Robby Gordon Motorsports
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| Owner(s) | Robby Gordon |
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| Base | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Series | Sprint Cup Series |
| Car numbers | 04, 07, 7, 55, 77 |
| Race drivers | Robby Gordon, P.J. Jones, Marcos Ambrose, Matt Crafton, David Gilliland, Bobby Labonte, Kevin Conway, Scott Wimmer, Johnny Sauter, Mike Bliss, Reed Sorenson, Brian Ickler |
| Sponsors |
Speed Energy Mapei Menards |
| Manufacturer | Dodge, Ford, Chevrolet, Toyota |
| Career | |
| Debut |
Sprint Cup Series: 2005 Auto Club 500 (Fontana) Nationwide Series: 2004 Hershey's Kisses 300 (Daytona) |
| Latest race |
Sprint Cup Series: 2012 Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Sonoma) Nationwide Series: 2011 NAPA Auto Parts 200 (Montreal) |
| Races competed |
Total: 291 Sprint Cup Series: 251 Nationwide Series: 45 |
| Drivers' Championships |
Total: 0 Sprint Cup Series: 0 Nationwide Series: 0 |
| Race victories |
Total: 1 Sprint Cup Series: 0 Nationwide Series: 1 |
| Pole positions |
Total: 0 Sprint Cup Series: 0 Nationwide Series: 0 |
Robby Gordon Motorsports was a NASCAR Cup Series and Nationwide Series team owned by Robby Gordon. The team recorded one win and one pole position.
In 2000, after spending the 1999 season racing in Champ Car open-wheel racing, Team Gordon, owned by Robby Gordon, John Menard, and Mike Held, moved to competition in the NASCAR Cup Series; the team struggled and closed after the end of the season, with Gordon moving to drive for Morgan-McClure Motorsports.
In 2004, Gordon and Menard bought back the former Team Menard base in North Carolina. There, Gordon started his own Busch Series team, deciding to run part-time for the 2004 season. He won one race that September, at Richmond in his self-owned No. 55 Fruit of the Loom/Menards/Mapei Chevy car gaining public notice to Robby Gordon Motorsports. Like in the Cup Series, his first win was on an oval track rather than a road course. When he won his win at Richmond, he had previously announced his resignation from RCR and told reporters that he was likely going to race the RGM team for both the Busch and Cup Series in 2005. This was later confirmed.
Gordon purchased the defunct Ultra Motorsports for the 2005 season with Menard as a business partner and former owner Jim Smith being listed as owner for provisional points. In 2005, Menard built engines for RGM with little success, as the engines were prone to failure. This led RGM to switch engine suppliers and lease from Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
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