NASCAR 2013

Yea I know its kinda a surprise that I'm the 1 who would be starting this discussion since I ain't exactly the biggest fan of them . Just wanted to see how many are watching Preseason Thunder . Gotta admit the new cars look ultra sharp . They even mentioned Robby once talking about last years Dodge teams and them being gone . Only the 2 teams were affected ( Penske and RGM ) by the loss of Dodge .

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Permalink Reply by WJM on January 10, 2013 at 3:43pm

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Permalink Reply by Jim Schmitt on January 10, 2013 at 6:05pm

hope Ambros can make a dent in the establishment, I for one will miss seeing Robby out there.

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Permalink Reply by Dave Horwath on January 10, 2013 at 7:08pm

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Permalink Reply by mj on January 10, 2013 at 6:12pm

Yeah would be good to see Ambrose do good . I'm a big Ford guy so he's 1 of the guys I root for

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Permalink Reply by Josh Fisher on January 17, 2013 at 8:13am

Just saw on twitter that Tommy Baldwin Racing will be running the #7 in the Cup series for the full season. Dave Blaney will be the driver.

For those that don't know Tommys father "Tiger" Tom Baldwin drove the #7 (later #7ny) for most of his legendary career in the NASCAR Modified series as well as regional Modified series/tracks here in the Northeast.

Here is a picture of the number font that the team is using.

No idea if it was a "friendly transfer or hostile takeover" of the number from RGM but assuming (hoping) it was a friendly transfer that puts the current lineage at; Alan Kulwicki Racing (1987) -> Geoff Bodine Racing -> Ultra Motorsports -> Robby Gordon Motorsports -> Tommy Baldwin Racing.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on January 17, 2013 at 8:41am

I like Dave Blaney from his World of Outlaws days.

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Permalink Reply by Josh Fisher on January 17, 2013 at 9:00am

Just looking through the stats and came across an interesting little tidbit.

In 2004 Dave drove a single Cup race for Ultra Motorsports in the #7 car. Also throughout the entire history of the Cup series there have only been 3 drivers that have driven the #07, #7 & #77 (basically all variations of the number not including triple-digits), they are Dave Blaney, Ted Musgrave & P.J. Jones.