2010 Watkins Glen Race Weekend Info & Discussion

Join in here and discuss all the weekend action for the 2010 Watkins Glen cup race.Robby Gordon returns to the orange #7 Speed Factory Toyota on Sunday. Please note, a second car for PJ Jones will attempt to qualify this weekend. The #07 of Jones will sport the black speedfactory.tv colors.Also, the In-car camera will be provided for Robby Gordon by directv.Here is the weekend schedule for RGM at the New York track.

FRIDAY , AUGUST 6th

Practice           12:00pm - 1:50 pm/et   ( 33rd Quickest )
Happy Hour        4:10pm - 5:30 pm/et   ( 29th Quickest )

Practice Live Leaderboard

SATURDAY , AUGUST 7th

Qualifying          11:10am - 1:30 pm/et ( 15th Quickest ) * PJ starts 39th *

SUNDAY , AUGUST 8th

Raceday           1:00 pm/et , greenflag at 1:18 pm/et ( WINNER! & PJ 2nd )

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

THE GLEN CONTEST IN THE CONTEST CREW

                                                              Robby Gordon Watkins Glen Top 5 F.A.Q.

                                                                            1) Souvenir trailer ?
                                                                                NO
                                                                            2) What Chassis ?
                            Infineon 2nd Place
                                                                            3) Who is the crew chief ?
                                                                    Miles Stanley
                                                                            4) Who is the sponsor ?
                                                                          Speedfactory.Tv
                                                                            5) Will Robby Test for Montreal ?
                                                                                Yes

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Permalink Reply by laura_a_Robbyfan on August 8, 2010 at 7:58pm

yes that is correct.

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Permalink Reply by Nicky Schacht on August 8, 2010 at 7:32pm

i dont post alot of times on here just want to share my thought. You can tell RGM lost what ever advantage they use to have at the roadies. At the start of the race he was loosing ground on the top 13 cars right away. I know they tested last week and ran 1.5 seconds quicker the second test, but seems to me the top guys are just much faster then RGM.

I know it takes alot of money to run faster, which I hope RGM gets soon as it seems to me that NASCAR might not be in RG future.

Any ways I will always root for RG in what ever he does, just hope one day we can see him run up front all the time in NASCAR. He is the only reason why I watch.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on August 8, 2010 at 7:38pm

thats racing.Teams get better.Drivers get more experience.Tracks change. Robby did have a great pass on Jefferson early in the race. That was a nice highlight.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Taylor on August 8, 2010 at 11:40pm

yeah we can tell, drivers are getting better teams are getting better on RCs of course we all still think he can win them, but its def much more tough now. I agree as most all of do though that we would love to see RG running up front all we can do is support

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Permalink Reply by Eric Appleby on August 8, 2010 at 7:32pm

Complete buzz kill.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on August 8, 2010 at 7:38pm

you can catch the buzz again at Montreal in a few weeks.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on August 8, 2010 at 8:25pm

guess we will see when the entry list comes out.

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Permalink Reply by wilks7 on August 8, 2010 at 9:31pm

...it was tough to say the least

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Permalink Reply by Sherri Fryer on August 8, 2010 at 11:44pm

But , as tough as it was for us , imagine how Robby and the team feel . A day like today is a tough one to take , to go from high hopes of a great race , to a 36th place finish . Talk about a bitter pill to swallow . This race is over , on to the next one .

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Permalink Reply by robbyfansinceimsa on August 8, 2010 at 11:54pm

I think he had a car that was easily a 6th-10th place car, from very early on he was getting a long brake pedal and the car was running at 240 on the water. I think that he was just riding in 12th or so until it was time to push it. Unfortunately when you lose 3rd gear on a roadcourse it is only a matter of time before 4th goes as well. The dog ring is between 3rd and 4th gear in the transmission. I do not think he would have had the brakes to get a top 5.

matt