So this week is the Bristol night race, which is obviously a fan favorite, and I think most of the team guys will tell you that short track Saturday night racing has a special appeal, considering thats where many of the guys cut their teeth.



This is obviously the same track that the COT debuted on, so the teams have had a fair amount of time to come up with decent setups. The first time we went to the race, it was a bit of a nitemare. It was the first time the COT had gone through… Read More

So what does an unemployed NASCAR engineer do with themselves. They go on vacation. Last week I drove about 3000 miles round trip from Charlotte to Massachusetts to Wisconsin and back to visit friends and family. When I left on Monday morning I saw the last couple of haulers (20 and the 99) on their way back to their respective shops from Pocono. They were definitly in teardown after the race, so they were a little later than the rest. Then on the way home from Wiscnonsin on Wednesday I saw the… Read More

Obviously pit stops and pit strategy get bathed in the spotlight when the circus goes to the roadcoarses. The basic idea is to get as good of fuel mileage as you can and be the first one to make your last pitstop. Of course for this to work well, you have to have a good pitstop and you have to have good pit in and pit out laps, so the pit road speed calculation becomes of paramount importance.



At the road courses ( and the 2 short tracks) the pit road speed is 35mph, which is… Read More

**Disclaimer** This is a gentle, all in good fun poke at the "Who's the Cup Sponsor this week?" thread that I so dread on a weekly basis. It is not intended to make anyone mad. I'm just a sarcastic, smart ass girl who had a funny idea while drinking a Dr. Pepper.







Here's whats in the cup. Everyday, rain or shine.

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So..today will it be cup sponsor #1, Shakepeare's Pizza? Shakespeare's has a multi-day, semi-exclusive contract… Read More

Welcome one and all back to the engineering blog....For those of you who don't know, I used to do one on the Uprising when I used to work as an engineer at RGM. I don't work there anymore, but the masses have spoken, so I am bringing it back.



Thought I'd start with a little diddy about tires since they were such an issue this week. The obvious question would be "How did they miss it so bad?" Unfortunately I have no idea. They obviously tire tested there, so it baffles me. I have been… Read More

A few weeks ago I was doing some serious purging of my closets and dresser drawers. While sorting and stacking I came across a startling fact-I own at least 29 Robby Gordon T-shirts. Sad, but oh, so true.



What does this include, you may ask? Well...





3 Fan club t's, 2 double duty t's, one seriously bootlegged RuR shirt,3 Dakars. One rally for Robby, one bought off of ebay from a former employee that STILL smells like… Read More

So, I'm sitting here after the frustration that was Indy, and I decided to crunch some numbers to see who has been the best crew chief performance wise Robby has ever had. I only included results that racing reference listed as RUNNING.



1. The best was Mean Gene Nead.

14 races(running) with RGM - Average Finish of 22.7 including a top 5 at Watkins Glen and a 10th at Dover. Gene seemed to be a master with the COT and seemed to be the only guy that didn't let Robby try to be Rusty… Read More