Nascar.com is reporting that Robby has decided not to run next weekend at New Hampshire because of lack of sponsorship. Robby Gordon Motorsports will be running a car with P.J. Jones only. Is this true!
then there's the gas, ice for the engine, nascar fees each time the car goes through inspection, food, lodging for the crew and PJ for the weekend, etc..
I say have RGM call Jerry Buss of the Lakers. Paint the car purple and gold, put the laker logo on the hood and send it off to New England. The car will get some attention for sure after last weeks game 7 in LA.
Am I missing something here because i went to Jayski and here is the entry list for NH.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
LENOX Industrial Tools "301"
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
New Hampshire Motor Speedway - 6/27/2010
Last Update: 6/21/2010 11:44:00 AM Provided by NASCAR Public Relations Statistics
Car# Driver Manu Sponsor Owner
1 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine Rob Kauffman
2 1 Jamie McMurray Chevy TBA Teresa Earnhardt
3 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite Walter Czarnecki
4 5 Mark Martin Chevy Carquest Mary Hendrick
5 6 David Ragan Ford UPS John Henry
6 7 Robby Gordon Toyota TBA Robby Gordon
7 9 Kasey Kahne Ford Budweiser George Gillett, Jr
8 09 Mike Bliss Chevy Phoenix Construction/Graceway James Finch
9 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Freight J D Gibbs
10 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge Penske Racing Roger Penske
11 13 Max Papis Toyota GEICO Bob Germain
12 14 Tony Stewart Chevy Old Spice / Office Depot Margaret Haas
13 16 Greg Biffle Ford Red Cross/3M Jack Roush
14 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Crown Royal Black John Henry
15 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Interstate Batteries Joe Gibbs
16 19 Elliott Sadler Ford Stanley Tools George Gillett, Jr
17 20 Joey Logano Toyota Home Depot Joe Gibbs
18 24 Jeff Gordon Chevy DuPont Rick Hendrick
19 26 David Stremme Ford Air Guard-GTWGPS Bill Jenkins
20 29 Kevin Harvick Chevy Shell / Pennzoil Richard Childress
21 31 Jeff Burton Chevy Caterpillar Richard Childress
22 33 Clint Bowyer Chevy Cheerios / Hamburger Helper Richard Childress
23 34 Kevin Conway # Ford Extenze Bob Jenkins
24 36 Casey Mears Chevy TBD Tommy Baldwin
25 37 David Gilliland Ford Taco Bell Doug Yates
26 38 Travis Kvapil Ford Long John Silver's Doug Yates
27 39 Ryan Newman Chevy Haas Automation Tony Stewart
28 42 Juan PabloMontoya Chevy Target Chip Ganassi
29 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Berlin City Auto Group Richard Petty
30 46 J.J. Yeley Dodge TBA Dusty Whitney
31 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Lance-Tom's Snacks Tad Geschickter
32 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevy Lowe's Jeff Gordon
33 55 Michael McDowell Toyota Prism Motorsports Randy Humphrey
34 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts Michael Waltrip
35 64 Todd Bodine Toyota Little Joe's Autos Larry Gunselman
36 66 Dave Blaney Toyota Prism Motorsports Phil Parsons
37 71 Bobby Labonte Chevy TRG Kevin Buckler
38 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge AAA / Penske Roger Penske
39 78 Regan Smith Chevy Furniture Row Richard Childress
40 82 Scott Speed Toyota Red Bull Dietrich Mateschitz
41 83 Reed Sorenson Toyota Red Bull Dietrich Mateschitz
42 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota TBA Andrea Nemechek
43 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevy National Guard / AMP Energy Rick Hendrick
44 98 Paul Menard Ford Energizer/Menards George Gillett Jr
45 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac Jack Roush
While I am dissapointed that Robby won't be driving this weekend, I do recall before the start of the season when it looked like Robby would only be driving 12-15 races all year. In some ways, we have been very fortunate that he has ran as many as he has so far. I was explaining to my 14 year old step daughter the whole S&P thing yesterday and she gets it. Told her what Robby would be doing for this weekend and she said, "While that has got to suck, it makes sense." Bottom line is it's strictly a case of money and there are only so many dollars to be budgeted and eventually, you've got to make decisions that are financially sound for the good of the over all program. Fact is there is no sponsor. As such, Robby doesn't run this weekend and PJ does a S&P for the team so we get SOME owner points. Remember folks, it's not always about driver points, but it's the owners points that gets you in and keeps you in the show.