Gordon Outweighs Edwards On Penalty Wednesday
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 7:42pm CST
By Luke, Thunder Lounge
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NASCAR handed out, or handed back if you prefer, points a plenty this afternoon.
In an unprecedented move, NASCAR not only swiped the recent standard of 100 driver/owner points, 6 week vacation and $100,000 fine for the crew chief (Bob Osbourne) for the #99 Office Depot team, but they also took back the 10 bonus points Carl Edwards had obtained for the seeding of the Chase.
Roush Fenway Racing President Geoff Smith commented from Vail, Colorado that RFR would be getting their ducks in a row over the next week to decide whether or not to appeal the penalty.
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By Luke, Thunder Lounge
Tuesday February 19, 2008
12:30am CST
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It’s OK. Throw me under the bus. The 50th Anniversary of the Daytona 500 was good. Actually, it was damn good. However, it wasn’t the best ever. It was worthy of being the 50th anniversary though.
The season opener had it all. Drama, strategy, surprises, and [gasp] racing.
The internet trolls will tell you it sucked. Consider the source of that opinion. To them, everything sucks. They long for “the good old days”, yet their memory is clouded with nostalgia. This very well was one of the most competitive 500’s in recent memory. Ignore the fact that the results will tell you that 6 of the top 10 spots were taken by a Dodge. Don’t ask where they came from, we don’t know either. Yet there they are, taking home 1st, 2nd, 5th-7th, and 9th. Round out 2 Toyota’s, a Chevy and a Ford, and call it your top 10.
The lone Chevy? Dale Jr. Ford? Greg Biffle. Add in Smoke and Shrub in 3rd and 4th, and there you have it.
I can only imagine the hearts of the Toyota boys as they came down the backstretch on the final lap. Up to that point, you would be hard pressed to convince a new fan that Toyota wasn’t worth the paper in the Mens Room last season. Kyle Busch was making a scene, as was Tony Stewart. If you take any lessons from this, it better be that Toyota is coming.
However, as with every tale there has to be some drama. As Tony Stewart moved down to pick up his teammate Kyle Busch, Ryan Newman made the charge with his teammate Kurt Busch stuck to his bumper with Gorilla Glue.
The dreams of The Captain, and we don’t mean Morgan, then came true. After all these years, all the trials and tribulations, Roger Penske finally ended up in Victory Lane for the Daytona 500.
It was a typical plate race, chess-like maneuvers and precision positioning for a while, but that’s just the nature of the game. You have to make it to the end to have a chance to win. But the closer you get, the riskier your moves, and if you play your cards right, you win.
Last season, Dodge wasn’t impressive. Pre-season Thunder, still no love. Reed Sorenson showed some promise in the Shootout and Duels, but for most of the 500 Dodge was relatively quiet. They were there at the end though, and Penske has a nice $1,000,000 bonus from Dodge to prove it.
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By Luke, Thunder Lounge
Friday February 8, 2008
9:25am CST
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Why will Joe Gibbs be as strong and successful in 2008 as they were in 2007? Simple. The differences are slim.
While we all would like to believe differently, and many have came to this unfortunate realization, it is the plain and simple truth.
Between manufacturers, there just isn’t that much difference between cars anymore. Yes, it’s something we’ve seen coming for a while, we’ve had 16 races to get used to the idea, we’ve had plenty of time prior to that to read the cards. It’s happening though, right before our eyes and a further continuation of nothing but a sticker change. Well, that and dropping a different motor under the hood.
The search for proof, like we need it, need go no further than this article on Robby Gordon to see the writing on the wall. That writing is also in bold, italic, underlined, and capitalized letters bigger than Paris Hiltons ego.
It was just a week ago that Robby Gordon announced a surprise move to Dodge.
In that time, a week, he has converted half of his current inventory of cars from Ford to Dodge. Robby currently has about a dozen cars, and growing.
Not to take away from all the hard work the folks in the shop have done, as well as the guys from Evernham that have been helping out, but compared to the time and effort to change the previous car from one manufacturer to another, this seems like a brisk walk in the park.
The time taken averages out to about one car changed per day. Not days, or what used to be weeks, one single day.
Coming around full circle, this is exactly why the Gibbs Guys are not worried about their switch of manufacturer.
They’re real good with motors, and they were already pretty darn good with the rest of it.
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By Luke, Thunder Lounge
Friday February 1, 2008
2:19pm CST
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Robby Gordon confirms that Robby Gordon Motorsports will leave Ford and embrace Dodge, and has signed a “Technological and marketing agreement” with Gillett Evernham Motorsports.
Technically, that isn’t too much of a switch with the new car. However, such a deal coming about this close to Daytona has to make one wonder the ol’ WTF question.
There has to be something in it for him. A logical guess is not getting squat for support from Ford. Then again, who knows. Keep your eyes peeled, this could get some attention in the coming days.
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By Luke, Thunder Lounge
Tuesday January 22, 2008
12:17pm CST
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Robby Gordon
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2007 Stats
- Organization: Robby Gordon Motorsports
- Car Number: 7
- Crew Chief: Peter Sospenzo
- Sponsor: Jim Beam
- Points: 26th :: 3014 :: -3709
- Starts: 35
- Poles: 0
- Wins: 0
- Top 5’s: 1
- Top 10’s: 2
- Winnings: $3,090,000
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2008 Preview
- Organization: Robby Gordon Motorsports
- Car Number: 7
- Crew Chief: Frank Kerr
- Sponsor: Jim Beam
Whether you like Robby or not, you have to respect his accomplishments and hard work. He is the most successful single car team in NASCAR, and in case you were unaware, he also owns the team as well.
Unlike a year ago, Robby Gordon will pull into Daytona for Speedweeks with a guarantee that he will be in the show. He was the only single car team to have a position in the Top-35 when the 2007 shook out at the concusion in Homestead.
2007 also saw Robby’s first year under the Ford banner, after moving from Chevrolet. Supported, naturally, by that Yates/Roush power he was actually on a rampage early on in the year. However, a little bit of a cash in of interest on his luck withdrawl, the Luck Bank him a few times and swiped a few (potentially) really good finishes from his grasp. He may have finished 26th in points (28th in the Owners Points), but that isn’t exactly a marker of how well he ran. Then again, a lot of teams can say that as well, but few can actually back it up week in anweek out. As a single car team, Robby has to potential to win. Something almost unheard of in todays Cup Series.
While nothing is ever perfect, I can tell you that there are plenty of teams that would love to have his problems. If Robby did his homework over the off season, and you can bet he did, he’ll continue to find success in the series.
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