2011 Daytona 500 SPEEDWEEKS Info & Discussion

Join in here and discuss all the weekend action for the 2011 Daytona 500 cup race. Robby Gordon will drive the #7 SPEED Energy/ TBA/ DODGE.The team is locked in for the first 5 races of the season, & will run a limited schedule after Bristol.Here is the 2 week schedule for RGM at the Florida Track.

SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 12th

Practice             11:00am - 1:00pm/et   ( 41st Quickest )
Practice               2:00pm - 3:45pm/et   ( 40th Quickest )

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SUNDAY , FEBRUARY 13th

Qualifying             1:00pm - 4:00pm/et   ( 19th DUEL #2 )

WEDNESDAY , FEBRUARY 16th

Practice              10:40am - 12:00pm/et ( 32nd Quickest )

Practice 1:30pm - 2:50pm/et ( 23rd Quickest )

THURSDAY , FEBRUARY 17th

DUEL 150's 2:00pm - 6:00pm/et ( Finished 17th)

FRIDAY , FEBRUARY 18th

Practice 11:00am - 12:00pm/et ( DNP )

Practice 12:30pm - 1:55pm/et ( DNP )

SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 19th

Happy Hour 10:30am - 12:00pm/et ( 4th Quickest )

SUNDAY , FEBRUARY 20th

RACEDAY 1:00pm - 5:00pm/et ( TV - FOX )

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

                                                               Robby Gordon DAYTONA 500 Top 5 F.A.Q.

                                                                            1) Souvenir trailer ?
                                                                                No
                                                                            2) Who is the crew chief ?
                                                                    Steven 'Bones' Lane
                                                                            3) Who is the sponsor ?
                                                                          SPEED ENERGY & HARRIS TEETER
                                                                            4) What is the new car make ?
                                                                                DODGE / Penske Motors
                                                                            5) Anything else new for 2011 ?
                                                                                Yes ! stay Tuned!

                                                                            2010 Daytona Images

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Permalink Reply by FlyHiFlyLo on February 18, 2011 at 2:12pm

NASCAR needs to remove the car to car communications.

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Permalink Reply by alan4s on February 18, 2011 at 2:15pm

absolutely.

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Permalink Reply by Bubba Gophast on February 18, 2011 at 2:19pm

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Permalink Reply by Greg Jones on February 18, 2011 at 2:23pm

I don't see how that would make much difference. The spotters would just relay what hand signals couldn't convey. There were plenty of pairs w/out car to car radio.

HiLo - When you talked to Robby he he talk at all about why he was so reluctant to do the 'switch' instead of breathing the car to the outside?

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Permalink Reply by FlyHiFlyLo on February 18, 2011 at 2:33pm

Nope

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Permalink Reply by alan4s on February 18, 2011 at 2:33pm

It would remove one advantage that the multi-car teams have. Sure, spotters will relay, but it levels the field for cars who don't have teammates.

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Permalink Reply by Greg Jones on February 18, 2011 at 2:40pm

It actually went beyond that. I was listening to the 14 and he was talking directly to the Hendrick cars.

Robby and Casey had car to car as well.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on February 18, 2011 at 5:53pm

it's just as simple as programming the frequncy into the radio (other than vhf vs uhf)

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Permalink Reply by Slider316 on February 18, 2011 at 2:34pm

I see the two Kez bros hooking up...so where does that leave the 22? Probably with anybody he wants I suppose, but would Roger say get the dodges together?

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Permalink Reply by Mike/WC77 on February 18, 2011 at 4:12pm

@ Slider, Brian was on SPEED this morning saying how they only have one car & one motor for the week. Furthermore how as of right now, he'll be babying that motor thru the 500. Hopefully Dodge &/or the Capitain see the advantage in evening up the odds with 2 pairs of competitive Dodges & donate some hp to Brians cause. Either way, Brad will prolly try to help his bro out...which leaves Kurt looking for HIS bro (who very likely could be looking for a partner with Gibbs having 3 cars in field) or Robby. That all (except the Kyle part) hinges on whether Brian is competitive or not. Thankfully I'm sure Rob is doing all this math in his head already. Just need to get RGM spotter on same page so he's not only clearing car, but looking for fast single cars for Rob to work with. Otherwise we'll see our boy being the 3rd wheel on 2 car packs all day.