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was an American race car driver who competed in the NASCAR Cup Series from 1991-2012; many years as owner/driver. He has also raced in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Champ Car, Indycar, Trans-Am, IMSA, IROC and Dakar Rally. Gordon was regarded as one of the best road course drivers in NASCAR. Along with Tony Stewart, Joe Nemechek and Michael Waltrip, Gordon participated in the NASCAR Cup Series as an owner/driver. He is not related to fellow Cup drivers, Jeff Gordon or Cecil Gordon. Robby started racing by 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, and in three Baja 1000’s in 1987, 1989, and 2006. Robby Gordon finished 3rd in the 2009 Dakar Rally in South America. He finished 8th in the 2010 Dakar

Rally in South America with his Monster Energy truck. Gordon’s first start in the CART IndyCar series came in 1992. His first full season and Indy 500 start would come in 1993. He raced for Derrick Walker from 1994–1996. With Walker, he captured his first career pole in 1994 (Toronto), and both his CART career wins in 1995 (Phoenix and Detroit). Gordon raced 10 times in the Indy 500 from 1993 to 2004 fielding his own team in 1999, 2000 and 2004. He, along with John Andretti and Tony Stewart, are the only three drivers to race in the Coca-Cola 600 and Indy 500 in the same day. In 1999, Gordon came within one lap of winning. He inherited the lead by virtue of not stopping for a final pit stop and tried to conserve enough fuel to last until the end of the race. He ran out on lap 199 (of 200) and had to give up the lead to Sweden's Kenny Bräck. In his 10 Indy 500 starts, he finished third twice, and fourth twice. Gordon's NASCAR Cup debut came in 1991, driving two races, including the Daytona 500 for

Junie Donlavey in the #90 Ford. In 1993, Gordon drove the #28 Texaco Ford for Robert Yates Racing at Talladega in the team's first race after the death of driver Davey Allison. In 1997 Gordon raced most of the Cup series racing for Felix Sebates posting a best finish of fourth at Watkins Glen. Gordon joined Richard Childress Racing as a replacement for the injured Mike Skinner in 2001. Gordon won the final race of the season at New Hampshire after a controversial incident resulting in the race leader, Jeff Gordon spinning after contact in the closing stages of the race. (Jeff, who thought Robby had spun him and had been running second at the time), rammed him during the caution flag and got a black flag, clinching the win for Robby Gordon. Robby started 31st and took the lead for the first time on lap 281 of the 300 lap race. Jeff Gordon

then led for three laps before the bump that spun Jeff out. The race, which had originally been scheduled for September, was postponed after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and after the event Robby announced he would donate all his winnings to the victims of the 9/11 attacks. 2002 saw Gordon run his first full series in Cup and in 2003, he earned his first road course win at Sears Point. In a race that saw him start second; he would lead 81 of the 110 laps and edge out Jeff Gordon by 1/2 second. Robby took his third and final career win later in the year at Watkins Glen when he started 14th but would find himself in the lead with 30 laps to go. He held on for those 30 laps to grab the checkered hankie and go to victory lane for the final time. Gordon would run full time through 2011; but never had much success. He did post seven top five

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ROBERT WESLEY "ROBBY" GORDON - 01/02/1967