Testing at V.I.R.

Just a heads up the team is testing at VIR this week. Kimi Raikkonen will test on Tuesday while Robby Gordon is out west on business.

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Permalink Reply by V-Man on May 24, 2011 at 1:51pm

Put Kimi in the #7 at Sonoma with Fast Five and Dodge all over it and let Robby drive the #77 with Speed Energy. Both make the race and RGM banks good PR and $$.

Great idea to get someone who's never been in a COT to test it on a road course. Hope Kimi stays another day to drive, talk and work with the team and Robby.

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Permalink Reply by ROBERT SAVAGE on May 24, 2011 at 2:40pm

.Kimi drove Kyle's truck last weekend and he's aligned with NOS Must be an old hat & helmet, he doesn't have a full time job, no money to buy new ones. lol

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Permalink Reply by Lance on May 24, 2011 at 4:13pm

Kimi is still a Red Bull athlete...his rally car is sponsored by Red Bull. Just because Kyle has a Nos deal doesn't mean every KBM driver is a NOS driver....same for RGM. No offense at all to Robby and Speed energy but doe you honestly think Red Bull is concerned at this point about Speed Energy being competition? They sponsored Travis Pastrana when he was team mates with Ken Block and Dave Mirra at Subaru...it's no big deal.

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Permalink Reply by Blues on May 24, 2011 at 2:12pm

That's way cool!

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Permalink Reply by Patrick G . on May 24, 2011 at 2:26pm

So CooL , and remember Kyle Busch is a nos guy and Kimi drove for him . So RG could drive a Speed Car and Kimi could drive another sponser on the car .
Whatever happens Very Good NeWs !

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Permalink Reply by Amar on May 24, 2011 at 2:33pm

Good point, I forgot Kyle is a NOS guy. Robby could actually ask Paul's dad if he could put Menards on Kimi's car.

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Permalink Reply by MICHAEL TITUS on May 24, 2011 at 2:41pm

I also forgot about Kyle being a NOS guy
Lets just put Perky Jerky on the car and finish 1 2

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Permalink Reply by Bigzoom on May 24, 2011 at 2:52pm

Great news...but I'll be happy with Robby Gordon driving the #7 Speed Energy car to victory lane at Sonoma!

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Permalink Reply by Bigzoom on May 24, 2011 at 3:05pm

Looks like Kimi ripped the nose off the 7 car during the test...

Kimi Raikkonen tested at Virginia International Raceway, the 3.27-mile road course in Danville.

Reports came in early Tuesday afternoon that after just a half-dozen laps, the former Formula One champ ripped the nose off the front end of the No. 7 Dodge he was testing for Robby Gordon Motorsports, according to multiple sources at the track.

Raikkonen, 31, finished 15th in his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut Friday night driving a car prepared by Kyle Busch Motorsports. Raikkonen will race this weekend in the Nationwide Series race in the No. 87 Toyota.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/Kimi-Raikkonen-tests-NASCAR-S...