Robby Gordon Q&A at Truck Yeah! Jalopnik - Today (Jan 24 at 1pm/et) &

Robby Gordon will do a q&a at Truckyeah (Jalopnik) Friday, Jan 24 from 1-2pm/et

http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/robby-gordon-live-q-a-here-today-1-pm...

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Permalink Reply by Thomas Engrav on January 24, 2014 at 1:34pm

"Unfortunately, due to vapor locking on day 1 ( more than 5 times) it appears we burned pistons 7 & 8, so we were probably down 20% on power and never got a fair opportunity to gauge the performance against the other cars. Last year we finished in the top 5 ten times during the specials, and would have won the rally from stage 5 onward. Last year, I personally made mistakes on stages 1 & 4. Stage 1 being too conservative. Stage 4 being too aggressive. I know this car is a better package than the package we had last year

Unfortunately, we never got to show our strengths."

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Permalink Reply by NIKAL on January 24, 2014 at 1:46pm

Is it just me? I don't see any replys from Robby.

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Permalink Reply by GLuce on January 24, 2014 at 1:55pm

The format is clunky. Try this and refresh it every so often:

http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/ask-all-around-badass-racing-driver-r...

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Permalink Reply by Bigzoom on January 24, 2014 at 3:52pm

SO YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S A CHANCE....

Robby Gordon - Not going to say we ran our last NASCAR race, I know I can still drive a racecar with the best of them, but it comes down to the stars aligning and the right opportunity

I love road racing. And I truly feel that the drivers raw talent and instincts show in road racing. If the right opportunity presented itself, I would consider a NASCAR road race again or Bathhurst

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 24, 2014 at 4:49pm

"right opportunity" was used in both answer's. Zoom,I know you would see the one star at the far end of the galaxy.

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Permalink Reply by pdxracefan on January 24, 2014 at 10:35pm

Personally, I would like him to take on the Bathhurst race.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on January 24, 2014 at 10:41pm

interesting that Robby mentioned Bathhurst.I too would really like to see that.I wish that a team manager of a front running team in the series saw that to.

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Permalink Reply by pdxracefan on January 24, 2014 at 11:00pm

For those of you that are not familiar with the Bathhurst 12 hour race, it is held at the famous Mount Panorama circuit, it is quite amazing. Here are the particulars:

Mount Panorama, Motor Racing Circuit Bathurst (or often simply Bathurst) is a motor racing track located in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is the home of the Bathurst 12 Hour motor race, held each February, and the Bathurst 1000 motor race, held each October. The track is 6.213 km (4 mi) long, and is technically a street circuit, as the circuit is a public road when no racing events are being run, and there are many residences which can only be accessed from the circuit.
The track is an unusual design by modern standards, with a 174 metre (570 foot) vertical difference between its highest and lowest points, and grades as steep as 1:6.13. From the start-finish line, the track can be viewed in three sections; the short pit straight and then a tight left turn into the long, steep Mountain straight; the tight, narrow section across the top of the mountain itself; and then the long, downhill section of Conrod Straight, with the very fast Chase and the turn back onto pit straight to complete the lap.
Historically, the racetrack has been used for a wide variety of racing categories, including everything from open-wheel racers to motorcycles. However, the factors that make the track so unusual, and tighter contemporary safety standards, make it unlikely that major race meetings in these categories will be held there again, and as such it has become the near-exclusive province of closed-bodied automobile racing cars.
As a public road, on non-race days and when it is not closed off during the day as part of a racing event, Mount Panorama is open to the public. Cars can drive in both directions around the circuit for no charge. However, a strict speed limit of 60 km/h (37 mph) is enforced, and police regularly patrol the circuit.

Here is a track map:

http://www.bathurst12hour.com.au/sites/default/files/wp-content/upl...

Mount Panormana is a street circuit, that is quite scary for road racing.

This, I think, would be quite a feather in RG's cap to compete in. The GT3 & GT4 cars that compete in this race are state of the art road racing cars. I'd love to see him compete in an Audi R8 LMS Ultra - 5.2 litre V10, direct-injected, 560 HP, all wheel drive, traction control, ABS, and very fast.