2010 Charlotte All-Star Weekend Race Info & Discussion

Join in here and discuss all the practice & race(TEST) action for the 2010 Charlotte All-Star race. Robby Gordon will be running the #7 RGM/Menards Toyota. Here is the weekend schedule for RGM at the North Carolina track.

FRIDAY , MAY 21st

Practice         12:00pm - 1:20 pm/et   ( 15th Quickest )
Qualifying         5:00pm - 6:00 pm/et   ( Starting 10th )

Practice Live Leaderboard

SATURDAY , MAY 22nd

Raceday        7:30 pm/et , green flag at 7:36 pm/et   ( Finished 15th )

Dont forget live raceday chat will be available & live track updates via PLANETROBBY TWITTER

                                                              Robby Gordon Charlotte All-Star Top 5 F.A.Q.

                                                                            1) Souvenir trailer ?
                                                                                YES
                                                                            2) What Chassis ?
                            BRAND NEW
                                                                            3) Who is the crew chief ?
                                                                    Larry Carter - Miles Stanley
                                                                            4) Who is the sponsor ?
                                                                          RGM Testing Inc/Menards
                                                                            5) Can Robby finish top 2 ?
                                                                                Nope.Using this race as a test session

                                                                         2009 Charlotte Images

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Permalink Reply by TOG on May 24, 2010 at 1:02pm

It was a test session for RG.He didnt really pass , it was more like those cars backed off. The open went according to plan.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on May 24, 2010 at 1:41pm

Not really.Most teams had a car to throw away,because their 1.5 mile program is ok. RGs 1.5 has been a struggle this year, & this was a new chassis, so getting the car to not bottom out,and get it broken in was the main focus. Things they can fix at the shop between now and thursday if they need to, and based off the scanner, the car was hitting in places.

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Permalink Reply by Karen on May 24, 2010 at 6:30pm

It was still bottoming out in turn one - we could see the sparks when he went by.

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Permalink Reply by xcmtb on May 24, 2010 at 7:50pm

Not hardly. Forbes said the Hendrick P-R-O-F-I-T is just over $19M last year.

The quote goes: "Hendrick is the sports leader when it comes to sponsorship revenues, thanks to the success and popularity of its drivers. Its four cars generate an estimated $115 million in sponsorship revenue annually from the likes of DuPont ( DD - news - people ), Go Daddy, Lowe's ( LOW - news - people ), the National Guard and PepsiCo ( PEP - news - people ). Hendrick cars have the highest budgets in Nascar, but the huge sponsorship haul allowed Hendrick to turn an operating profit of $20 million last year, the highest in the sport."

http://www.forbes.com/2010/03/24/nascar-most-valuable-teams-busines...

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Permalink Reply by TOG on May 24, 2010 at 8:41pm

Peter.. The entire Hendrick organization no doubt brings in 15-20 mil PER CAR with sponsorship.Nevermind RGM, they(Hendrick) can do more things than most teams can on the circuit. Just the way it is. And when I say ' 20 times the amount" it's 'just a saying'..not a specific number..