2011 Richmond #1 Race Weekend Info & Discussion

Join in here and discuss all the weekend action for the 2011 Richmond #1 cup race. Robby Gordon will drive the #7 FAST FIVE / SPEED Energy Dodge. This weekend is also the movie premier & look forward to seeing those who are attending. Here is the weekend schedule for RGM at the Virginia track.

FRIDAY , APRIL 29th

Practice 12:00pm - 2:00pm/et ( TV - SPEED )

Practice 2 2:45pm - 3:30pm/et ( TV - SPEED )

Practice Live Leaderboard

Qualifying 5:30pm - 7:00pm/et ( TV - SPEED )

SATURDAY , APRIL 30th

Raceday 7:30 pm/et , greenflag at 7:43 pm/et ( TV - FOX )

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

                                                               Robby Gordon Richmond Top 5 F.A.Q.

                                                                            1) Souvenir trailer ?
                                                                                YES
                                                                            2) Who is the crew chief ?
                                                                    Miles Stanley
                                                                            3) Who is the sponsor ?
                                                                          Fast Five/SPEED Energy
                                                                            4) What Chassis ?
                                                                                Ran At Texas
                                                                            5) Will the car be at Darlington?
                                                                                Yes

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Sweeney on May 2, 2011 at 5:54am

agreed! God Bless America!

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Permalink Reply by Sean O'Neill on May 2, 2011 at 6:46am

Wow.

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Permalink Reply by Rob Hoban on May 2, 2011 at 8:37am

Let's go back in time a few months.... Robby is running the first 5 races and then the "Fun" races due to a lack of funding and Robby's desire to have fun, which is why he races. Had it not been for the Fast Five sponsor, Robby would not have run Richmond because it is not a fun race for him (Yes he won in the 55 car years ago, but his Cup car never really perfomed well at Richond). Would you prefer to have the 7 S&P or watch RG run a full race and have a result similar to this past Saturday? If you chose to not bear witness to a 35th place run, many laps down and not in contention, don't complain when the #7 is not on the track or PJ is in the car to S&P.

We all want Robby to succeed and we all keep coming back to this site to share our views with other fans of RG. Maybe some of us set the expectation level a little too high. If the track has 4 turns or less or does not have banking over 30 degrees, I hope for the best but don't expect much. Switching to Dodge guarantees a learning curve associated with new equiptment. Just be glad that Robby was on the track and Conway wasn't behind the wheel. I don't expect too much until Charlotte so anything other than a S&P will be a bonus for me at Darlington and Dover.

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Permalink Reply by Garrett Gleason on May 2, 2011 at 9:04am

I hate even thinking this but it might be time to S&P in order to save funds for Daytona, Indy, Charlotte, Tally, WG, and Sonoma. Might allow them to build better cars and/or hire the right people to be competitive.

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on May 2, 2011 at 9:50am

I still say the answer to it all is to QUIT CHARGING SHIPPING FEES ON SPEED DRINKS.
At least make them affordable.

After fees $50 a case is out of hand.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on May 2, 2011 at 10:27am

@Carl, maybe come Sears Point time, there will a retailer in mid-California.

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on May 2, 2011 at 11:18am

I keep hoping.
I had my daughter trying to find that big deal at menards with the rebate because her husband is a long haul trucker.
They live in Chicago and I was going to have her buy a bunch and have him bring it on his next trip this way but she said she kept going there and never seen any deals.
Still got a few cases coming my way but have to wait till he gets a load coming here.

I have been asking at the food4less stores here too but they say they have never heard of it.

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Permalink Reply by Beagle7 on May 2, 2011 at 11:54am

$7.99 for a 4 pack in stores....multiply that by 6 for a case...bascially $48.00 (actually more in NY because of deposit and tax).

If you order more than 1 case at a time online, the shipping cost drops to $13 for the second case...and you are not paying deposit and tax I believe..

SOOOOO, bear with em...math is hard...it is actually equal or just slightly cheaper to buy 2 cases of Speed online than to purchase the equivalent 4 packs in a store that sells them for the normal retail price of $7.99 (or $1.99 per can), especially if you have to pay deposit. I have not seen cases on sale at Gristedes.

So whatcha cryin about? lol JK! Obviously if you can stock up locally when there is a sale that is huge, but at normal prices you are really not getting killed by orderign online.

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Permalink Reply by BigJake on May 2, 2011 at 5:25pm

Order more than 1 case that is what I do and the shipping for 2 is the same. Then it comes to 2.19 with tax in Cali for a can.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Kozlowski on May 2, 2011 at 11:26pm

THANK YOU guys for posting this. I've been reading posts for a while now complaining aboot the shipping charge, and I've been meaning to post something just like what you just said. The only reason I didn't was because I didn't want a bunch of people ordering cases until the sheet metal contest ended, but I still lost anyway, so now I'll say to the complainers, hey did you not notice that the price for 24 cans is only $32? Why do you think he charges so little?!