ROBBY GORDON
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Overview
Robby Gordon Overview
ROBBY GORDON
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Overview
Robby
is often called the modern-day Mario Andretti or A.J. Foyt. He
can and has driven virtually every type of racing vehicle on four
wheels – a throwback to the days when racing was a passion rather than
a business.
He was discovered in the deserts of Baja,
Mexico by Ford Racing executives at the same time he was running off
five consecutive off-road championships (1986-1990). Ford
later introduced the teenager to Jack Roush and the IMSA GTO series
(four consecutive class wins in the famed Rolex 24 At Daytona), and he
would eventually drive for such legendary owners as Foyt, Derrick
Walker, Chip Ganassi, Michael Andretti, Richard Childress and others in
Indy Cars, NASCAR, off-road trucks and sports cars.
In
2005, Gordon continued to build on his reputation as a driver with
unlimited boundaries by becoming the first American in the history of
the Dakar Rally (a 16-day 5,700-mile race from Barcelona, Spain to
Dakar, Senegal) to win a daily stage. Gordon would complete his
inaugural Dakar Rally with two stage victories and an overall 12th
place finish in a field of more than 460 cars, motorcycles and trucks.
Gordon's NASCAR Nextel Cup effort continued to grow stronger
as the team maintained its position within the top 35 teams - a key factor in
the points system which guarantees a starting spot in the first five races of
the upcoming season. Also in 2006 Robby Gordon Motorsports broke ground on
their new facility which will house the NASCAR Nextel Team in Charlotte,
NC.
Robby Gordon Off-Road continued to shine. Gordon scored his
third Baja 1000 victory in his self designed and built Trophy Truck. For the
second straight year the team returned to contest the Dakar Rally. Gordon
scored his third stage victory in three years and Robby Gordon Off-Road and GM
respectively became the first American team and manufacture to notch a stage
win.
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