There was no post about Robby Gordon at Bristol Motor Speedway for the Food City 500, because Robby didn't make the race. Thus, I was rather disappointed.
That was then, this is now. Today, Robby Gordon took the #7 car to a 43rd place in the starting grid at Martinsville. This race, the Advance Auto Parts 500, will be run this Sunday. I of course will be listening or watching, because right now I care more about NASCAR than most other things that I would be writing about. That is, unless you'd like to hear about the computer games that I'm playing addictively at the moment. (Here's a hint: Learn to speak German, and you'd be welcome. Jawhol, herr kaleun.)
My personal prediction is that Robby'll blow his bloody Menard engine shortly after the race starts, assuming he doesn't get caught up in a wreck thanks to some back-of-the-pack scrub. He has, however, said that he doesn't regret using the Menard-built engines, so go figure. If the Menard people can get their Winston Cup engine program together, hopefully Robby'll start being a competitor, which would be nice.
Congrats to Jeff Burton on his finish in the Sharpie Professional 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway this past Monday.
NB: A brief look at Robby's site indicates that this weekend's livery will be the purple and yellow Harrah's Casino livery. Good God, that's a hideous scheme, but if they keep the checks flowing, who cares? I prefer, for a variety of reasons, the Jim Beam livery myself.
Posted by Country Pundit at April 8, 2005 09:25 PM