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Permalink Reply by Kevin Sweeney on March 18, 2011 at 6:48pm

Looks like a tire change this weekend:

Per Jayski/NASCAR.com

"Due to severe wear on right-side tires and their failure to "rubber in" with the track, Goodyear is rushing in a new compound for Saturday's Nationwide Series and Sunday's Sprint Cup Series races at Bristol Motor Speedway. About 1,200 tires are being shipped from the Charlotte, N.C., area. Usually, as drivers run more practice laps, rubber from the tire grounds into the track's surface and that alleviates excessive tire wear. "With the lack of improvement it was obvious we needed to react," Goodyear's Rick Heinrich said Friday. Goodyear officials said the situation was different from what happened at Indianapolis in 2008, when tires wore out so fast that NASCAR had to mandate pit stops every nine laps of green-flag racing. Goodyear changed the compound for the right-side tire in the Nationwide and Cup Series in an attempt to provide more grip. But it became obvious early on Friday that the approach was not working. #11-Denny Hamlin said he was able to run only 30 laps, about 100 laps short of a fuel run, on the right-side tires Goodyear brought to the track. Robin Pemberton, NASCAR's vice president for competition, said tests likely will be scheduled before the August race in Bristol to make sure there is no repeat of what happened to Hamlin. Pemberton said he supported Goodyear's decision to react quickly. "There's tires in the barn ready to race anywhere and everywhere we go," Pemberton said."

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Permalink Reply by WJM on March 18, 2011 at 9:26pm

Teams will get one set of new right sides for tomorrow's practice.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on March 19, 2011 at 12:24am

ROBBY GORDON (No. 7 Food City/SPEED Energy Dodge Charger R/T) Qualified 33rd “My lap was OK. The track definitely changed between practice and qualifying as the sun came out. I was just a little free on the gas and went about a half-of-a-tenth than what we were in practice. We’re excited about having Food City on the car this weekend with SPEED Energy. Tires were not an issue for us today because we focused on runs in qualifying trim.”

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Permalink Reply by Randy on March 19, 2011 at 3:29am

LET'S HAVE A AWESOME RACE THIS WEEKEND. YOU NEED TO TURN IT AROUND ROBBY. I'M SENDING YOU GOOD KARMA FOR THIS WEEKEND AND THE REST OF THE YEAR. YOU CAN DO IT I HAVE FAITH IN YOU. SO GAS-ON AND GET-R-DONE.

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Permalink Reply by BAD on March 19, 2011 at 11:23am

Practice this morning; 32nd place. This equates to a 24th place finish 5 laps down if he stays out of trouble. If he gets lucky and stays out of harms way and others get into physical battles he may get a top 20 or at the other end if he has mechanical issues.

Years ago my expectations were much higher, but you have to be realistic; limited budget racing with the big $$$ teams.

How much is his association with Dodge helping as opposed to last year with Toyota?

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Permalink Reply by TOG on March 19, 2011 at 11:38am

Apples to oranges.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on March 19, 2011 at 11:40am

Toyota=very little support,Dodge=Ton of support,no comparison
Rome wasn't build in a day,week or month

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Permalink Reply by BAD on March 19, 2011 at 12:33pm

Cup half FULL... also like the association with Penske.

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Permalink Reply by chase on March 19, 2011 at 12:51pm

You're right. Rome wasn't built in a day. We are 6 years into this thing and atleast we're still around. If we win a race this year then we can finish last in every other race for all I care. We just need to win something in NASCAR.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on March 19, 2011 at 12:59pm

Rob is working 365/24/7

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Permalink Reply by C4robby on March 19, 2011 at 11:47am

I may have missed something, But I just saw a Yellow RG Speed Car on a wrecker being pulled around track..I rewound DVR it was RG.....11:40 +- mark on DVR ......Anybody know

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Permalink Reply by Tom Fair on March 19, 2011 at 11:59am

car is black for this Bristol race

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