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Permalink Reply by Brad on October 18, 2009 at 5:39pm

lol...

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Permalink Reply by Blue Ridge Rob on October 18, 2009 at 6:43pm

I went to the race last night and watched Robby almost all of the time. He had a hell of a race with Dale Jr. for the lucky dog spot He had several good races during the race. Some of them he won, some he didn't. He was running a high line for most of the race. Gilliland was behind him for a long run and he just bided his time until Robby made a mistake and went on by him. He raced Kenseth and Johnson very hard before they finally got by him.

He just couldn;t keep the car on the low line and when he did he didn't have any forward bite exiting the turn and got blown away down the straight. He was faster on the high line but just couldn't run consistent laps and those that passed him just stayed behind him until he slid too high or had to back out in middle of the turn and drove right under him.

The good news is that he seems to have good power. The Hendricks cars are the only ones that look like they have more power. If he can get his car to stay at the bottom and get some good forward bite off he may have something for them. Sometimes the fast way around is the high line but it's nice to be able to choose to run high rather than to have to. There are distinct disadvantages to running high all of the time. You don't get as good a gas mileage (you are running a longer distance than those at the bottom) and the rpm's you run when you run high are tough on the motor.

Best to all,
BRR

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Permalink Reply by RabidRGfan on October 19, 2009 at 11:19am

Thank you for the Recap! A lot of us do not get to watch the races these days so these scripts are great!
Thanks Again.
Rabid

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Permalink Reply by sdc312 on October 18, 2009 at 9:24pm

I was there too, he kept saying the "packer" in the left front was screwing him up and then the track bar was broken. He was loose, tight, loose it was a mess. He even said it was the worst POS he's ever driven, which is pretty hilarious. I was at turn 4 and watched him fly into the pits so that was totally legit.

2 questions, what's a packer(BESIDES the ones in Green Bay) and why don't they hold the car in the pits if you're too fast entering anymore?

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Permalink Reply by Wheaton56 on October 18, 2009 at 9:55pm

i think a spring rubber

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Permalink Reply by Craig Veld on October 18, 2009 at 11:41pm

It is a spacer to keep the spliter form hitting the ground.

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Permalink Reply by FlyHiFlyLo on October 19, 2009 at 10:41am

Packer is a shim between the shock mounted dougnut style bumpstops.

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Permalink Reply by Wheaton56 on October 18, 2009 at 9:51pm

of course you have the advantage of see the race in person...awesome, but for those who live 1000's of miles from the track all we heard about was HMS cars......

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Permalink Reply by Michael Martinez on October 19, 2009 at 11:34am

"Production Meeting" In those all they are concerned with is what they think is as popular in popularity that is to say the populus has purpose in pfofit. So coverage will continue to be poor and predectable. As far as Robbys race went my Computer was crappin mega bits of crap thus I missed the radio chatter on to Martinsville. Having the left side brakes pull you around the corner to stay low isd food for thought, but I only know this from driving to work fo about 10 days with a caliper that ...let's say "liked the tight left hander thruway exits.
GAS ON!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Blue Ridge Rob on October 19, 2009 at 6:32pm

Now there my friends is an optimist!!! LOL

BRR

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