Robby Gordon Finishes 3rd At Charlotte

Congrats to Robby Gordon and the entire RGM crew for their 3rd place finish today at Charlotte.
Robby stayed out during the last caution for rain, and the rain never stopped. Prior to the yellow, Robby did manage to stay on the lead lap and had a car that got good on the long runs. Robby admitted during a rain-delayed interview that the car was probably a top 15 car, but great strategy improved that finish.

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Permalink Reply by Christy on May 26, 2009 at 8:44am
If there is no problem with the rear end. How does he stand now with points?
Permalink Reply by GrayAntiMatter on May 26, 2009 at 6:12pm
Moves the #7 up to 33rd. 62 points behind the #55 and 197 points ahead of the #82 (36th place)
Permalink Reply by Greg Jones on May 26, 2009 at 8:54am
man, you guys scared the crap out of me. I can't find anything that says RG failed post race inspection. When NASCAR finds something they haven't thought about they do this. They did it with Hendrick shocks a couple of years ago and there were no penalties. I just hope that whatever RGM thought up to do to the rear end housing doesn't get outlawed or leaked. The conspiracy theory crowd here is getting a little out of hand.
Permalink Reply by Wheaton56 on May 26, 2009 at 9:09am
he prob builds his own housings...and nascrap doesnt like many outside the box thinkers
Permalink Reply by vak7 on May 26, 2009 at 9:50am
If there are no definitive rules on the rear end, he can't be in violation of them. Isn't that how JJ won 3 championships and the other Gordon 4? That puts Kirk in a class with Knauss and Evernham. I think we have a winner! Great to see a P3. The best car doesn't often win these things, mostly a combination of brains and luck. Some drivers have much more of one than the other ; )
Permalink Reply by Ryan Plowman on May 26, 2009 at 11:29am
Nowhere does it say that the rear-end housing was illegal, or that he failed post-race inspection. It says they took the rear-end back to the R&D center for further evaluation. More than likely something they haven't seen done before, and want to look it over.

We'll be fine, the sky isn't falling...
Permalink Reply by Richie Hornsby on May 27, 2009 at 12:45am
that was a good one ! haha.... that made my day lol
Permalink Reply by s fisher on May 26, 2009 at 11:46am
I was just saying that the standard was set at 200 points with carl long . i hope it was a r&d thing they wanted to look at who knows?? just saying we will not be sure until thursday what is going on
Permalink Reply by jack on May 26, 2009 at 11:59am
no.. that's not the standard.. that was a rule violation thats stated clearly in the rule book.. plus... The engine is the biggest no no to mess with, Nascar always crashes down hard on violations to engines.
Permalink Reply by s fisher on May 26, 2009 at 12:54pm
maybe but it is on fanzone now iam sure he is hearing about it from the press
Permalink Reply by jack on May 26, 2009 at 1:01pm
fanzone?
Permalink Reply by marc snider on May 26, 2009 at 11:58pm
OK I CAUGHT A LITTLE MESSAGE IN NASCAR.COM THIS MORNING THAT DURING POST RACE INSPECTION THE TOOK A REAR AXLE OF ROBBYS BY TO R&D FOR NASCAR? ANYONE KNOW ANYMORE ON THIS. GOD I HOPE THERE NOT TRYING TO BURST OUR BUBBLE ON A GOOD DAY!

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