2010 Charlotte 600 Race Weekend Info & Discussion

Join in here and discuss all the weekend action for the 2010 Charlotte 600 race. Robby Gordon will be running the #7 RGM/Menards/Polaris Toyota. Here is the weekend schedule for RGM at the North Carolina track.

THURSDAY , MAY 27th

Practice           3:30pm - 5:00 pm/et   ( 32nd Quickest )
Qualifying         7:00pm - 9:00 pm/et   ( 36th Quickest )

Practice Live Leaderboard

SATURDAY , MAY 29th

Practice          11:30am - 12:15 pm/et ( 35th Quickest )
Happy Hour     12:50pm - 1:50 pm/et   ( 18th Quickest )

SUNDAY , MAY 30th

Raceday           6:00 pm/et , greenflag at 6:16 pm/et ( TV - FOX )

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

                                                              Robby Gordon Charlotte 600 Top 5 F.A.Q.

                                                                            1) Souvenir trailer ?
                                                                                YES
                                                                            2) What Chassis ?
                            New,but ran in the all-star race
                                                                            3) Who is the crew chief ?
                                                                    Gene Nead - Miles Stanley
                                                                            4) Who is the sponsor ?
                                                                          Menards/BYBW/Techni/RGM
                                                                            5) Will Robby test soon ?
                                                                                Yes , he is testing next week.

                                                                         2009 Charlotte Images

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Permalink Reply by TOG on May 31, 2010 at 7:15pm

Truck series is in TEXAS friday , cup series is in POCONO . The star trek transporter wasnt available.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on May 31, 2010 at 8:24pm

No, they have known for awhile. Just because it wasnt posted until today, doesnt mean anything. Mike tried to make it happen, but couldnt. Most folks will get over it .

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Permalink Reply by jack on May 31, 2010 at 7:30pm

PJ qualifying might be a little bit of a nail bitter.. But on the other hand in the past when PJ did al the practice set up runs for Robby is car was set up pretty good.. Not winning quality set up, but not bad and Robby didn't complain. PJ has worked with Robby enough to know what Robby likes.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on May 31, 2010 at 7:42pm

43 on the entry list as of now, but probably 44.

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Permalink Reply by Country Boy on May 31, 2010 at 11:54pm

geoff bodine is in the 36.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on May 31, 2010 at 8:26pm

last 3 fill in jobs were 'just keep it off the wall' racetrim vs 100% Q trim this week. No holds barred. Checkers or wreckers in Qualifying.He has driven a race or 2 in his career.PJ welcomes the challenge. No doubt it will be a pressure situation once the green flag drops.

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Permalink Reply by Bigzoom on May 31, 2010 at 8:33pm

Looking back on Charlotte, I think using the Showdown as a test session helped get the setup better. Robby's car was very fast all night, and during parts of the race had the fastest car on the track. That says alot about a team. On the downside, too many gremlins... AC hose disconnecting made it very uncomfortable to drive all night. Having the radio loss killed the communication which lead to wrong adjustments, which lead to hitting the wall. The biggest problem was something we've been hearing about for years...pit crew. Robby is passing many cars under green, but after pit stops will find himself back behind the same cars he just passed. When you look at the group of cars Robby was running with prior to the first pit stop, they all finished in the 19-22 positions (Robby was faster than all of them most of the night) Robby had a Top 15 car, but the crew was killing him all night. I'm sure Robby wanted Gene or he wouldn't be there, but he didn't like Gene throwing something under the car without talking to him first (Robby let that bother him for a good portion of the night). The way I see things, IMO, Robby is very talented, RGM can build a very fast race car, TRIAD has been pretty good, Robby has good people around him (Larry Carter, Gene), Robby has a solid spotter...but the pit crew is just so off. No offense to anyone over the wall that might be a fan here, but we all see how it is killing Robby's chances. I'm not sure if it's the unit or one or two pieces, but something needs to be addressed. If Robby finishes were he should have, probably 14th-18th range, we're solid in the Top 35. (If Robby has a Top 20 pit crew, he'll have Top 20 results. You're only as good as those around you!)

Alot of positives were seen last night, the car was very fast and got better later in the run. Just can't keep passing the same bunch of guys. No excuse for the AC and radio issues on a car you prepared that much into. Robby needs a solid finish at Pocono and Michigan to get locked in for Sonoma (We don't want him running conservative qualifying laps at Sonoma).

To get back inside the TOP 35:

Beat the 38 by 6 positions
Beat the 37 by 9 positions
Beat the 34 by 12 positions
Beat the 71 by 18 positions (could be a start & park at Pocono & Michigan. If the 71 begins to "Start & Park" RGM will jump back inside the Top 35 regardless)