2009 Watkins Glen Weekend Discussion

Join in and discuss all the action from Watkins Glen right here. Robby will run BOTH races this weekend, as well as having PJ Jones in the #04. Weekend schedule as follows:

FRIDAY , 8-7-09

11:45am - 1:20pm NSCS Practice ( Ended up 15th quickest )

1:30pm – 3:00pm NNS Practice ( Ended up 2nd quickest )

3:10pm NSCS Qualifying ( Starts 22nd )

5:30pm NNS Final Practice (ended up 3rd )

SATURDAY , 8-8-09

10:10am NNS Qualifying ( Qualified 3rd quickest )

12:00pm – 12:45pm NSCS Practice ( Ended up 35th quickest )

1:20pm – 2:20pm NSCS Final Practice ( ended up 16th quickest )

2:30pm NNS Driver Introduction

3:00pm NNS RACE – Zippo 200 ( Finished 14th )

SUNDAY 8-9-09

1:30pm NSCS Driver Introduction (ESPN)

2:00pm NSCS Race – Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen ( Finished 18th )

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Permalink Reply by Zippy on August 8, 2009 at 1:11pm

Yes thats it. I bet the cars are not that far away. It's just finding the sweet spot on em. That will be the hardest thing to do, find that tenth of a second here and there. Just kinda chip away at it.
When the Nationwide series goes to a COT type car they might spend more time in that series. That would be big for teams like RGMS.
What I mean by that is that teams like Hendrick and Roush and even MWR have almost got to the limit of the COTas it stands at this moment, Not much else to find that they haven't already been over. RGMS will have a lot more room for discovery. Racing in the Busch series if they go COT would help Robby much more than the others.

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Permalink Reply by Matt on August 8, 2009 at 1:57pm

True. That simo car is still my favorite cup car of all time, just ahead of the Lincoln mark viii kranafus haas built. I do think that any revolutionary design needs development work though. I think this new car will show during the race that it can be fast. A winner though ? Possibly. The cot by design though is flawed, and NASCAR adding double file restarts to help aid passing just proves that.

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Permalink Reply by GrayAntiMatter on August 8, 2009 at 3:24pm

A top five would be awesome

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Permalink Reply by jack on August 8, 2009 at 12:54pm

not sure if this was posted yet.. Robby and PJ's pits are right next to each other..

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Permalink Reply by JoCo on August 8, 2009 at 1:00pm

Sharing pit crew? ;)

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Permalink Reply by vak7 on August 8, 2009 at 1:03pm

An open slot when PJ parks

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Permalink Reply by AZBadseed on August 8, 2009 at 1:34pm

i REALLY hope he runs this weekend! sounds like he will, but we were all hoping for it last time too. Come on PJ Gas ON!!

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Permalink Reply by Jaci on August 8, 2009 at 1:36pm

He doesn't have to park it, only come in on a different lap.

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Permalink Reply by JoCo on August 8, 2009 at 3:21pm

And NASCAR couldn't do anything to Robby for it either! Err well, Robby as a driver and the owner of the 7 car...maybe as the owner of the 04 though :P

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Permalink Reply by R. ALDRIDGE on August 8, 2009 at 6:41pm

and another one when Blaney parks.

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Permalink Reply by GrayAntiMatter on August 8, 2009 at 3:26pm

Ya know, regardless of where he finishes in Cup or Nationwide, I just want RG to actually be a FACTOR in the races this weekend. Not just an also-ran like he has been reduced to much of the Cup season.