Day 2 Lowes Testing

Just a reminder that today is the second day of testing at Lowes Motor Speeday. I suspect we will see a major increase in speeds, as teams had plenty of time to make monumental changes to their cars. Robby was at the bottom of the speed charts on day #1,hopefully they pick it up today.

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Permalink Reply by Bricoop on September 24, 2008 at 8:05am
Yeah, he was SLOW in the morning, but last night he picked it up with the 17th fastest time out of 61
Permalink Reply by TOG on September 24, 2008 at 8:10am
I forgot all about the nightime testing session. Much better speeds. Scott Speed kicked ass!


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Sprint Cup Testing at Lowe's Motor Speedway
Day 1 Evening - September 23, 2008
1 16 Greg Biffle Ford 29.094 185.605
2 82 Scott Speed Toyota 29.208 184.881
3 99 Carl Edwards Ford 29.311 184.231
4 40 Bryan Clauson Dodge 29.337 184.068
5 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge 29.374 183.836
6 20 Tony Stewart Toyota 29.374 183.836
7 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 29.376 183.824
8 8 Mark Martin Chevy 29.378 183.811
9 12 Ryan Newman Dodge 29.424 183.524
10 78 Joe Nemechek Chevy 29.484 183.150
11 11B Denny Hamlin Toyota 29.508 183.001
12 24 Jeff Gordon Chevy 29.521 182.921
13 84 Mike Skinner Toyota 29.529 182.871
14 45B Chad McCumbee Dodge 29.534 182.840
15 33B Stephen Leicht Chevy 29.549 182.747
16 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 29.550 182.741
17 7B Robby Gordon Dodge 29.551 182.735
18 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 29.563 182.661
19 26 Jamie McMurray Ford 29.592 182.482
20 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Dodge 29.600 182.432
21 70 Tony Raines Chevy 29.612 182.359
22 31 Jeff Burton Chevy 29.621 182.303
23 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevy 29.632 182.235
24 22B Dave Blaney Toyota 29.634 182.223
25 5 Casey Mears Chevy 29.635 182.217
26 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge 29.656 182.088
27 10 Patrick Carpentier * Dodge 29.668 182.014
28 77B Sam Hornish Jr. * Dodge 29.670 182.002
29 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevy 29.679 181.947
30 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 29.681 181.935
31 6 David Ragan Ford 29.683 181.922
32 22 Dave Blaney Toyota 29.687 181.898
33 2B Kurt Busch Dodge 29.703 181.800
34 18B Kyle Busch Toyota 29.730 181.635
35 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevy 29.733 181.616
36 00 Michael McDowell * Toyota 29.748 181.525
37 15 Paul Menard Chevy 29.748 181.525
38 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 29.765 181.421
39 70B Tony Raines Chevy 29.778 181.342
40 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota 29.792 181.257
41 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 29.793 181.251
42 07B Clint Bowyer Chevy 29.802 181.196
43 12B Ryan Newman Dodge 29.807 181.165
44 28 Travis Kvapil Ford 29.839 180.971
45 44B David Reutimann Toyota 29.843 180.947
46 07 Clint Bowyer Chevy 29.850 180.905
47 29 Kevin Harvick Chevy 29.879 180.729
48 25 Brad Keselowski Chevy 29.905 180.572
49 38 David Gilliland Ford 29.912 180.530
50 09 Sterling Marlin Chevy 29.933 180.403
51 45 Chad McCumbee Dodge 29.985 180.090
52 01 Regan Smith * Chevy 30.009 179.946
53 21 Bill Elliott Ford 30.010 179.940
54 47 Marcos Ambrose Ford 30.027 179.838
55 02 Joe Logano Toyota 30.038 179.772
56 41 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge 30.043 179.742
57 66B Scott Riggs Chevy 30.055 179.671
58 29B Kevin Harvick Chevy 30.121 179.277
59 96 Brad Coleman Toyota 30.145 179.134
61 75 Derrike Cope Chevy 30.222 178.678
61 66 Scott Riggs Chevy 30.624 176.332
Permalink Reply by Blues on September 24, 2008 at 10:08am
Much better. I have a feeling Scott Speed is going to rock the Nascar establishment next year.
Permalink Reply by Rod on September 24, 2008 at 10:47am
I am going to head over to the track this evening to watch the last of the testing. I will bring the scanner and try to pick up some info!
Permalink Reply by Tim Douthat on September 25, 2008 at 12:05am
13 th fastest.......... so nobody has anything to say when RGM does well??????????

Funny................

Rock on rgm......... GOOD LUCK IN KANSAS!!!
Permalink Reply by TOG on September 25, 2008 at 1:47am
probably most are in bed to comment. Don't worry, there will be positive articles on this.
Permalink Reply by Jacob on September 25, 2008 at 1:40am
Look at that 13th fastest time. Way to go NUMBER 7!!!! Maybe Robby is allowing Kirk to do his job. Just think that was with GEM motors. Put a Penski in it and bump it up maybe another 1/2 or even 1 mile. Now see were he might be.
Permalink Reply by TOG on September 25, 2008 at 1:48am
I saw Kirk doing and excellent job at Dover.Regardless if Robby says he calls all the shots, I saw Kirk preparing before the race and did an outstanding job on Sunday.
Permalink Reply by FlyHiFlyLo on September 25, 2008 at 2:24am
It's great that RG was able to take his parts and pieces to the track and move up to 13th...

The problem is the other 12 cars in front of him will take lots of data stored in the on board computers back to the shop and share it with the 30 cars behind him and instantly leap frog his ass.

RGM will go back to the shop with the data they have and ponder it hoping to better their understanding of what worked and didn't work.
Permalink Reply by Blue Ridge Rob on September 25, 2008 at 7:51am
Fly,
You do understand the game, don't you? I am pleased however with the results. What it shows is that given enough test time they can improve the car. You can't show up on race day with a dog of a car and expect to make it that much better in a few hours of practice.

BRR
Permalink Reply by xcmtb on September 25, 2008 at 8:42am
Actually, I bet there's a bunch of us on here (I know there's at least one - me) that doesn't "understand the game" as well as they want to. Who can tell us what RGM is going to do with their data collection? Do they throw it into sim software? How many engineers are there to review? Are you out there Fatback Losaw?
Permalink Reply by TOG on September 25, 2008 at 8:56am
Conditions this week might be different when the raceweekend comes along. As long as RG drives the car like RG knows how to,then he will be just fine.

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