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 Dave Horwath on June 24, 2014 at 6:17pm

That's 1 sharp car!

Permalink Reply by Dave Horwath on June 24, 2014 at 6:35pm

The car in the pic is the street/show car. yes? Anyone know what ever happened to it or was it re-wrapped?

Permalink Reply by Sandi Parker on June 24, 2014 at 7:20pm
Bristol ... fall 2009 ???
Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on June 24, 2014 at 8:40pm

Bristol #2 2009
http://www.planetrobby.com/photo/2009-bristol-2-raceday#!/photo/2009-bristol-2-paint-scheme?context=user

Permalink Reply by Dave Horwath on June 25, 2014 at 8:09am

Is it the pic or does it have lights just above the splitter?

Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on June 25, 2014 at 10:50am
Sticker's
Permalink Reply by WJM on June 24, 2014 at 9:27pm

Also Watkins Glen 2009

Permalink Reply by Michael Martinez on June 24, 2014 at 11:15pm

Yea................lookin at the tree there are branches missing and Robby Gordon is one of them. If ever and when someone says "What brings you to BLAH BLAH BLAH......I hope his answer is something like "It's a race and i'm a racer' and when...Whats this thread about ?? oh yeah, roadies and drivers and such... Nice to see Brendan get the Road America win I'd like to see Robby race that place if Cup goes there for sure.........without all the trouble makers that race was missing something for sure............I recall "It's not how fast you go but where you go fast". Im sure it has many meanings like "through the bus stop"....."through the esses" or whatever the pinpoint was when it was stated. Now however I'd say one of the meanings are 150 through the desert rather than a straight away.

Permalink Reply by Bigzoom on June 25, 2014 at 12:29am
The Morning Drive played some of Kyle Busch's radio chatter... MAJOR PROBLEMS! The crew chief and Kyle are not on the same page at all. They argue and make condescending remarks back and forth. There seems to be several voices on the radio. Something is way off. I'm not a Kyle Busch fan but he can flat out drive. It sounds like the direction JGR is going is not to Kyle's liking. The cars Kyle is getting at the Cup level have been crap lately. The M&M's signing question was definitely a shot at Carl and the rumors. I look for Kyle to bolt after next year if things don't get better. Toyota will want to keep him so I could see a deal at MWR getting done next Summer. Kyle is signed thru 2015. I doubt M&M's would leave, but I could see Monster and Toyota help fund his ride if he leaves.
How about Carl turning down RCR? Just shows far behind that team has fallen. Paul Menard is their best driver. Dillion will get better, but Newman's team is working with a smaller budget and it shows. All of Richard's heart is going into the #3 team and all the money is backing the #27 team. RCR seems to be on the Robert Yates Racing path. 2nd tier drivers and smaller budgets. They need some wins! I think Robby in a fourth RCR car at Watkins Glenn would be huge for the RCR organization. Throw some cash at a one race deal to get a victory for the organization! Be a huge boost.
Permalink Reply by WJM on June 25, 2014 at 11:10am

Robby does not play 4th fiddle.

Permalink Reply by Michael Martinez on June 25, 2014 at 1:43pm

I would not see it as a 4th fiddle...or even a second bass....or complimentary vocals.......A car prepared by Childress' shop with some whatever you want to call it from Robby and..........to be honest it would be nice to see Rob run a raod course in a competetive car ....period. I don't care who fielded it for him. We all know who would and who would not and the feathers will always by flying around over it........to me a race is a race is a race is a race...............and if said race was run I would be sitting there waiting for a phantom speeding infraction and live it all over .......again.

Permalink Reply by WJM on June 26, 2014 at 12:19pm

A one-off 4th entry is a backup of a backup. 4th in line for prep.

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