Catchfence Radio Show suprises by picking Robby Gordon

During the Sirius/XM NASCAR Catchfence show this morning callers were once again posing the question, "should their be a road course race in The Chase?" The callers and hosts debated the pros and cons to why and why not. Then the question was asked to the hosts, if the drivers were in equal cars with equal teams who would be the dominate driver at Sonoma and Watkins Glen. The host immediately stated, "This may surprise the audience, but as good as Kurt Busch and Marcos Ambrose is. Lots of great road aces like Boris Said and Ron Fellows would do better with better equipment, but Robby Gordon was probably the best driver on a road course hands down. When he had solid equipment like RCR's he was dominant and when he had under funded equipment he was still a threat. He is so versatile and has so much car control, he's the one driver that would dominate if everyone was on equal equipment. He can really wheel a car.

It was awesome to hear! I also heard yesterday a hosts state, "Robby not being at Sonoma is such a shame. It's like Dale Junior not racing at Talladega. It's what people come to see. Robby belongs here."

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Permalink Reply by WJM on June 26, 2014 at 12:21pm

Still 42 on the Kentucky entry list. C'mon, somebody has to take the show money.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Martinez on June 26, 2014 at 8:42pm

I wunder what the actual cost is to get car and folks to.........I was thinking Kansas. Sorry .......throw anything in the field what the hell huh? Nobody will notice. 43 cars entered 12 mentioned....why not put a computer generated car in the picture....?

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Permalink Reply by WJM on June 27, 2014 at 2:56pm

I think NASCAR can reduce Cup fields to 36 cars and be better for it. Top 35 in Owner Points (who are guaranteed to start anyway) + fastest qualifier outside the top 35. The schedule is still a death march.

NNS eliminated the top 35 rule last year. Per Robin Pemberton: "This is a big win for our fans. They'll see the fastest cars earn their starting spots. This change adds intrigue, drama and excitement to qualifying." And increases the number of start & park's every race to about 10 cars per. NNS starting grid should be no more than 30 cars and the schedule cut to 28 races.

The Truck Series is dying a slow steady death. Cut the schedule to 18 races and a 24 truck field.

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Permalink Reply by Bigzoom on June 27, 2014 at 10:24am

Heard Ward Burton give his history interview on Sirius last night and did not know he was offered the Joe Gibbs #18 Interstate Batteries ride when Dale Jarrett left. Ward said looking back he should have took the offer, but stayed loyal to the team that got him there. He knew if he left the sponsor would also pull and they all would have been out of work. Lot of respect for Ward's decision.

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Permalink Reply by Sandi Parker on June 27, 2014 at 4:29pm

Ward was released from the #31 Hardee team ... when the car owner found out that Ward was switching teams ... at the end of the season.

Ward Burton Fired - Herald-Journal - Aug 25, 1995

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Permalink Reply by Bigzoom on June 27, 2014 at 6:48pm

Ward was offered the year before with JGR...he stayed with Dillard and ended up eventually working out a deal with Bill Davis. Dillard released Ward (but Ward said he already had a deal signed with BDR and knew Hardee's was not returning). He said he had no ill feelings towards Dillard and it was best for both..

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Permalink Reply by David Z on June 28, 2014 at 6:00pm

So they asked if there should be a road course in the chase. The question should be should there be a chase. Dump it and there is 2 road courses that count in the championship.