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Nationwide Post Race Quotes From Robby about Incident
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. – Joey Logano and Robby Gordon got into beating and banging on the track during the Zippo 200 on Saturday, resulting in a flat tire for both of them, then more contact and some hard feelings following the Nationwide Series race at Watkins Glen International.
The 19-year-old Logano, who eventually spun and hit the wall to finish 33rd, voiced his displeasure afterward with Gordon.
“He decided to wreck me under caution, which is not real cool, I think,” said the Joe Gibbs Racing driver. “It’s a pretty raw deal to race someone pretty stupid. You can’t fix stupid. It’s forever. … I got caught with an idiot.”
Gordon’s response?
“Whatever,” said the veteran driver/owner. “I’m not too worried about what Joey Logano thinks to be honest with you. The second time [when he wrecked] he got into somebody else. I don’t think he passed anybody without running into them first. That’s what he did to me. So it is what it is. He’s not going to run into me and think he’s going to go on by because he knocked me sideways. That’s just not the way it goes.”
It is unlikely Gordon and Logano will forget the incident soon.
“He cut down my left-front tire earlier and we got into a grudge match after that,” Logano said. “It was back-and-forth and back-and-forth into each other. Eventually a caution came out and he put me into the fence and my car went up in flames.
“That was real nice. You remember that stuff. Eventually it’s going to turn around and bite him because he races everyone the same way just like that. I don’t know if this is the one place he thinks he can run good so he beat the hell out of everybody. You just remember that. Eventually everyone is going to start doing that back to him. What goes around comes around.”
Gordon said Logano hit him first to start the exchange.
“He hit me first, so it all started with him making contact with my back bumper in Turn 11,” Gordon said. “That’s where it all started. If he can learn to pass me clean, I’m cool with it. But if he’s going to run into me, he’s going to get hit back. It’s just plain and simple.”
Neither driver competes in the Nationwide series full time. It was Gordon’s first start of the season in the series as he hoped to score a win on a road course where he has won in the Cup series.
Gordon had a long day after starting third. He got hit from behind and then into the back of Greg Biffle, who then spun Gordon. Even with front-end damage to his car – and even after heavy cosmetic damage after the tire issue that followed the first Logano incident – Gordon was running fast lap times. He had to settle for 14th.
“Until Logano got into me and got flat tires for both of us, we were hanging in there in eighth place,” Gordon said. “I got really, really aero tight with the hood being [bowed] up [from damage] like it was. All in all, we had a decent day.”
From Bob Pockrass, Scene Daily
UPDATE: Statement From Robby Gordon
"After reviewing the comments by Logano and the replay of the day's events, I felt that it was necessary to explain what happened during yesterday's race from my prospective.
This whole turn of events started with Joey running into the back of my No. 55 in Turn 10. He then knocked me sideways in Turn 11. To show him my displeasure, I ran him down towards the inside wall on the front straight. I tried to do a crossover move in Turn 1 to get back by him; however, I missed judged a little resulting in both of us getting flat tires.
During the final incident that ended Joey's day, we were racing for the lucky dog position. We both had good cars and were just trying to improve our finishing position for the day. After the bus stop chicane, Joey wrecked the No. 34 of Tony Raines. This contact allowed me to get underneath him in Turn 9. He saw that I was going to pass him for the Lucky Dog position, so he tried to block me. This maneuver resulted in his right rear tire connecting with my left front. From there, I felt he would be okay because he was in the section where the outer loop was. Rather than going down the inner loop, he decided to cut across the grass, hitting the tire barrier.
At the end of the day I'm just glad Joey is okay. This is a highly competitive sport, and we are all very passionate when we are on the track. Tempers have a tendency to flare, but hopefully in the future we will both race each other cleaner.
Under my own doing, I did stop by the NASCAR hauler this morning to converse with them about yesterday. There will be no repercussions from yesterday' events," commented Robby Gordon.
The 19-year-old Logano, who eventually spun and hit the wall to finish 33rd, voiced his displeasure afterward with Gordon.
“He decided to wreck me under caution, which is not real cool, I think,” said the Joe Gibbs Racing driver. “It’s a pretty raw deal to race someone pretty stupid. You can’t fix stupid. It’s forever. … I got caught with an idiot.”
Gordon’s response?
“Whatever,” said the veteran driver/owner. “I’m not too worried about what Joey Logano thinks to be honest with you. The second time [when he wrecked] he got into somebody else. I don’t think he passed anybody without running into them first. That’s what he did to me. So it is what it is. He’s not going to run into me and think he’s going to go on by because he knocked me sideways. That’s just not the way it goes.”
It is unlikely Gordon and Logano will forget the incident soon.
“He cut down my left-front tire earlier and we got into a grudge match after that,” Logano said. “It was back-and-forth and back-and-forth into each other. Eventually a caution came out and he put me into the fence and my car went up in flames.
“That was real nice. You remember that stuff. Eventually it’s going to turn around and bite him because he races everyone the same way just like that. I don’t know if this is the one place he thinks he can run good so he beat the hell out of everybody. You just remember that. Eventually everyone is going to start doing that back to him. What goes around comes around.”
Gordon said Logano hit him first to start the exchange.
“He hit me first, so it all started with him making contact with my back bumper in Turn 11,” Gordon said. “That’s where it all started. If he can learn to pass me clean, I’m cool with it. But if he’s going to run into me, he’s going to get hit back. It’s just plain and simple.”
Neither driver competes in the Nationwide series full time. It was Gordon’s first start of the season in the series as he hoped to score a win on a road course where he has won in the Cup series.
Gordon had a long day after starting third. He got hit from behind and then into the back of Greg Biffle, who then spun Gordon. Even with front-end damage to his car – and even after heavy cosmetic damage after the tire issue that followed the first Logano incident – Gordon was running fast lap times. He had to settle for 14th.
“Until Logano got into me and got flat tires for both of us, we were hanging in there in eighth place,” Gordon said. “I got really, really aero tight with the hood being [bowed] up [from damage] like it was. All in all, we had a decent day.”
From Bob Pockrass, Scene Daily
UPDATE: Statement From Robby Gordon
"After reviewing the comments by Logano and the replay of the day's events, I felt that it was necessary to explain what happened during yesterday's race from my prospective.
This whole turn of events started with Joey running into the back of my No. 55 in Turn 10. He then knocked me sideways in Turn 11. To show him my displeasure, I ran him down towards the inside wall on the front straight. I tried to do a crossover move in Turn 1 to get back by him; however, I missed judged a little resulting in both of us getting flat tires.
During the final incident that ended Joey's day, we were racing for the lucky dog position. We both had good cars and were just trying to improve our finishing position for the day. After the bus stop chicane, Joey wrecked the No. 34 of Tony Raines. This contact allowed me to get underneath him in Turn 9. He saw that I was going to pass him for the Lucky Dog position, so he tried to block me. This maneuver resulted in his right rear tire connecting with my left front. From there, I felt he would be okay because he was in the section where the outer loop was. Rather than going down the inner loop, he decided to cut across the grass, hitting the tire barrier.
At the end of the day I'm just glad Joey is okay. This is a highly competitive sport, and we are all very passionate when we are on the track. Tempers have a tendency to flare, but hopefully in the future we will both race each other cleaner.
Under my own doing, I did stop by the NASCAR hauler this morning to converse with them about yesterday. There will be no repercussions from yesterday' events," commented Robby Gordon.
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Permalink Reply by shawn rhinehart on
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To further update my reply. Robby wasnt right either. But Patterson thinks Logano did no wrong whatsoever. Are Pattersom and Logano in bed with each other???
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Permalink Reply by IndyTim on
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If yesterday embarrased you...your rooting for the wrong driver. Earnhardt made a name for himself by not letting people move him out of the way.....if you pass somebody clean, you pass them clean......if you knock them in the ass, you need to expect to get knocked in the ass right back.....
Call yesterday what you want.....that is exactley why I started following Robby ALONG time ago...he's a great racer and takes shit on the track FROM NOBODY...expecially some 19 year old puke who needs to put some time in before he starts calling Vetern drivers "Stupid" and "Idiots"......
With the way this season has gone, the car this weekend has looked to struggle a bit to me...I think it would be funny as shit if Robby drove right over the top of Lagano on lap 2....
Geeez...this is NASCAR..I find it hard to believe people are struggling with what happened yesterday.....yesterday is what NASCAR needs to get back to...........
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Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on
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I agree completely Tim, that was a heck of good show yesterday. This is what racing should go back to, not the parade circuit like it has been lately. It's nice to see Robby up front racing, bumping and banging for position. I hope today can be as good of a show!!
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Permalink Reply by Janet B on
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AMEN!! I cannot believe some of what I'm reading here. Do ya'll know Robby at all? Sure, sometimes RG makes me shake my head at times, but the bottom line is that he's the one driving the car - not me. And not you.
I laughed when Sliced Bread finally hit the wall yesterday. You'd think that would teach him to be more careful who he picks a fight with. But wait - no, no. Now he wants to smack talk about RG. Oh please, please - just keep it up, Joey. This will be so much fun to watch.
As far as Stremme goes - there's absolutely no purpose for him to even be breathing, much less driving a race car. Worthless, talentless pos.
And there's a BIG difference between Kyle & Robby - attitude. Take yesterday - Kyle finishes 2nd and whines about it - again. Robby finishes 14th with a banged up car & says, "We had a decent day." As long as you're doing what you love to do, you're having a good day, right?
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The other funny thing is.......The wreck that got Lagano out of the race.....Lagano flat ass ran out of talent and wadded his car up............dude tried to lake that right hander about 40mph faster than physics allows...They tried blamming Robby at first (Brad Daugherty...whatever dude)....tape clearly shows Robby had his car in the turn where it needed to be and Lagano...well he had his car where you end up 300 yards off course and dunzo for the day....ran out of talent......
I was happy to see the statement from Robby this morning....was PC and the right thing to do...Robby is ready to move on (as usual) and hopefully peach fuzz is too........
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Permalink Reply by Rob Harris on
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I can't belive Bob Pockrass left out the quote of the year!
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Permalink Reply by Dave-O on
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From Jayski:
Robby Gordon Responds to Logano Incidient in NNS race: Robby Gordon [#55] and Joey Logano [#20] both raced in the Watkins Glen Nationwide Race, Gordon responded Sunday to the incident: "After reviewing the comments by Lagano and the replay of the day's events, I felt that it was necessary to explain what happened during yesterday's race from my prospective. This whole turn of events started with Joey running into the back of my #55 in Turn 10. He then knocked me sideways in Turn 11. To show him my displeasure, I ran him down towards the inside wall on the front straight. I tried to do a crossover move in Turn 1 to get back by him; however, I missed judged a little resulting in both of us getting flat tires. During the final incident that ended Joey's day, we were racing for the lucky dog position. We both had good cars and were just trying to improve our finishing position for the day. After the bus stop chicane, Joey wrecked the No. 34 of Tony Raines. This contact allowed me to get underneath him in Turn 9. He saw that I was going to pass him for the Lucky Dog position, so he tried to block me. This maneuver resulted in his right rear tire connecting with my left front. From there, I felt he would be okay because he was in the section where the outer loop was. Rather than going down the inner loop, he decided to cut across the grass, hitting the tire barrier. At the end of the day I'm just glad Joey is okay. This is a highly competitive sport, and we are all very passionate when we are on the track. Tempers have a tendency to flare, but hopefully in the future we will both race each other cleaner. Under my own doing, I did stop by the NASCAR hauler this morning to converse with them about yesterday. There will be no repercussions from yesterday' events," commented Robby Gordon.(RGM)
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Permalink Reply by dan on
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Two weeks in a row. Robby needs someone in his ear talking/ yelling at him when he gets pissed off at a driver. You cant take the racer out of him, but someone needs to talk to him when he gets that way. Robby should have been running up front but he and the team beat themselves. When he drove for RCR he had Richard to get his mind right. Today should be a good race, as long as it dont rain.
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Permalink Reply by Wheaton56 on
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dont you think RG and KA have already talked about this? Its not news to either of them
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Permalink Reply by Curt on
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Didn't JLO's only win come on a rain shortend race? I guess that makes him "competitive". I can add him to my laugh at drivers list when they get canned. I thought the only thing Robby did wrong was miss the punt and pop his own tire with the "crossover" move. I can't believe he pulled a 14th from all of the wrecking going on! I hope he has the same luck today!
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