2011 Kentucky Race Weekind Info & Discussion

Join in here and discuss all the weekend action for the 2011 Kentucky cup race. The #7 is locked in for this weekends race, & Scott Wimmer will drive. Robby Gordon will attempt to qualify the #77 & will have Johnny Sauter drive it on Saturday. Here is the weekend schedule for RGM at the Sparta track.

THURSDAY , JULY 7th

TEST               11:00am - 3:00pm/et   ( TV - NONE )
TEST               4:00pm - 6:00pm/et   ( TV - NONE )

Practice Live Leaderboard

FRIDAY , JULY 8th

Practice #1 11:30am - 12:30pm/et ( TV - SPEED )

Happy Hour 1:30pm - 3:00pm/et ( TV - SPEED )

Qualifying 5:00pm - 7:00pm/et ( TV - SPEED )

SATURDAY , JULY 9th

Raceday 7:00 pm/et , greenflag at 7:48 pm/et ( TV - TNT )

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

                                                               Robby Gordon Kentucky Top 4 F.A.Q.

                                                                            1) Souvenir trailer ?
                                                                                Yes
                                                                            2) Who is the crew chief ?
                                                                    Brad Parrott & Miles Stanley
                                                                            3) Who is the sponsor ?
                                                                         SPEED Energy
                                                                            4) Is the #7 or #77 going the distance ?
                                                                                Lets do this #7 !

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Permalink Reply by Scott B on July 8, 2011 at 3:13pm

Robby was not the slowest, Wimmer was (locked in).

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Permalink Reply by dastexan on July 8, 2011 at 3:25pm

Good thing the team took advantage of practice err test time yesterday.

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Permalink Reply by Ken on July 8, 2011 at 3:31pm

Plenty on time for testing remember. We got all day today someone said.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on July 8, 2011 at 3:35pm

@Ken, I said yesterday that there no rush to practice in the morning as there was 6hr's of track time available-Yesterday.
Is that what you were think'n?

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Permalink Reply by dastexan on July 8, 2011 at 4:59pm

I also said that RGM wasnt truly serious about running races this season hence the lack of practice time at virtually every race track. It is what it is, but you cant seriously expect to run well, even if you are planning on running the entire race with basically the least amount of time on the track of any car running the distance week in and week out.

It is what it is, but its painfully obvious that the race team is in survival mode while they try to build up the Speed Energy brand. Performance on the race track is way down the list of priorities.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on July 8, 2011 at 4:23pm

Did they run qualifiers yet ?

#7 is locked in....

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Permalink Reply by GasOnRobby on July 8, 2011 at 4:56pm

I somethings think RGM should just hire the 'planet' for shop, practice, qualifying, and race time decisions. I think they collectively know more then the folks who are on the ground fighting the battle.

I can see 24x7 chat. Miles post question on chat:

RG reports tight in and loose off in practice, what should we do?.
Only enough funds to run handful of practice laps, where should we get the money to run more laps?

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Permalink Reply by Nicky Schacht on July 8, 2011 at 4:49pm

I GUESS THE IN HOUSE MOTORS ARE NOT THAT STRONG.

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Permalink Reply by amy on July 8, 2011 at 5:06pm

off topic, but did anyone else see Robby in the new Watkins Glen commercial ? I saw for the 1st time today during practice. Wow !

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Permalink Reply by karen mullins on July 8, 2011 at 5:08pm

im betting u are wrong. these motors are proven pieces that rob most likely purchased from penski that robs shop rebuild maintain between races. all R@D on cup motors are mostly cyd head and intake manifolds They have a chassis dyno they know where they stand on horsepower. it not engines...... u get it to handle in the corners it will handle down the straights