16th Place finish gives Robby breathing room

Finally a finish that matched his perfromance. Robby's 16th place finish moved him up to 34th in owner points and gave him a 97 point advantage over 36th.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on May 2, 2009 at 11:29pm
Robby drove his ass off tonight. Great day for this team, and you are right, finally a finish to represent how good the car has been running. And the sky still isn't falling.......
Permalink Reply by Blain on May 2, 2009 at 11:37pm
They have had bad luck, not bad cars!
Permalink Reply by Wheaton56 on May 3, 2009 at 12:04am
two weeks with blown engines, and two wrecks which werent his fault,

hurt big time
Permalink Reply by wilks7 on May 3, 2009 at 8:00am
thats what hurt they were all one after another 4 weeks in a row......2 motors and 2 wrecks sent RG in a downward spiral in the points
Permalink Reply by GrayAntiMatter on May 3, 2009 at 3:37pm
Every team with a series of bad finishes has a bucket of excuses to go along with it.

This was a great finish, and better than the car ran. This is the type of finish that should be expected.
Permalink Reply by TOG on May 3, 2009 at 12:17am
his equipment is MUCH better this year than last.
Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on May 3, 2009 at 9:23am
Another year working with the COT and having Kirk for a second season contributed to RGM's improved performance this year (although the points don't show it yet). But, I think having Toyota power and support is the main factor here. Remember, Kirk was only around at the end of last season (last 8-10?? races of 08') so this is his first go around with RGM at some tracks still. Can't wait to see how they perform during the later part of this year!! Kirk really needs to start thinking about tracks he hasn't seen with RGM that are unique. Dover is a track Rob can perform good at, as well as Michigan and Indy. But I think Kirk needs to focus on Pocono. RG has sucked there lately. If he can improve 10-15 places at Pocono.. that would make a huge difference!!
Permalink Reply by RobbyCanuck on May 2, 2009 at 11:37pm
I watched the race on Fox so I'm at a disadvantage here. Was Robby employing some kind of a restrictor plate strategy on a short track? Restart after restart he was just hanging in the back. Was that just a result of his track position or was he intentionally doing his best to avoid all the mess until close to the end?
Permalink Reply by Wheaton56 on May 3, 2009 at 12:01am
he lost a powersteering belt,

had some build up of rubber on the grill and running hot

the splitter bracket(i think) broke when he hit something on the track,

and.... they left a hood pin loose or out while fixing the belt,

each one a different pit during cautions, kept him at back of lead lap cars
Permalink Reply by Gilly116 on May 2, 2009 at 11:38pm
I believe he is 34th in owner points- 25 ahead of Andretti in 35th and- 69 points up on Speed in 36th. Some pretty good breathing room and a great run. He drove the wheels off the car!!!
Permalink Reply by TobaccoRoad on May 2, 2009 at 11:38pm
Great night!! Keep digging!
Permalink Reply by Alex on May 2, 2009 at 11:42pm
I wasnt able to get on here for the race but what happend when Robby was in front of the field almost a lap down on a restart but got lucky when the caution came out right after the restart and stayed on the lead lap.

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