2009 Pocono Weekend Discussion

Join in here to discuss all the action from Pocono.Weekend Schedule as follows:

FRIDAY
Practice 1 - July 31, 12:00 - 1:30 pm/et, TV-SPEED ( 16th quickest )
Qualifying - July 31 at 3:10pm/et, TV-ESPN2 (qualifying draw, 25th )

SATURDAY
Practice 2 - August 1, 10:00 - 10:45 am/et, TV-ESPN2
Happy Hour- August 1, 11:20am - 12:20pm/et, TV-ESPN2

SUNDAY
Raceday August 2, 2009.
TV: ESPN at 2:00 pm/et; pre-race show at 1:00 pm/et; green flag approx 2:16pm/et

Raceday chat will also be available.

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Permalink Reply by Flan on July 31, 2009 at 10:50pm
Going to the race on Sunday. My knock on Pocono is that the visibility is just God awful. Probably the worst of any oval (besides Indy...but it's INDY). We are low on the front stretch (long story) and when the fans stand up it's like tunnel vision. I've been there enough to know to get seats up high. The only plus is probably a little face time on TV. RG in black, starting 34th, crappy seats...guess we'll have to make due. Off to Hershey on Monday.

May have to hit the Beam early on Sunday though...
Permalink Reply by IndyTim on August 1, 2009 at 11:04am
Need to find about a second....or he is going to be lucky dog racing around lap 50........
Permalink Reply by alan4s on August 1, 2009 at 11:06am
Only ran 7 laps in practice, 33rd fastest. Making big changes?
Permalink Reply by Bigzoom on August 1, 2009 at 11:08am
Had Top 5 average lap speed...why change?
Permalink Reply by alan4s on August 1, 2009 at 11:56am
If they aren't making changes, he should be turning laps. Take advantage of the track time to see how the cars handling changes over time.

Prediction: RG will gain 10 to 15 spots in the first ten laps, then the handling will change and they will be chasing the setup all day long. If we're lucky, they'll find the right setup soon enough that RG can salvage a decent finish.
Permalink Reply by Lance on August 1, 2009 at 12:26pm
prediction...we run 30th-38th all day. I've seen enough Pocono races to know 2 things. 1. It's hard to pass and 2. Robby usually struggles there (2004 excluded)
Permalink Reply by wilks7 on August 1, 2009 at 12:02pm
not in HH so far....looks like bottom 5 on average so far
Permalink Reply by wilks7 on August 1, 2009 at 11:56am
either they are way off on set up or taking it easy on equipment...they have been only runing a hanful of laps
Permalink Reply by Lance on August 1, 2009 at 12:46pm
yep..it's easier to take it easy when the car is good then when it's bad.
Permalink Reply by Alex on August 1, 2009 at 1:04pm
Usual Pocono for Robby. Here and Martinsville i dont expect much ill be happy with a top 30.
Permalink Reply by IndyTim on August 1, 2009 at 3:52pm
The good news is next week is Watkings Glen, so we can hopefully look forward to a top 15 run.....Bad news,......Looks like its going to be a typical Pocono race for Robby
Permalink Reply by Ryan Dexter on August 1, 2009 at 4:21pm
it seems the double file starts don't seem to help robby a whole lot especially when he has to start towards the back, but he does work is way slowly up to the middle of the pack, if robby gets a pretty good run here at pocono it will continue to help him stay inside the top 35. just as long as he don't have car problems or accident robby should do well.

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