2011 Bristol #1 Race Weekend Info & Discussion

Join in here and discuss all the weekend action for the 2011 Bristol #1 cup race. Robby Gordon will drive the #7 FOOD CITY/SPEED Energy Dodge. Robby had a 22nd place finish last year at Bristol. Here is the weekend schedule for RGM at the Tennessee track.

FRIDAY , MARCH 18th

Practice 12:00pm - 1:30pm/et ( 32nd Quickest )
Qualifying 3:30pm - 5:00pm/et ( 33rd Quickest )

Practice Live Leaderboard

SATURDAY , MARCH 19th

Practice #2         10:45am - 11:30am/et    ( 32nd Quickest )
Happy Hour         12:00pm - 12:40pm/et    ( 28th Quickest )

SUNDAY , MARCH 20th

Raceday              1:00 pm/et , greenflag at 1:16 pm/et ( TV - FOX )

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

                                                               Robby Gordon Bristol Top 5 F.A.Q.

                                                                            1) Souvenir trailer ?
                                                                                Nope.
                                                                            2) Who is the crew chief ?
                                                                    Steven 'Bones' Lane
                                                                            3) Who is the sponsor ?
                                                                          FOOD CITY/SPEED Energy
                                                                            4) What Chassis ?
                                                                                Last run at Homestead
                                                                            5) What entrance song?
                                                                                TBA

                                                                            2010 Bristol Images

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Permalink Reply by Brett Crawford on March 20, 2011 at 8:20pm

I thought he was referring to trashing another car as stupid. With the damage I'd guess that car had, they MAY have gotten one extra spot given the low attrition in the race.

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Permalink Reply by James MacFarlane on March 20, 2011 at 9:21pm

Killing cars hurts more then the sponsor side of the sport. If you look at this season, yes they have run better, but killing cars will make for less races. If I recall, only one race did they not destroy a car. The plan needs to be 3 races in a row with clean cars. Slow down, keep cars intake make some money, spend it when you can race.

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Permalink Reply by WJM on March 20, 2011 at 9:46pm

We also don't allow logic on the planet. Knock it off.

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Permalink Reply by Bricoop on March 20, 2011 at 10:47pm

Love this post.

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Permalink Reply by TorqueWrench on March 21, 2011 at 12:34am

Even though a DNF, I count at least 1 full minute of Speed Energy TV time. Mission accomplished.

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Permalink Reply by Trooper Blue on March 21, 2011 at 1:26am

The truth of the matter is if you run up front, they usually will talk about you. The Daytona 500 was still a bit perplexing... But today sort of proved the theory. Everybody had good stuff to say about Robby and they consistently showed his battles in the split frame.

Maybe it was the Speed they dropped off in the Fox booth earlier in the weekend?

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Shelton on March 21, 2011 at 6:53am

At least Robby tried to make something happen this weekend and not just settle for running 35 or so, Just didn't work out, but I liked what he was trying to accomplish. Good move, bad luck. Need to keep that type of think going.

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Permalink Reply by ShaneH on March 21, 2011 at 8:43am

RG was driving like it meant something to him. I liked that. On the sirius coverage they were saying he was consistently the hardest car to pass.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on March 21, 2011 at 9:46am

looking back , staying out was still the correct thing to do.

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Permalink Reply by Blues on March 21, 2011 at 10:45am

Just needed a timely yellow and it would have been a great move. Still got more TV coverage than usual by a bunch!

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Permalink Reply by TorqueWrench on March 21, 2011 at 11:19am

I agree 1000000%.

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Permalink Reply by Brad Duerr on March 21, 2011 at 9:53am

I think that move was good but risky because of the unkowns of the new tire. It wasnt so much bad luck, it was just a risk that didnt work out. If we get funding from Speed sales, we can build better equipment and hire more people, thus reducing the need to take risks to get upfront. Nothing we all dont know and it is frustrating. I must say we have been getting a lot of air time for Speed Advertising, it usually comes when we Spin or hit a wall, and its kind of embarrasing as a fan. But any airtime and talk is good for the business, hopefully we can put together a few good finishes here in the future.