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Permalink Reply by Matt Gruber on July 28, 2010 at 1:37pm

Aw man! No NW at The Glen? Oh well. I guess one win that weekend will have to do!

Any chance that word gets out that RG isn't bringing his own stuff and someone hires him for the day? Maybe Dale Jr. puts him in the No. 88 or No. 7? RCR's No. 21?

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Permalink Reply by Turtle7 on July 28, 2010 at 1:57pm

I am glad that he is running NW at Montreal. But it still sucks that he is passing on the NW at the Glenn. Him and Kurt going side by side through the Bus Stop has to be one of the greatest moments in racing.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on July 28, 2010 at 2:05pm

RG has very good reason(s) for not running the NW race at the Glen. Next weeks Speedfactory will give some insight.

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Permalink Reply by WJM on July 28, 2010 at 2:09pm

You left the door open TOG for hope. The FAQ only says Robby won't be entering the NW race at the Glen once. You know the rule.

Is Robby running the NWS race at Watkins Glen?

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Permalink Reply by TOG on July 28, 2010 at 2:11pm

LOL.

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Permalink Reply by WJM on July 28, 2010 at 2:18pm

LOL doesn't count as a "nope"

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Permalink Reply by TOG on July 28, 2010 at 2:23pm

ok, you got me. He is running the NWS youtube replay race that weekend.

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Permalink Reply by Matt Gruber on July 28, 2010 at 3:58pm

OK TOG, let me phrase that another way. IF a top team like the 88 or 21 called RG and said 'Drive our car this weekend,' would RG be available/open to doing it?

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Permalink Reply by Wheaton56 on July 29, 2010 at 1:20am

I would be pumped if he ran a truck race for someone some time.....and BTW what ever happened to the trucks running road races

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Permalink Reply by Justin Smith on July 31, 2010 at 11:56pm

I wondered that myself. They used to run more road races than any of the other top 3 series - I can remember Portland, Heartland Park, Sonoma, and Watkins Glen all being on the schedule. Always was a good show too.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on August 1, 2010 at 12:49am

Remember when the Truck series also went to mostly short tracks? I believe this went away due to inadequate attendance ( not enought seats in some cases ) to pay Na$crap's every increasing sanctioning fee's. CWTS and NW only have a few stand along events. IMO

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Permalink Reply by Justin Smith on August 1, 2010 at 6:43pm

Indeed. Didn't help much when they started using pit stops either. If you think back to the beginning, there were some tracks they raced on that didn't have pit roads, pit roads were outside the track and the trucks would make adjustments during a "halftime" break. Since some of the tracks they went to couldn't accommodate "normal" pit stops, they disappeared. I'm sure sanctioning fees played a big part though. Those have gone through the roof. Seems like a lot of local short tracks that carried the NASCAR weekly racing series have gone to other sanctioning bodies as well.

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