2009 Texas Race Weekend Discussion

Join in here and discuss all the weekend activities at Texas for Robby Gordon. Here is the schedule for the weekend,all times eastern standard. First practice is on Friday at 1:00pm, followed by qualifying at 4:30pm both on SPEED. There will be 2 practices on Saturday at 12:00pm and 1:20 also on SPEED. The race is on Sunday ,April 5th at 1:30 pm. Don't forget live chat every Sunday, beginning at 10:00am-. (Live chat is a popular feature,but for those who don't care for it,please continue to post your thoughts right here on raceday.)

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Permalink Reply by wilks7 on April 4, 2009 at 12:47pm

not a very good practice for the team....hope they hit on something in HH

Permalink Reply by TOG on April 4, 2009 at 1:06pm

just tweaking a few things. They have a solid baseline with this chassis.

Permalink Reply by TOG on April 4, 2009 at 1:12pm

photos and updates are rolling in from Saturday practice.

Permalink Reply by Robbie on April 4, 2009 at 1:29pm

hopefully some speed will roll in during happy hour

Permalink Reply by Tom Fair on April 4, 2009 at 1:33pm

Not on track yey??

Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on April 4, 2009 at 1:42pm

This is only practice guys. Try some things, make some adjUstments, get ready for Sunday. I'd love to see RG at the top of the speed chart too, but not overdriving to do it. Hate to hurt the motor or get loose and put it in the wall just to get a quick time. Word is Robby has a racey car this week and will be able run with the leaders on Sunday.

Permalink Reply by Bryan Dudley on April 4, 2009 at 2:43pm

Not seeing speeds in practice showing that, hope his car is fast. These speeds are making me cringe.

Permalink Reply by Beagle7 on April 4, 2009 at 2:51pm

again...back to what I said earlier..EVERYONE's fast lp was lap 1 on sticker tires.

since RG solely foused on Q's...very posible he had no sticker tires left to start practices today (as I think they get only 5 or 6 sets for practice?). thus the top end speed and avg speed will hurt numerically.

I d b more intrested to hear how the car handled today..if that's good...throw some stickers on it and we'll be fine

Permalink Reply by WJM on April 4, 2009 at 2:54pm

3 practice sessions, 45 laps total. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it appears only the Start 'n Park teams, the #09 and #66, ran fewer laps. Granted, RG spent a lot of time in the garage making changes. Hopefully they have something for the race.

Permalink Reply by Eric on April 4, 2009 at 3:39pm

i think they were using the practices more as a test session for the new car just to see what the different changes would do to the handling. the track is going to be cold tommorrow so the practices today wont help you set up a good car for tommorrow. you just need to know how to change your car

Permalink Reply by TOG on April 4, 2009 at 4:52pm

I'll find stuff out when the race starts.....thats all that matters at this point.....

Permalink Reply by Garrett Gleason on April 4, 2009 at 6:03pm

Guys, Robby wouldn't have gotten this far in life if he lacked intelligence. He knows what he is doing, its practice, its about handling not speed. Robby knows that handling good for 500 miles is much more important than knocking off one fast lap. It doesn't pay any money to win practice.