Robby Gordon is an azz

[polsongrizz]

This guy can barely win any thing and all he can do is bitch about this... :( :mad:

Robby: Patrick has unfair advantage at Indy
Gordon says small female driver makes car lighter, faster
May 29, 2005


CONCORD, N.C. (AP) -- Robby Gordon accused Danica Patrick of having an unfair advantage in the Indianapolis 500 and said Saturday he will not compete in the race again unless the field is equalized.

Gordon, a former open-wheel driver now in NASCAR, contends that Patrick has an advantage over the rest of the competitors because she only weighs 100 pounds. Because all the cars weigh the same, Patrick's is lighter on the race track.

"The lighter the car, the faster it goes,'' Gordon said. ``Do the math. Put her in the car at her weight, then put me or Tony Stewart in the car at 200 pounds and our car is at least 100 pounds heavier.

"I won't race against her until the IRL does something to take that advantage away.''

http://www.nascar.com/2005/news/headlines/cup/05/29/rgordon_indy.ap/index.html

[Hansel]

Maybe Stewart and R. Gordon should get their asses on a treadmill.

[Coastal89]

And if they took the walls away they wouldn't hit them so much.

[Delaware Ghostrider II]

Hey Robby....three words for ya....Trim Spa Baby.....they didn't have a problem when she wasn't getting the exposure....now she's in every article or report on the Indy 500...hey can he help it that he sucks????....lol

[Grizo406]

I don't think he would be saying those things if there was a 100lb man driving. What a tool. Sounds like he's just trying to get some press.

[wkuhillhound]

At least Robby Gordon will be happy at the fact that Danica Patrick only finished 4th at the Indy 500. Danica Patrick lead for 19 laps of the Indy 500. Wheldon wins the Indy 500 with Meira finishing 2nd.

[Georgia Griz]

I bet Danica could beat Robby in any car on any track on this planet. That's assuming Robby doesn't wreck her first. Robby might be the least skilled driver that I have ever seen compete on the top racing circuits.

[Mr. C]

Robby couldn't cut it in open-wheel racing, which is the real reason he switched to NASCAR. You read stuff like that and you know its sexism, not Danica's talent that bothers this good, old boy. She made some mistakes and still came back to lead Indy with five laps to go. Give her a couple of more galloons of fuel and she wins the most important race in the world in her first try. Pretty impressive.

Hey Robby, where did you finish on Sunday?

By the way, Scott Sharp showed himself to be almost as big a chump as Gordon in Sunday's race. He nearly took Danica out early with some bad driving and then caused the accident where she lost her front wing by suddenly slowing up down in front of everyone on the restart.

[89Hen]

Sorry guys, but I actually gotta go with Gordon on this one. Doesn't horseracing add weight to jockeys that are undersized? If Indy has a rule about weight of the vehicle to make it standard, then they should have a minimum weight including the driver IMO.

[buckp]

Sorry guys, but I actually gotta go with Gordon on this one. Doesn't horseracing add weight to jockeys that are undersized? If Indy has a rule about weight of the vehicle to make it standard, then they should have a minimum weight including the driver IMO.

Add a little more on the top???? :eek: ;)

http://www.stuckworld.com/photopost/data/2/1074HS2003_229_Danica_Patrick_02_dScans-med.jpg?

[blukeys]

Yes this is commonly done in horse racing and the weight of NASCAR race cars is evened up. However, most thoroughbred handicappers believe that adding weight to a race hourse is negligible and weight is not evened up in Standardbred racing (which is more applicable to car racing).

Gordon's claim that Patrick's advantage of 100 lbs. on a 1900 lb. race car is equivlalent to 1 MPH is ludicrous. This is not the first time that Gordon has locked his foot firmly in his mouth. This incident merely confirms what most NASCAR fans already knew. Robby gordon is a jerk.

[desertgriz]

no driving,no talent,loud mouth punk!!,
who could'nt even drive his grany
to the grocery store without wrecking!! :mad:

[desertgriz]

Add a little more on the top???? :eek: ;)

http://www.stuckworld.com/photopost/data/2/1074HS2003_229_Danica_Patrick_02_dScans-med.jpg?

the only pics robbie has in magazines is when
he is driving someone into the wall!
maybe your pic will make him feel better buc!

[89Hen]

Whether you think Robbie Gordon is an ass for other reasons, many of the other drivers agree with him (and me)...

"It makes a big difference," race-winner Dan Wheldon said Tuesday. "If it didn't in qualifying, you wouldn't worry about the fuel. We try to make it basically run out during qualifying, and that's what a difference of six or seven pounds makes. I definitely think it's an advantage and I'm pretty sure in due time you'll have a rule change on that."

Sam Hornish Jr., who weighs roughly 60 pounds more than Patrick, said two days before the race that the size difference gave her an edge.

"That's got to be worth something," Hornish told the Toledo Blade. "Whether you calculate speed or fuel economy, that little difference is a factor."

Hornish's bosses at Penske Racing even figured out the mathematical advantage Patrick had.

"That's probably worth something like 0.8 of a mile an hour," team president Tim Cindric said.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/3654224

[Mr. C]

Funny that Wheldon would be chirping in on this argument. He is about the size of a jockey and not much bigger than Danica hmiself.

[wkuhillhound]

Funny that Wheldon would be chirping in on this argument. He is about the size of a jockey and not much bigger than Danica hmiself.

I was gonna make a similar point but more direct. I don't think that Robby Gordon would not be making as much of a fuss if it was a smaller man. Just b/c it happens to be a WOMAN that's making the buzz he singles her out.

[polsongrizz]

I was gonna make a similar point but more direct. I don't think that Robby Gordon would not be making as much of a fuss if it was a smaller man. Just b/c it happens to be a WOMAN that's making the buzz he singles her out.
Not too mention she is obviously a way better driver than he is, but who isn't :eek:

[Georgia Griz]

Whether you think Robbie Gordon is an ass for other reasons, many of the other drivers agree with him (and me)...

"It makes a big difference," race-winner Dan Wheldon said Tuesday. "If it didn't in qualifying, you wouldn't worry about the fuel. We try to make it basically run out during qualifying, and that's what a difference of six or seven pounds makes. I definitely think it's an advantage and I'm pretty sure in due time you'll have a rule change on that."

Sam Hornish Jr., who weighs roughly 60 pounds more than Patrick, said two days before the race that the size difference gave her an edge.

"That's got to be worth something," Hornish told the Toledo Blade. "Whether you calculate speed or fuel economy, that little difference is a factor."

Hornish's bosses at Penske Racing even figured out the mathematical advantage Patrick had.

"That's probably worth something like 0.8 of a mile an hour," team president Tim Cindric said.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/3654224

Excuses, excuses. Unfair advantage? I don't see anyone admitting how much tougher it is physically for Danica to pilot that car around Indy for 500 laps than it is for a man. I think that could more than easily compensate for an unfair advantage that she might have from reduced weight. The bottom line is that these guys really don't care for females "invading" their sport. Much less when she beats all but three of them. The same thing happened to Annika Sorenstam when she competed on the PGA Tour. I can understand that they don't want to compete against females. That's fine. They just need to keep their mouth shut about it. Because when they speak up, they never make rational arguments. They just end up just making excuses. Robby Gordon needs to forget about Danica's performance and focus on that great disaster of a NASCAR career.

[89Hen]

I was gonna make a similar point but more direct. I don't think that Robby Gordon would not be making as much of a fuss if it was a smaller man. Just b/c it happens to be a WOMAN that's making the buzz he singles her out.
I don't agree. There aren't any 100 pound men racing. Even Wheldon who is a "jockey size" is 157.