authorized tests,we've already covered that conspiracy) so there is that variable.