2009 Darlington Race Weekend Discussion

Join in here and discuss all the weekend activities at Darlington for Robby Gordon. Here is the schedule for the weekend,all times eastern standard. First practice is on Friday,May 8th at 11:30am, followed by happy hour at 1:30pm both on SPEED. Qualifying is Friday at 5:10pm, also on SPEED. The race is on Saturday ,May 9th at 7:00 pm. Don't forget live chat on Saturday, beginning at 3:00pm. (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 bighead on May 8, 2009 at 12:02pm

TOG, about the T-shirt give away, lets have a little what lap Robby gets his Darlington Stripe contest. I Know you have the finish and ahead of who thing going on...but I need a shirt it's getting cold the kids are hungry and my last job interview they told me that I need to get a new set of clothes before I can reapply.........and the more chances I have to win a shirt the longer I can feed the kids...........

Permalink Reply by TOG on May 8, 2009 at 12:08pm

lol..I will be giving 5 of them away during racechat tomorrow night in the "live chat" feature. Good idea,though.

Permalink Reply by Bigzoom on May 8, 2009 at 12:31pm

"Old Chasis" - you sure it's not still those Dodges...we keep running around the same practice times ever week as Khnae, Sadler & Sorenson. I mean every week!

Permalink Reply by Bigzoom on May 8, 2009 at 12:32pm

Nevermind, Khane just shot up inside the Top 10...

Permalink Reply by wilks7 on May 8, 2009 at 12:34pm

and we just shot out of the 30's

Permalink Reply by wilks7 on May 8, 2009 at 12:34pm

ahead of Jr.......lololol

Permalink Reply by TOG on May 8, 2009 at 12:45pm

wow. Scott Speed wadded it up, has to go to a backup. He will need to reach in qualifying.

Permalink Reply by wilks7 on May 8, 2009 at 12:48pm

00 just wadded up also

Permalink Reply by wilks7 on May 8, 2009 at 12:47pm

check this link out

http://www.justin.tv/nascarpower

Permalink Reply by wilks7 on May 8, 2009 at 12:47pm

i will have PGA going in one tab and crapcar in another tab....LOLOL

Permalink Reply by NIKAL on May 8, 2009 at 12:47pm

Per Jayski;
Friday's first practice for the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway is being run, after 63 of 90 scheduled minutes, the top 5:
#83-Vickers 174.167
#16-Biffle 174.117
#71-Gilliland 174.037
#12-Stremme 173.216
#87-Nemechek 173.076
slowest: #55-Waltrip 167.032 and #13-Papis 168.480
no speed: #66-Blaney
incidents: could be a lot of them, just into practice, #2-Busch lost it off a turn and clipped the wall with the right rear and spun around, #14-Stewart, #77-Hornish Jr. and #41-Mayfield slid up in a turn and pancaked the sides of their cars.
#82-Speed wrecked and backed into the fence and the team will go to a backup car. #66-Blaney spun off turn 4 on his first lap on the track.(5-8-2009)

Permalink Reply by bighead on May 8, 2009 at 12:51pm

just glad it's a night race......should have a little more grip