Robby Gordon | |||||||||||||
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Gordon in November 2004
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Nationality | United States | ||||||||||||
Born |
Cerritos, California |
January 2, 1969 ||||||||||||
Related to |
Huntley Gordon (great-grandfather) Bob Gordon (father) Beccy Gordon (sister) Robyn Gordon (sister) Ryan Hunter-Reay (brother in-law) |
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Speed Energy Formula Off-Road career | |||||||||||||
Debut season | 2013 | ||||||||||||
Car no. | 7 | ||||||||||||
Championships | 2 | ||||||||||||
Wins | 10 | ||||||||||||
Poles | 3 | ||||||||||||
Best finish | 1st in 2013, 2014 | ||||||||||||
Finished last season | 2nd (2015) | ||||||||||||
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2013–2014 | Speed Energy Formula Off-Road | ||||||||||||
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||||||||
396 races run over 20 years | |||||||||||||
2012 position | 52nd | ||||||||||||
Best finish | 16th (2003) | ||||||||||||
First race | 1991 Daytona 500 (Daytona) | ||||||||||||
Last race | 2013 Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Sonoma) | ||||||||||||
First win | 2001 New Hampshire 300 (New Hampshire) | ||||||||||||
Last win | 2003 Sirius at the Glen (Watkins Glen) | ||||||||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||||||||
54 races run over 9 years | |||||||||||||
2011 position | 129th | ||||||||||||
Best finish | 21st (2004) | ||||||||||||
First race | 2001 GNC Live Well 250 (Watkins Glen) | ||||||||||||
Last race | 2011 NAPA Auto Parts 200 (Montreal) | ||||||||||||
First win | 2004 Emerson Radio 250 (Richmond) | ||||||||||||
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||||||||
4 races run over 3 years | |||||||||||||
2008 position | 71st | ||||||||||||
Best finish | 68th (1996) | ||||||||||||
First race | 1996 Lowe's 250 (North Wilkesboro) | ||||||||||||
Last race | 2004 O'Reilly 200 (Bristol) | ||||||||||||
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IndyCar Series career | |||||||||||||
8 races run over 7 years | |||||||||||||
Best finish | 29th (2000) | ||||||||||||
First race | 1996 Las Vegas 500K (Las Vegas) | ||||||||||||
Last race | 2004 Indianapolis 500 (Indy) | ||||||||||||
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Champ Car career | |||||||||||||
153 races run over 10 years | |||||||||||||
Years active | 1989–1999 | ||||||||||||
Best finish | 1st (1994, 1995) | ||||||||||||
First race | 1989 ITT Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit (Belle Isle) | ||||||||||||
Last race | 1999 Marlboro 500 (California) | ||||||||||||
First win | 1991 Slick 50 200 (Phoenix) | ||||||||||||
Last win | 1995 ITT Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit (Belle Isle) | ||||||||||||
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Robert W. "Robby" Gordon (born January 2, 1969) is an American racecar driver. He has raced in NASCAR, CART, IndyCar, Trans-Am, IMSA, IROC and Dakar Rally. He currently competes in the Speed Energy Formula Off-Road series, a series that he had created in 2013.
Gordon, the son of off-road racer "Baja Bob" Gordon, started out competing in off road racing. He won 5 consecutive SCORE International off-road class championships from 1986–1990, a sixth championship in 1996, and a seventh championship in 2009. Gordon also won two championships in the Mickey Thompson stadium series, three Baja 500 in 1989, 1990, and 2005, and three Baja 1000 in 1987, 1989, and 2006.
Gordon has continued off-road racing throughout his career in Champ Car and NASCAR. In 2005 Gordon took part in the famous 16-day Dakar Rally, driving for the Red Bull sponsored Volkswagen team. He became the first American to win a stage in the car division. He won two stages in total and a 12th place division finish. In 2006, Gordon took part in the Dakar Rally in a Hummer H3. Team Dakar USA did well until stage 9, when a damaged radiator caused late arrival at Atar, Mauritania, and subsequent disqualification. Gordon and co-driver Andy McMillin won the trophy truck class in the 2006 Baja 1000, finishing second overall in the race. After that, Gordon competed in his third Dakar Rally in 2007, driving the Monster Energy Hummer H3 for Team Dakar USA. He finished in the 8th position, his best finish in this race. His current trophy truck sponsor is Speed Energy and drove his Monster Energy truck in the 2007 Baja 500 with a second overall finish. Gordon's sisters Beccy Gordon and Robyn Gordon competed in the 2006 Baja 1000 on the all-woman team All-American Girl Racing.