Talladega Race Chat Here!

Join in as Robby Gordon marches to the front of the pack ( well, after riding around the back for the first 450 miles..lol ) . Guess we will see how many wrecks he can avoid and hopefully the pitstops will be good.

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Permalink Reply by Scott B on October 5, 2008 at 7:03pm

I agree...100%.

Permalink Reply by Scott B on October 5, 2008 at 7:03pm

I would still rather Smith be 1st and Robby 9th.

Permalink Reply by Scott B on October 5, 2008 at 7:04pm

It looked like tony even got close to going below the yellow...

Permalink Reply by Lance on October 5, 2008 at 7:11pm

If you look at the replay Regan was not forced below the yellow, he has a brake pedal, he could've used it. Tony didn't even touch Regan. Tony can use that yellow line as an out of bounds. The rule according the Doug Richert (just now on Speed Report) is even if you get forced below the line you can't advance your position. It's a black and white call. Regan shouldn't have done that. Now, if I'm Nascar, I don't know that I boot him to 19th. I think putting him in second is appropriate. However, bottom line, Tony won.

Permalink Reply by Scott B on October 5, 2008 at 7:13pm

Something about braking when you have a run on a guy with 1 lap to go in a race sound stupid.

I understand the rule is for safety...but in this situation it failed horribly.

Is there a penalty for blocking? Give the win to Menard.

Permalink Reply by Ms Gibby on October 5, 2008 at 7:21pm

Race2Win.net shows Robby 8th and Regan Smith 18th.
As Robby said, Nascar just makes it up as they go along, but we all knew that anyway. Hey, I'll take 8th over 9th any day of the week. Sorry, Regan.

Permalink Reply by Matt on October 5, 2008 at 7:22pm