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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 ChevyTT77 on
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LOL, you noticed that too?!?!!?? LOL I thought it was golden!!! Like someone said earlier, it gets old hearing DW defend his brother over and over.
On another note, its hard enough to listen to mikey do commentary during the truck races, can you imagine him in the booth for the cup series??
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Permalink Reply by JoCo on
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OMG he says the dumbest things during those races, and sometimes even the other booth guys are just like dumbfounded by the things he says
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Permalink Reply by James Tallant on
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Lets hope BOTH Waltrips will go away for 2010! This was such a typical POS moment and it sure seemed like a top 20 day for RG....
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Permalink Reply by RG4ME on
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Josh said that Mikey drove into turn 3 and ran out of talent. I think that you have to have talent in the first place in order to run out of it. Think about how long it took him to win a race and the circumstances of those wins. He's a joke and always will be. It's too bad Robby always seems to be around him on the track.
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Permalink Reply by Christy on
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Anyone see the article about this at the end it says MW commented back about Robby always finishing at the end of the pack.
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Permalink Reply by Paul on
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i remember in new hampshire when waltrip took robby out under caution years back then robby threw the helmet at waltrip. Robby is a much better driver than waltrip. Waltrip needs to stop with his excuses!
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Oops actually it was the writer of the article, ending with a statement about him finishing in the back
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Permalink Reply by Josh Northcutt on
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well either way, it was a racing deal, nothing more. Everyone usually past about 20th have very ill handling race cars, which leads to accidents, and that's why you see most of the wrecks in the middle and back of the pack, it's just racing. Try try again, that's the best thing about racing, there's always another race.
And it's getting that time where our man here needs to suck it up and get the ball rolling on a teammate(s) to help put his team up there with the rest.
And DW is an idiot anyway, he said the walls were moving one time at Darlington.
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Permalink Reply by vak7 on
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Maybe we can help speed up NAPAs decision to put their money behind a real driver. The closest email link I could find to let them know how totally disgusted we are:
customersupport@napaonline.com
Their racing, sponsorship sites don't have contact info. Guess they don't want to be flooded with messages from angry fans of the other 42 drivers!
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Permalink Reply by GrayAntiMatter on
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They're probably not too worried about it when their driver finishes in the top ten of the most popular driver voting year after year....
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Permalink Reply by Rob Hoban on
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It's easy to 2nd guess a pit stop decision. What if he did pit and Robby got caught up in a wreck at the back of the pack? Then we would have said, "shouldn't have pitted."
The worst part of this incident is that Robby was running a nice, consistent race and headed for at least a top 20 finish which would have helped in points and in securing future sponsorship. To the best of my knowledge, Robby is sponsored for 'Dega and Charlotte but no set sponsor for Richmond, Dover and Pocono. Being barely within the top 35 his a hard sell to a potential sponsor in tough economic times.
So if you happen to read this post, go back and cast another vote for Robby for the All-Star race, we need to show as much fan support as we can. If we can get him voted in, that will speak volumes to any potential sponsor about how passionate Robby's fans really are.
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Permalink Reply by IndyTim on
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Classic analogy Robby had on the radio right after he got wrecked.....
Referring to the #55
"He coudn't drive a greased up nail through a frogs ass"..............
It wasn't intentional...but whomever said POS drove it into the corner and ran out of talent was correct.....POS drove it hard in the corner and tried to get back into the gas MUCH sooner than any car had been able to all night...if he would have just waited, he would have passed Robby in turn 3............but he didn't and on to Talladega.........
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