2011 Michigan #1 Race Weekend Info & Discussion

Join in here and discuss all the weekend action for the 2011 Michigan cup race. Robby Gordon will return to the #7 this weekend. Robby must qualify his way in, as the #7 sits 36th in owners points. Here is the weekend schedule for RGM at the Michigan track.

FRIDAY , JUNE 17th

Practice 12:30pm - 1:55pm/et ( TV - SPEED )
Happy Hour 3:30pm - 5:00pm/et ( TV - SPEED )

Practice Live Leaderboard

SATURDAY , JUNE 18th

Qualifying 1:10pm - 3:00pm/et ( TV - SPEED )

SUNDAY , JUNE 19th

Raceday 1:00 pm/et , greenflag at 1:15 pm/et ( TV - TNT )

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

                                                               Robby Gordon Michigan Top 4 F.A.Q.

                                                                            1) Souvenir trailer ?
                                                                                Nope
                                                                            2) Who is the crew chief ?
                                                                    Patrick Donahue
                                                                            3) Who is the sponsor ?
                                                                         SPEED Energy / Walgreens
                                                                            4) Is the car going the distance ?
                                                                                YES!

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Permalink Reply by BAD on June 17, 2011 at 11:00pm

Good insight - thanks for sharing TOG

Permalink Reply by lin neal on June 17, 2011 at 6:21pm

I was was asking the same thing we only 5 laps?

Permalink Reply by NIKAL on June 17, 2011 at 6:57pm

If you look at the other non top 35 teams they only ran limited amount of laps too. Stremme 3 laps, Yaley 1 lap, Kvapil 7 laps, Nemacheck 9 laps and McDowell 7 laps. Also if you look at Happy Hour RG was 10th, but 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 7th place were also the non top 35 teams I listed above. They have all run minimal laps as qualifying is the first race for these guys and qualifying ultimately determines if they get paid or not. They were all in Q trim.

Permalink Reply by Kevin Meyer on June 17, 2011 at 6:32pm

I wonder how much the other teams sandbagged happy hour? Still, it's nice to see RG finish practice in the top ten. Excited to see Walgreen's on the side of the car during this full race, hoping to see a good finish!

Permalink Reply by Barb on June 17, 2011 at 6:41pm

Agreed Kevin...

Permalink Reply by jack on June 17, 2011 at 7:21pm

Doubt any sandbagging at all during happy hour. Go or go homers were in Qual trim. most everyone else was in racetrim. compare the actual times/speed between the two practice sessions. if you look at Robby's time in happy hour and compare it to the time during the 1st practice session.. looks to me that Robby will qualify around 32nd. just my guess according to the times

Permalink Reply by Brett Crawford on June 17, 2011 at 8:19pm

No point in sandbagging happy hour. Qualifying order was determined in 1st practice, where I'm sure sand-bagging took place. One of the stupider rules NASCAR has come up with IMO. If teams PICKED their qualifying spot based on practice speeds, then there would be no issues.

Permalink Reply by kevin watford on June 17, 2011 at 6:37pm

The car has Speed. I bought some Speed Energy in S.C. last weekend. Life is good. Lets race!

Permalink Reply by Bigzoom on June 17, 2011 at 7:54pm

Looks like RG made his qualifying runs around teh same time qualifying will take place.

Permalink Reply by Matt Cooper on June 17, 2011 at 8:40pm

Good Luck to Robby this weekend. Always been a fan of his. Robby is a great driver and he'll get his team to where it needs to be. From what I've read he's going to attempt to run the full race, which is awesome.

He also has the nicest looking car out their every week which is a plus.

Permalink Reply by Robert Richards on June 17, 2011 at 9:00pm

it's all good

Permalink Reply by Michael Martinez on June 17, 2011 at 9:14pm

last year first Michigan saw the pole at 37.898 topping 189 MPH and 43rd at 38.949 conditions and all change, just thought I would toss some meaningless stats in the fire.