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Robby Gordon plans to have Kevin Conway in car rest of year while working on 2011 program
BRISTOL, Tenn. – Robby Gordon hopes to have a deal done soon to have Kevin Conway drive a Robby Gordon Motorsports car the rest of the season and possibly next year.
Gordon put Conway in the No. 7 car at Bristol Motor Speedway last week and Gordon qualified the No. 07 for the Saturday night race.
Conway, a rookie, started the year at Front Row Motorsports, but Conway and sponsor Extenze broke away from the team prior to the Aug. 15 race at Michigan. Conway, who has struggled with three lead-lap finishes in 23 starts and still has the backing of sponsor Extenze, plans to move the sponsorship to RGM. Gordon drove the No. 07 car at Bristol.
Gordon says he plans to run the No. 7 car the rest of the year to remain in the top 35 and have one of those 35 guaranteed spots for the first five races next year. Conway finished 36th at Bristol, and the No. 7 car has a 125-point edge on the 36th-place Latitude 43 Motorsports No. 26 car and 144-point edge on the Frown Row Motorsports No. 38 car with 12 races left in the season.
“I’ve got some things coming in for next year that are really good for our organization,” Gordon said last weekend at Bristol. “I believe it will give us the funding to do some races with the 7 car, and if we could do a good job for Kevin Conway, maybe we’ll get fortunate enough that he’ll come back next year and do some races with us as well.
“The plan is we’d like to [have him run the rest of year], but every weekend it’s see how it goes. … He’s got to build his confidence. The biggest thing is we need to build his confidence.”
Conway had run only 25 Nationwide races (with no top-10 finishes) before making the jump to Cup.
“It’s a great opportunity,” Conway said. “I’m very thankful for Robby Gordon and the whole team for giving us this opportunity here this weekend at Bristol and hopefully in the very near future we’ll have some exciting news to announce about what our longer-term plans are.”
Gordon’s team fell out of the top 35 for part of the year and missed the race at Pocono with Ted Musgrave qualifying the car. Although he has put two cars in the field in each of the last three races, Gordon said he won’t run two cars the rest of the year.
“We’ll focus once we get toward the end of the season on one car,” Gordon said. “We’ll get ready for next year and get our inventory built up for Daytona and Vegas.
“It’s just a fact of the economy. I feel like I’m a pretty good sales guy. I’ve been able to sell sponsorship for a long time now. I’ve got a new, creative way of marketing that I think will be able to change my race team, for sure.”
From Scenedaily
Gordon put Conway in the No. 7 car at Bristol Motor Speedway last week and Gordon qualified the No. 07 for the Saturday night race.
Conway, a rookie, started the year at Front Row Motorsports, but Conway and sponsor Extenze broke away from the team prior to the Aug. 15 race at Michigan. Conway, who has struggled with three lead-lap finishes in 23 starts and still has the backing of sponsor Extenze, plans to move the sponsorship to RGM. Gordon drove the No. 07 car at Bristol.
Gordon says he plans to run the No. 7 car the rest of the year to remain in the top 35 and have one of those 35 guaranteed spots for the first five races next year. Conway finished 36th at Bristol, and the No. 7 car has a 125-point edge on the 36th-place Latitude 43 Motorsports No. 26 car and 144-point edge on the Frown Row Motorsports No. 38 car with 12 races left in the season.
“I’ve got some things coming in for next year that are really good for our organization,” Gordon said last weekend at Bristol. “I believe it will give us the funding to do some races with the 7 car, and if we could do a good job for Kevin Conway, maybe we’ll get fortunate enough that he’ll come back next year and do some races with us as well.
“The plan is we’d like to [have him run the rest of year], but every weekend it’s see how it goes. … He’s got to build his confidence. The biggest thing is we need to build his confidence.”
Conway had run only 25 Nationwide races (with no top-10 finishes) before making the jump to Cup.
“It’s a great opportunity,” Conway said. “I’m very thankful for Robby Gordon and the whole team for giving us this opportunity here this weekend at Bristol and hopefully in the very near future we’ll have some exciting news to announce about what our longer-term plans are.”
Gordon’s team fell out of the top 35 for part of the year and missed the race at Pocono with Ted Musgrave qualifying the car. Although he has put two cars in the field in each of the last three races, Gordon said he won’t run two cars the rest of the year.
“We’ll focus once we get toward the end of the season on one car,” Gordon said. “We’ll get ready for next year and get our inventory built up for Daytona and Vegas.
“It’s just a fact of the economy. I feel like I’m a pretty good sales guy. I’ve been able to sell sponsorship for a long time now. I’ve got a new, creative way of marketing that I think will be able to change my race team, for sure.”
From Scenedaily
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Permalink Reply by Kevin Sweeney on
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thats correct!
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Permalink Reply by laura_a_Robbyfan on
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I only wish that Kevin would be able to get some needed practice time in Nationwide races. I think Paul Menard running the Nationwide races and been what has helped him this year.
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Permalink Reply by 7 Gordon 7 on
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I like to see that at least his cars will be running the whole race. Hopefully. Maybe he will find something with Kevin. Future of RGM?? Who knows, maybe........
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Permalink Reply by J.R. Sands on
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Awsome, Fantastic, Bitchen, Very Cool. This is all good for RGM.
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Permalink Reply by sheldon on
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I agree! maybe a third #7 to take more of nascar's money! Montreal will be fun Racing to win!
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Permalink Reply by Michael Martinez on
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A new feature on speedfactory could be Tim Conway and Dorf on Racing. At least some dumb asses have not written an article entitled Robby Gordon Eztenze the Life of his Race Team. Or many of the other foolish ones that are out there. Hey I'm a huge fan, and anything that helps this program stay alive i'm all for it. I don't know what the future holds but not being a Robby Gordon driven start and parker I hope is part of it.
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Permalink Reply by Wheaton56 on
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Im down for whatever RG want to do, my only beef with the deal is change.....for me personaly
I love seeing RG in the 7 car........I dont mind the 07, but its what i have grown to watch him in.
if anyway, Rg in the 7 and KC in the 07 i would be a happier man, and we can all live happily ever after and win some races,
yes it sounds easy
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Permalink Reply by Mark Canchola on
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Conway would not be able to Qual a car into the show that I why he is in the 7. Hopefully the sponsorship dollars will help RGM after the BAM situation.
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LOL
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Permalink Reply by Brett Crawford on
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Is KC approved yet to race on the plate tracks? I think that's why he was out of the cars for the 3 so far this year.
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