New day, New Hampshire next, we must move forward

I'm sure the "what if's" and "why?" has all been played over and over. The startegy was working. Robby was sticking to the plan and leading the race, racing luck fell and took Robby's chances away? But the reaction cost him. Robby made a setup call that seemed to be way too extreme and it cost him a ton of points. I'm sure it was a desperation call out of frustration, but it knocked alot more than than yellow flag did. Robby restarted near the rear but soon was sitting in 17th with more double file restarts to come. He easily had the equipment for a Top 10 or even Top 5 finish. But the ill-handling car wouldn't perform and Robby couldn't pick up spots. He was slowed by a spinning Biffle that put him in the 25th position and then collected in a wreck that finished him up in 36th. It's sad because even without the win, Robby easily had 75 to 100 points sitting in his lap. Those positions would have moved him up 2 spots in the Owner's Points and closed the gap on the Top 20. That's the down side to being an owner/driver, he needed someone to say "Negative! That car is good, we'll tighten you up a little with air pressure. Go out there and see if you can put yourself within striking distance. We're gonna get some cautions. Get after it!"

Well, it's over and New Hampshire is next...Jim Beam won't return until Chicago, so this weekend and Daytona will be TBA. Crazy thing is these two tracks actually are better tracks for Robby and give the team a chance, Robby won at New Hampshire with RCR and the plate track program has been solid.

I know it takes money & time, but if RGM would put the effort into building a couple of cars like they did their road course car they would be contenders. Build 2 plate cars, 2 road course cars and 2 intermediate cars like they did this past weekend and he'd look more like Stewart-Haas.

Robby must not think of what could have been and think about what his team has done. They had a car built better than anyone and it was bad fast. He has the team, we all know he can drive. Having the Baja 500 win taken away, and leading at Sonoma when the caution flag dropped has to be one of the hardest weeks Robby has ever endured. This will be a long, hard week for Robby Gordon, but he has to move forward.

Now is the time for Robby fans to show support. It's easy to be behind him when he wins, but it's when he's down is when the real fans stand tall.

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Permalink Reply by Mouseking7 on June 22, 2009 at 11:17am

Stand tall and be counted! I'm in!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Keith on June 22, 2009 at 12:08pm

"crotchety old man cynicism"

Hmmmmmmmmmmm?

;)

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Permalink Reply by RGDirt on June 22, 2009 at 1:43pm

Does crotchtey old lady cynicism count? If so, I'm in. :)

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Permalink Reply by Bigzoom on June 22, 2009 at 4:53pm

Sorry I posted as a new post but it didn't come up for quite some time. I added to the Infenion Discussion, then it came up as a new thread.

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Permalink Reply by laura_a_Robbyfan on June 22, 2009 at 7:06pm

I'd rather paint with a roller. hehehe

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Permalink Reply by TOG on June 22, 2009 at 11:43am

Double post, I removed your other version Zoom.

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Permalink Reply by Blues on June 22, 2009 at 11:50am

Hey, the car hauled ass, the strategy was working, shit happens. Move on!

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Permalink Reply by Green4x4 on June 22, 2009 at 12:41pm

shit happens, but we know we will be at the track every week. which is more than alot of teams can say.

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Permalink Reply by McJam on June 22, 2009 at 11:54am

I think this was a low point for me as a fan of RG. Patience is word that both RG and myself need to learn, particularly when the chips are down. All that said, RG drives from his heart. There are times when he'd be better off to drive using his head, and he has to learn to do just that. At the same time it is that passion to win, that heart, that has drawn me to cheer Robby on. I don't care where he is racing, one thing is for sure, it will never be boring around Robby Gordon!

Time for me to "Gas On" from this past week. I hope Robby can do the same. Bring on Louden!