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Gordon Readies for Waltrip's Retirement
Posted Apr 18, 2009 10:37PM By Geoffrey Miller
The NASCAR on FOX television crew tried to play it off as an accident, but Sprint Cup driver Robby Gordon was having none of it.
"I'm really looking forward to having a new driver in the [No.] 55 next year," said Gordon during his post-wreck interview, mad after Michael Waltrip bumped him into the Phoenix International Raceway turn three wall Saturday night in the Subway Fresh Fit 500.
No, Gordon doesn't have insider infomation about Waltrip's 2010 plans, but rather he was just citing comments that the driver/owner made at the beginning of the season.
During a preseason press conference, Waltrip noted that his personal performance in the No. 55 Toyota of his Michael Waltrip Racing entity had to improve significantly over what had been two straight seasons of mediocrity -- if that.
"My goal is to go win some races this year, run up front so that I don't have to say this is my last year. But if I don't do those things, if I can't compete at the level that Reutimann does or NAPA expects, then I probably won't get to do this again in 2010," said Waltrip
Apparently Robby doesn't think such circumstances will occur Waltrip in 2009, though his comments came at a time when the driver of the No. 7 was a little biased.
The incident happened on lap 167 when Gordon headed into turn 3 with Waltrip inside and the other Gordon -- Jeff, the version with four more Sprint Cup titles than Robby -- trailing close behind. Waltrip lost grip heading into the corner, slid up the track and knocked Robby's ride into a spin. The No. 7 rear-ended the wall with Waltrip getting a piece of the action on his right-rear quarter panel.
Robby headed for the garage for repair [and returned to the race many laps down] while Waltrip hit pit road.
While in the garage, FOX Sports' Steve Byrnes grabbed an interview, leading off by referring to the crash as a 'victim of circumstance'.
"Yeah it's a bummer," Robby said. "I don't know, we probably should have come for tires there. We were running 18th. I don't know what Michael was doing there but he just ran us over."
"Can you get back in the race?" Byrnes asked.
"Yeah, but getting back in the race is one thing, but to lose this many points for the second weekend in a row -- its just devastation," said Gordon. "Our speedway car is really not that fast so i'm really concerned about that. But I'm really looking forward to have a new driver in the 55 next year."
And with that, the interview was complete, Michael Waltrip dissed and Robby Gordon's dismal streak of finishes continued.
Posted Apr 18, 2009 10:37PM By Geoffrey Miller
The NASCAR on FOX television crew tried to play it off as an accident, but Sprint Cup driver Robby Gordon was having none of it.
"I'm really looking forward to having a new driver in the [No.] 55 next year," said Gordon during his post-wreck interview, mad after Michael Waltrip bumped him into the Phoenix International Raceway turn three wall Saturday night in the Subway Fresh Fit 500.
No, Gordon doesn't have insider infomation about Waltrip's 2010 plans, but rather he was just citing comments that the driver/owner made at the beginning of the season.
During a preseason press conference, Waltrip noted that his personal performance in the No. 55 Toyota of his Michael Waltrip Racing entity had to improve significantly over what had been two straight seasons of mediocrity -- if that.
"My goal is to go win some races this year, run up front so that I don't have to say this is my last year. But if I don't do those things, if I can't compete at the level that Reutimann does or NAPA expects, then I probably won't get to do this again in 2010," said Waltrip
Apparently Robby doesn't think such circumstances will occur Waltrip in 2009, though his comments came at a time when the driver of the No. 7 was a little biased.
The incident happened on lap 167 when Gordon headed into turn 3 with Waltrip inside and the other Gordon -- Jeff, the version with four more Sprint Cup titles than Robby -- trailing close behind. Waltrip lost grip heading into the corner, slid up the track and knocked Robby's ride into a spin. The No. 7 rear-ended the wall with Waltrip getting a piece of the action on his right-rear quarter panel.
Robby headed for the garage for repair [and returned to the race many laps down] while Waltrip hit pit road.
While in the garage, FOX Sports' Steve Byrnes grabbed an interview, leading off by referring to the crash as a 'victim of circumstance'.
"Yeah it's a bummer," Robby said. "I don't know, we probably should have come for tires there. We were running 18th. I don't know what Michael was doing there but he just ran us over."
"Can you get back in the race?" Byrnes asked.
"Yeah, but getting back in the race is one thing, but to lose this many points for the second weekend in a row -- its just devastation," said Gordon. "Our speedway car is really not that fast so i'm really concerned about that. But I'm really looking forward to have a new driver in the 55 next year."
And with that, the interview was complete, Michael Waltrip dissed and Robby Gordon's dismal streak of finishes continued.
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Permalink Reply by Beagle7 on
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So frustrating...allI know is that Robby is bringing consisantly top25 race cars to the track...we need to start finishing there or better.
Huge break with Gililand only cutting like 15-20 pts into our 44 pt cushion. We live another day in the top 35.
We have qualified pretty well at other tracks, but we all know our RP car races well but we will start 35th or worse next week.
As bleak as the 35th spot looks, this team is running MUCH better than last year. The finishes will start to roll in.
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Permalink Reply by Josh Northcutt on
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The answer is simple, Micheal drove the car into turn 3 and ran out of talent. It happens and is a big part of racing period. The fact of the matter is when run in the back, you're going to be racing with other ill handling race cars and that's what happens. And tires and some more adjustments were the right call at that time, you can't really move forward while everyone else behind you comes and gets tires.
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Permalink Reply by wilks7 on
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you see it all the time with these cars the way they snap loose in the corners.......
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"devestation" and " Robby Gordon's dismal streak of finishes continued."......that sums up the whole thing.
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Permalink Reply by Bill on
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In the great words of Clint Bowyer during a race in the 2008 season....."Michael Waltrip is the worst driver is NASCAR, period!"
nuff said
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Permalink Reply by Miffles on
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Good (not great) qualifying effort, good pit stops, and then wrong place at the wrong time. My grin totally melted and a lot of very bad words came out of my mouth. I'm ready for Waltrip to retire, too.
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Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on
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It'd be one thing if RG had shitty cars the last two races but he had top 20 (at least) cars and blew an engine and had POS run into him.. some of those freak racing deals. Hopefully, RGM has got their bad luck out of the way for a while and can avoid trouble at Talladega next week.
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Permalink Reply by Blues on
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Mikey, Darrell, and Digger can all kiss my ass. Bunch of fucking uneducated redneck dumb asses.
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Permalink Reply by Wheaton56 on
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did you notice how DW shut his mouth after robby said his comment.
Still cheering for ya Rob, next week will be better
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Permalink Reply by MAyersatUSC on
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I thought that was the best part, Robby's comment actually shut DW up for a few laps, I thought it was a racing miracle!
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