Robby Gordon

Robert Wesley Gordon (born January 2, 1969) is an American auto racing driver. He has raced in NASCAR, CART, IndyCar, Trans-Am, IMSA, IROC and Dakar Rally. He is still very actively racing in top tier off road motorsports such as BITD, NORRA, and SCORE International.

For other people named Robert Gordon, see Robert Gordon (disambiguation).
Robby Gordon
Gordon in November 2004
BornRobert Wesley Gordon
(1969-01-02) January 2, 1969
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Related toHuntley Gordon (great-grandfather)
Bob Gordon (father)
Beccy Gordon (sister)
Robyn Gordon (sister)
Ryan Hunter-Reay (brother in-law)
Stadium Super Trucks career
Debut season2013
Car number7
Starts134
Championships2
Wins25
Podiums82
Poles17
Best finish1st in 2013, 2014
Finished last season2nd (2019)
Championship titles
2013–2014Stadium Super Trucks
NASCAR Cup Series career
396 races run over 19 years
2012 position52nd
Best finish16th (2003)
First race1991 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race2012 Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Sonoma)
First win2001 New Hampshire 300 (New Hampshire)
Last win2003 Sirius at the Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles
3 39 1
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
54 races run over 9 years
2011 position129th
Best finish21st (2004)
First race2001 GNC Live Well 250 (Watkins Glen)
Last race2011 NAPA Auto Parts 200 (Montreal)
First win2004 Emerson Radio 250 (Richmond)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 18 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
4 races run over 3 years
2008 position71st
Best finish68th (1996)
First race1996 Lowe's 250 (North Wilkesboro)
Last race2004 O'Reilly 200 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0
IndyCar Series career
8 races run over 7 years
Best finish29th (2000)
First race1996 Las Vegas 500K (Las Vegas)
Last race2004 Indianapolis 500 (Indy)
Wins Podiums Poles
0 0 0
Champ Car career
107 races run over 8 years
Years active1992–1999
Best finish5th (1994, 1995)
First race1992 ITT Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit (Belle Isle)
Last race1999 Marlboro 500 (California)
First win1995 Slick 50 200 (Phoenix)
Last win1995 ITT Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit (Belle Isle)
Wins Podiums Poles
2 9 4
Medal record
Representing  United States
Summer X Games
2015 AustinStadium Super Trucks
2014 AustinStadium Super Trucks
Last updated on: November 25, 2020.

Gordon owns and competes in the Stadium Super Trucks (SST), a series he formed in 2013 and whose championship he won in 2013 and 2014. He also operates the Speed family of brands, which includes the energy drink Speed Energy that has sponsored his racing efforts since 2010.

Off-road racing

Gordon, the son of off-road racer "Baja Bob" Gordon, started out competing in off road racing. He won five 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.

Gordon raced in selected Traxxas TORC Series events, including the 2010 AMSOIL Cup World Championship race at Crandon International Off-Road Raceway.[1] He led the first lap of the race before retiring with mechanical difficulties.

Gordon finished 3rd in the 2009 Dakar Rally in South America, where the event was moved after terrorist threats led to the cancellation of the 2008 event. He finished 8th in the 2010 Dakar Rally in South America with his Monster Energy truck. He was excluded from the 2012 edition after stage 10 for illegal modifications of his engine.

Stadium Super Trucks
Main article: Stadium Super Trucks
Gordon's 2018 Stadium Super Truck at Road America

In June 2012, Gordon announced that he was founding and owning a stadium truck racing series of his own, titled the Stadium Super Trucks, based on the stadium truck racing concept developed by Mickey Thompson. The series ran its first season in 2013.[2]

A lot of drivers affiliated with Gordon's closed Cup Series NASCAR team such as P. J. Jones for example,[3][4] followed Gordon to race in the Super Trucks.

Gordon won the inaugural Stadium Super Truck championship in 2013, by seven points following a year-long battle with former Mickey Thompson Off-Road teammate Rob MacCachren.[5]

Gordon's series was renamed to Speed Energy Formula Off-Road in 2014.[6] He won a second championship that year with six wins and a 75-point advantage over Sheldon Creed.[7] That year, the series also made its X Games debut as part of X Games Austin 2014, where Gordon finished third and won a bronze medal.[8] He medalled again in 2015 as he scored a silver.[9]

Since 2015, the series started expansion overseas, hosting a race in Australia at the Adelaide 500.[10] Later in the year, Gordon also participated in the Goodwood Festival of Speed in Britain.[11]

During the 2017 and 2018 seasons, SST and the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) clashed on various instances. In June 2017, the night following an SST race at Hidden Valley Raceway in Australia's Darwin, Northern Territory, Gordon took a truck to a local nightclub and began to perform donuts. A day later, he was summoned to court for violating the city's anti-hooning laws and was fined $4,150 after pleading guilty on four traffic charges. Gordon defended his action, stating he had asked security guards if it was allowed, to which they agreed.[12] CAMS subsequently revoked Gordon's competition visa for future events, indefinitely prohibiting him from racing in Australia.[13] Four months later, Gordon issued an apology to CAMS and donated $10,000 to the Australian Road Safety Foundation, resulting in his visa ban being lifted.[14] In 2018, the series was banned by CAMS for safety reasons following a wreck at Barbagallo Raceway that sent a truck's wheel into a vacant pedestrian bridge; despite legal action from Gordon, SST lost the case.[15][16] CAMS ended the ban in 2019 as the sanctioning body and Gordon formed a three-year commercial rights agreement, branding the series' Australian operations the Boost Mobile Super Trucks; the new Australian championship began in 2020.[17][18]

IMSA

In 1990, Gordon began racing sports cars. He won races in both Trans-Am and IMSA Camel GT, where he had four consecutive class wins in the 24 Hours of Daytona from 1990–1994, and three consecutive 12 Hours of Sebring class wins.

Open-wheel racing

Gordon’s first start in the CART IndyCar series came in 1992. His first full season and Indy 500 start would come in 1993 with A.J. Foyt's team. He raced for Derrick Walker from 1994–96. With Walker, he captured his first career pole in 1994 (Toronto), and both his CART career wins in 1995 (Phoenix and Detroit). For 1999, Gordon fielded his own team in the series with little success as the Toyota power the team used was still sub-par in performance.

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, Tony Stewart, and Kurt Busch are the only four drivers to race in the Coca-Cola 600 and Indy 500 in the same day. In 1999, Gordon came within one lap of winning the Indianapolis 500. 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. His fuel ran out coming out of turn 3 on second last lap and he had to give up the lead to Sweden's Kenny Bräck.

During his time in open-wheel, Gordon earned a reputation as a tough and sometimes overly aggressive racer. According to Gordon, though his decision to leave open wheel was based largely on "safety concerns,"[19] significantly more plausible an explanation to Gordon's estrangement from top-tier opened-wheel racing in North America is directly attributable to a high profile incident during the 1996 Grand Prix of Cleveland, where Gordon was evidenced to have exited his vehicle mid-race, after a mechanical failure, and while standing atop his car, Gordon kicked the Ford Motor Company logo on live national television. Gordon and Ford would not make amends until 2007, when Gordon's NASCAR team switched to the manufacturer.[20]

In 2001, Gordon, following his departure from Morgan-McClure Motorsports, re-joined Foyt's team for the Indianapolis 500. The team was a joint venture between AJ Foyt Racing and Richard Childress. With the car, Gordon qualified on the front row and dominated early on before strategic pit stops shuffled him to mid-pack by the time the race was over. It was one of Gordon's best performances at the Indianapolis 500, and it later opened up the doors for Gordon to join Childress' Busch team later that year.

Stock cars

Gordon made his debut in stock car racing in November 1990 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, driving for Junie Donlavey in the Automobile Racing Club of America season finale; he finished 21st, but turned heads by winning the pole for the event.[21]

Sprint Cup Series
Gordon signing autographs at his souvenir trailer, a very common sight during most NASCAR weekends
2004 racecar

Gordon's Winston Cup debut came in 1991, driving two races, including the Daytona 500 for Junie Donlavey in the No. 90 Ford. In 1993, Gordon drove the No. 28 Texaco-sponsored Ford for Robert Yates Racing at Talladega in the team's first race after the death of driver Davey Allison. In 1994, Gordon drove in one race for Michael Kranefuss starting and finishing 38th at Michigan. In 1996, Gordon raced at Charlotte in what was one of the first starts ever for Dale Earnhardt, Inc.. He also raced at Rockingham and Phoenix for Felix Sabates. Gordon's first full-time ride came in 1997 with Felix Sabates' Team SABCO. Gordon raced in 22 starts with SABCO, and captured the pole at Atlanta. He also finished fourth at Watkins Glen, his only Top 10 finish of the year. In 1998, Gordon ran only one race, in the #96 CAT car for Buz McCall, at Sears Point. He returned to NASCAR full-time in 2000, attempting to run his own team. Again, the results were disappointing; he failed to qualify for several races and finished with only two Top 10s in 17 starts.

Gordon started the 2001 season driving for Morgan-McClure Motorsports in the No. 4 Kodak-sponsored Chevrolet, but was replaced by Kevin Lepage after only five races.[22] Gordon returned to racing in a one-off agreement with Ultra Motorsports, where he replaced the team's regular driver Mike Wallace in the No. 7 NationsRent-sponsored Ford for the June race at Sears Point. Gordon was leading that race near the end, but was passed by Tony Stewart, when Gordon repeatedly fought to hold off a lapped Kevin Harvick, which gave Stewart the chance to overtake Gordon and win the race.

Later in the same season, he joined Richard Childress Racing as a replacement for an injured Mike Skinner. In the rescheduled season finale at New Hampshire, Gordon was engaged in a closing-laps battle with eventual champion Jeff Gordon (no relation). With 16 laps to go, leader Jeff Gordon (who ended up leading 257 of the 300 laps) was stuck behind the 12th place No. 77 car of Robert Pressley trying to stay on the lead lap, with Robby right on his tail. In the middle of turns three and four, Robby gave a bump to Jeff while he had slowed down to try and pass the lapped car of Mike Wallace, sending him into Wallace's No. 12 car and inflicting damage on the 24 car. Jeff was black flagged while attempting to retaliate under caution, and Robby went on to earn a controversial first career victory.[23][24] The race, which had originally been scheduled for September, was postponed after the September 11 attacks, and after the event Gordon announced he would donate all his winnings to the victims of the 9/11 attacks.

Gordon continued to race for Richard Childress Racing in 2002. He crashed in the Daytona 500 and had a string of poor finishes in the spring. He performed well at Sonoma and led the most laps at Watkins Glen with 21 and finished third. He had a Top 10 run at the Bank of America 500 but crashed in a 10-car pileup which also collected teammates Jeff Green and Kevin Harvick. Gordon finished 20th in the final points standings, which was, at the time, his highest finishing position in his career.

In 2003, Gordon broke out and compiled his best season statistically. He finished sixth in the Daytona 500 and finished 10th in the Aaron's 499. He also led 29 laps at Richmond and finished fourth in the rain-shortened race. Then, he earned his first road course win at Infineon Raceway, after a controversial but legal pass under caution of his then-teammate, Kevin Harvick. Gordon continued running well during July, finishing seventh at Chicagoland, and then sixth at the 2003 Brickyard 400. Gordon took his third career win later in the year at Watkins Glen. He, Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, and Kyle Busch are the only drivers to win both road course events (at Infineon Raceway and Watkins Glen) in one season since the two became part of the current Sprint Cup schedule. Part of the reason for Gordon's success in 2003 was his pairing with Kevin Hamlin, a veteran crew chief. Despite his success with Hamlin, RCR replaced Hamlin with crew chief Chris Andrews for 2004.

2004 was a big disappointment after the 2003 campaign. With Andrews, Robby Gordon had a string of races in which he finished at the back of the field. His first Top 10 finish of the season was the spring race in Darlington, and then had a series of DNF's. His best races, as expected, were at the road course races and the restrictor-plate races. He led 22 laps at Talladega before finishing fifth, and then led 16 laps at Watkins Glen, racing Tony Stewart for the win late in the race. He then was involved in a controversial incident with Greg Biffle at Loudon that led to NASCAR slapping the No. 31 team with a two-lap penalty, a $15,000 fine and a 50-point deduction in the point standings, and also led to the team putting Gordon on probation.

While having a bad Cup Season in 2004, Robby Gordon and John Menard restarted their own Xfinity Series team, Robby Gordon Motorsports, in which they fielded the single No. 55 Fruit-of-the-Loom-sponsored Chevrolet, supplied by Earnhardt-Childress Racing Engines. The No. 55 Busch Series team, which competed in 25 of the 34 scheduled races, performed so dramatically well, that Robby and Menard decided to field the team in Cup for 2005. Despite Richard Childress asking Gordon to stay on RCR, Gordon announced in late 2004 that he would be operating his own Nextel Cup team, the No. 7 Jim Beam-sponsored Chevrolet.

For 2005, Gordon moved his Busch Series team up to the Nextel Cup, and was the only owner/driver left. Gordon's primary sponsor was Jim Beam Bourbon; his crew chief was originally Bob Temple before he was replaced by Greg Erwin. Fruit of the Loom was the primary sponsor for nine races in the 2005 season. His friend John Menard had his hardware corporation, Menards also become sponsors, as well as Harrah's. Gordon again struggled as an owner/driver, finishing with only two Top 10s in 29 starts and failing to qualify for several races.

Gordon racing at Martinsville in October 2007.

In 2006, Gordon's team used engines from Dale Earnhardt, Inc., and showed slight improvement over the previous year's performance over the first few races. He performed well at Sonoma and Watkins Glen, qualifying and finishing in the Top 10 in both races. For the 2007 season, Gordon switched to the Ford Fusion, with engines supplied from Roush-Yates. He started his season with a 15th-place finish in the 2007 Daytona 500, and picked up a few Top 10 finishes, before he had a break-out race at Sears Point in which he qualified second, led a race-high 48 laps, and finished 16th. He had two Top 10s by year's end, and finished 26th in points.

2008 racecar

On February 1, 2008, Gordon said he would go to Dodge in 2008, marking his 4th change in as many years. He also announced a technical, manufacturing and marketing services agreement with Gillett Evernham Motorsports. After dropping to 33rd in points, Gordon announced he would be running Toyotas in 2009, which would be his fifth change in as many years.[25]

Gordon competed in fewer races in 2010, as Jim Beam did not renew its contract. In October, he founded Speed Energy as a means to generate funding for RGM.[26] The team finished 34th in 2009 owner's standings. In January 2010, Gordon formed an alliance with BAM Racing, his sixth change in six years. In 2010, with Ted Musgrave driving, his team failed to qualify at Pocono, the first time since the 2005 race at Texas. He performed well at Sonoma in the Toyota Save Mart 350 and ended up second to Jimmie Johnson, which secured some part-time sponsorship for RGM. A penalty involving another team moved the No. 7 back into the Top 35. Due to a commitment in Argentina, Bobby Labonte drove the No. 7 at Loudon. P. J. Jones and Kevin Conway have also shared the No. 7; Gordon entered a No. 07 car for a number of races.

He secured a sponsorship to compete in the 2012 Daytona 500,[27] but poor performance resulted in Gordon racing only at Phoenix and the road-course race at Sonoma. He failed to qualify for early-season races at Las Vegas and Fontana. At that point, sponsorship money dried up, and Gordon's team made no further starts in 2012.[28] By 2013, Gordon's NASCAR career ended, as he was unable to attract sponsorship for any more NASCAR seasons.[28] The No. 7 was taken by Dave Blaney of Tommy Baldwin Racing. In 2013, Gordon officially closed his NASCAR team in Charlotte and changed his shop to form the Stadium Super Truck series.

Nationwide Series

Gordon's first Busch Series experience came in 2001 when he ran 3 races for Richard Childress Racing in the No. 21 Rockwell Automation Chevrolet. His best finish was 5th at Watkins Glen International.

In 2004, after a 4-year hiatus, Robby Gordon and longtime partner John Menard, Jr., started their own program, Robby Gordon Motorsports, letting Gordon return to team ownership for the first time since their failed Cup team in 2000. The primary sponsor was Fruit-of-the-Loom, and the team was supplied by Richard Childress Racing, Gordon's Cup team at the time. The brand-new team selected the #55 and Gordon would drive in 25 NBS races. With the #55, Robby Gordon earned numerous top-ten finishes, nearly won the restrictor plate Busch races that year, and earned one win which came at Richmond in the #55 Fruit-of-the-Loom Chevrolet. From 2004–2010 drivers that have driven for Robby Gordon Motorsports included PJ Jones, Bobby Labonte, David Gilliland, Kevin Conway, Scott Wimmer, Reed Sorenson and Johnny Sauter. The #55 performed so tremendously well that, even though the original plans for 2005 was to run a full Busch Series season, Gordon chose to move the team up to the Cup Series with support from Ultra Motorsports owner Jim Smith. In 2005, Robby Gordon Motorsports participated in 4 Busch Series Races with two races being on the road courses in Mexico City, and Watkins Glen, and two being on oval tracks. The primary sponsor of the team for 2005 was Red Bull Energy Drink, although Red Bull would depart at year's end.

Gordon in the qualification for the 2010 NAPA Auto Parts 200 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal.

Robby Gordon participated in several Busch races in 2006, including a few for Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Nationwide team (JR Motorsports). The most notable highlight of his season was a thrilling second-place finish at Watkins Glen on August 12. Driving his own No. 7 Chevy, Gordon went door-to-door with Kurt Busch, driver of the No. 39 car for Penske South Racing, for the final few laps. Gordon gained ground in the chicane, almost catching Busch. The two cars went wildly into the grass and dirt, almost wrecking each other. Gordon was able to save his car, as Busch went down the final straightaway to win the race. While being interviewed in victory lane, Busch gave Gordon praise for a great race and said it reminded him of his race with Ricky Craven at Darlington in 2003.

In 2007, Gordon only had a few top tens in the NBS and came near to a win at Montreal before being disqualified by NASCAR for ignoring a penalty. He was further in trouble when he reacted to the penalty by intentionally crashing Marcos Ambrose to retaliate for a previous crash – an action that denied Ambrose (who dominated the race) the win and got Gordon suspended from the Sprint Cup Race at Pocono the next day. A backup driver and one of Gordon's friends, P. J. Jones took over for Gordon upon his suspension. Gordon, to make up for the incident, gave Ambrose a free race for RGM at Watkins Glen International the next weekend to make his first Sprint Cup start but because of rain, Ambrose did not qualify. Gordon, his sponsors and fans have said to this day that he won the 2007 NAPA 200 but nonetheless have accepted the penalty. In 2010, Gordon announced that he made himself a banner and makeshift trophy similar to the NAPA 200 trophy saying he won the 2007 NAPA 200 and when asked by reporters about how he was going to recover in 2010's Montreal race Gordon chuckled and said "You mean since I won? We’ve still got the banner hanging on our wall. We came back for redemption, and we’ll do the best job we can.”[29]

On March 28, 2008, Gordon and the No. 22 Supercuts Dodge Team of Fitz Motorsports joined forces for a part-time schedule in the NASCAR Nationwide Series after driver Mike Bliss left the team to drive the No. 1 Chevrolet owned by James Finch. As of the press release Gordon is slated to drive both the Phoenix and Texas Nationwide Series events in the No. 22 car.

While driving part-time for Fitz, Robby Gordon also drove a couple races for RGM. Gordon drove his No. 55 Mapei/Menards Dodge in the Chicagoland Race in July. He also started the Watkins Glen race in his No. 55 Jim Beam Dodge in 2nd place and finished in 19th position.

In 2009, Gordon cut his Busch season to just one single race, at Watkins Glen. There, he drove his No. 55 Hard-Rock Hotel car at the 2009 Zippo 200. Starting 3rd, he was briefly in contention for the win, until he tangled with Joey Logano with 7 laps to go. He finished 14th.

In 2010 he drove the No. 07 Menards Toyota in the Nationwide series at Montreal as part of his alliance with John Menard for RGM. It was the first time since 2007 that he drove at Montreal due to his altercation with Marcos Ambrose (see below) due to having made amends by skipping the next races at the track. He dominated the last 20 laps of the race but ran out of fuel with two laps to go handing the win to colleague veteran Boris Said and resulted in the top 20 in the finish.

In 2011 he drove his No. 77 Mapei car at Montreal. He led 5 laps but broke down from engine failure, finishing 31st.

Craftsman Truck Series

Gordon has run 4 career Craftsman Truck Series races with one top-5 and 2 top-10 finishes. He has run for Team SABCO, Bobby Hamilton Racing, and Morgan-Dollar Motorsports.

Other racing

Gordon competed twice in the Race of Champions, first in 2001 in Gran Canaria, where he broke the lap time record. In 2014, Gordon competed in the Nations Cup for Team Americas alongside 2014 World Touring Car champion José María López.[30]

In May 2017, while the Stadium Super Trucks were at Barbagallo Raceway in Perth, Gordon made his Aussie Racing Cars debut. He shared the No. 57 car with fellow SST driver Sheldon Creed; the car was usually run by Bill Hynes, but Hynes wished to focus on SST.[31] Gordon finished eighth after starting last.[32]

Controversies

In the 2001 New Hampshire 300 the race was postponed due to the 9/11 attacks and Jeff Gordon clinched the 2001 Cup championship the previous week at Atlanta. The race was held the day after Thanksgiving in 2001 and Gordon driving the No. 31 Richard Childress Racing car, after Mike Skinner chose to retire from RCR for the rest of the season due to injuries sustained at Chicagoland and Richmond, won his first race in the Cup series after an incident with Jeff Gordon: with 16 laps to go Jeff was leading and hoping to make his points lead bigger in his inevitable margin against Tony Stewart by winning the race but Robby in the No. 31 drove up to second place and made slight contact, getting Jeff Gordon loose, and therefore giving Robby the lead. Jeff was angered and rushed up to Robby under caution and retaliated by trying to cut down Robby's tire but was black-flagged before he could make a second attempt to get to the No. 31's tire. Jeff served a one lap penalty, still won the championship and managed to race in the middle of the pack. Jeff would eventually work his way back up to a 15th-place finish. Robby on the final restart pulled away from Sterling Marlin and won his first cup race and first victory on an oval in the NASCAR Cup series. This win gave Robby the No. 31 RCR car for a multi-year deal after 2001. Jeff when interviewed maintained that he should have not been penalized and publicly retorted to Robby that he should have been embarrassed to have won in the way that the finish was; Robby said in reply that he Jeff "should be embarrassed for retaliating like he did."[33] Robby then promised to donate all his winning money by division to the 9/11 victims' relatives. (35)

In the 2003 Dodge/Save Mart 350, Gordon was so eager to try for his second cup win in the No. 31 RCR Chevrolet. Prior to the race, Gordon was vomiting from food poisoning yet still ended Jeff Gordon's streak of domination at Sonoma for 6 years by dominating the race. Coming to the caution with 38 laps to go, Robby Gordon took advantage of his teammate and friend, Kevin Harvick by passing Harvick in turn 11 under caution and in the final laps was able to hold off Jeff Gordon for his second cup win in the No. 31 RCR team and his first cup win on a road course. Harvick ultimately finished 3rd. His pass under caution was ridiculed by Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick and several other drivers because while the pass was legal it was considered "ungentlemanly." However, NASCAR declared Robby Gordon as the winner and in reply to the ridicules he received from Jeff Gordon, NASCAR fans and Robby said "He's won enough of these things, and I guess he doesn't like it when someone else rains on his parade." This comment led NASCAR to give Robby Gordon and Jeff Gordon warnings to resolve their differences.[34]

During the 2005 Daytona 500, NASCAR penalized 10 race teams. Gordon's new No. 7 team was among them. His crew chief Bob Temple was fined $50,000 and Robby was deducted of 25 driver & owner points for an illegal unapproved installation on his racecar. With no owner points to fall back on, as his team was brand-new, Gordon didn't qualify for the 2005 Daytona 500 due to the penalty.

During the 2005 running of the Sylvania 300, Gordon was involved in a wreck with Michael Waltrip, the driver of the No. 15 NAPA Chevrolet. The angered Gordon got out of his totaled car and threw his helmet at the No. 15 car as it was passing by. Tony Stewart's No. 20 missed the helmet just seconds after it hit Waltrip's car. When TNT interviewed him about the crash, he stated "You know Michael, everybody thinks Michael's a good guy. He's not the good guy like he actually is. The caution was out and he wrecked me and he's a piece of shit." TNT apologized for his language, and Gordon apologized after the race, but Gordon was fined $50,000 and docked 50 drivers points. When asked by some people for the helmet, Gordon decided to auction it for the benefit of the Harrah's Employee Relief Fund, a fund that provides aid to Harrah's employees displaced by Hurricane Katrina. The helmet fetched $51,100, and was purchased by GoldenPalace.com.[35]

During the 2006 Bass Pro Shops 500, he brought controversy by allegedly throwing roll bar padding onto the track at Atlanta Motor Speedway, drawing a caution flag that had a significant impact for the end of the race, especially drivers in pit road, most notably NEXTEL Cup contender Jeff Burton who wound up finishing 13th. Video from the race was not conclusive as to whether he did in fact put debris on the track but NASCAR reacted by docking Gordon 50 points (each in the Driver and Car Owner categories) and a $15,000 fine. Gordon has denied he intentionally threw the debris.[36]

During the inaugural NAPA Auto Parts 200 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in 2007, Gordon was involved in an on-circuit altercation with fellow driver Marcos Ambrose. Gordon passed Ambrose to take the lead at the same time as a multi-car wreck was unfolding behind them; Ambrose spun him, under a yellow flag, to reclaim it seconds later.[37] After an unusually long delay in sorting out the field for the restart, NASCAR eventually determined that Gordon would restart in 13th position. Gordon, who had a strong race all day, refused to go to that position, and was black flagged after the restart, and after spinning out Ambrose. Gordon did not come in for his penalty and was then given the black flag with diagonal white cross, meaning that his subsequent laps were no longer being scored. As a result, he finished 18th. Following the race, Gordon proceeded to do burnouts on the front straightaway as if celebrating his victory, alongside race winner Kevin Harvick. He announced in a post-race interview that he would appeal the result of the race.[38] However, NASCAR suspended Gordon for the following race at Pocono. In a statement released soon after the NASCAR announcement, Gordon apologized for his actions but maintained that NASCAR made a mistake in telling him to line up in the 13th position.[39]

Gordon was docked 100 driver and owner points as a result of rule infractions during Speedweeks of 2008 at Daytona. Gordon's car was found with an unapproved front bumper cover. His crew chief Frank Kerr was suspended for 6 weeks until April 9, 2008, was fined $100,000, and placed on probation until December 31, 2008. Gordon was not fined. Gordon appealed the penalty issued by NASCAR in of February, 2008. Gordon issued a press statement. "This was an innocent mistake made by someone not even on our race team. They accidentally sent us the new Dodge noses that haven't yet been approved by NASCAR." According to NASCAR Gordon's Dodge nose says Charger, but it is actually an Avenger and it had the approved nose's part number. On March 5, 2008, the National Stock Car Racing Commission restored the points lost in the penalty and rescinded the suspension of Crew Chief Kerr. In their ruling, the commission also increased the fine to $150,000.[40]

Gordon's off-road finishes have also been the source of controversy. His second-place finish in the San Felipe 250, March 2009, was overshadowed by allegations that in a very remote area he veered off course and drove down a cliff. The maneuver let him bypass a difficult section of the course, get ahead of another competitor without having to pass, and was a four-mile shortcut. Trophy Truck competitor Ed Herbst filed a protest,[41] which was supported by evidence from a pit crew known as the Baja Fools who had set up a pit stop in that section of the course. On investigation, two sets of Toyo tire tracks (identical to those on Gordon's truck) were found which established the four-mile shortcut.[41] The protest was denied[42] based on the fact that given Gordon's average speed, the four-mile shortcut would not have changed the results. After initially filing an appeal of the decision, Herbst, who shares a sponsor with Gordon, elected to withdraw the appeal and the results were deemed final.[43]

Likewise, Gordon was initially declared the winner of the 2009 Baja 500 on June 6, 2009. However, he was stripped of the title and moved to seventh place after it was determined that he violated two rules: one a fueling violation, the other a highway speed violation. A total of 100 minutes in penalties were assessed: 90 minutes for the more serious fueling violation where an amateur video proved that he illegally received fuel on the highway, and 10 minutes for the speed violation.[44]

Gordon's troubles with NASCAR rules continued in 2009. He was caught with excessive rear toe (angle of the wheels to the car) after the May 27, 2009 Coca-Cola 600 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. This illegal adjustment permits the car to carry more speed into the corner. Gordon was docked 50 points and his crew chief was fined $50,000. Gordon elected not to appeal the infraction.[45]

In 2010, the car Gordon owns and drives was found to have illegal parts during inspection on May 7, 2010 before a race at Darlington Raceway. Gordon was docked 25 owner points and 25 driver points. His crew chief, Samuel Stanley was fined $25,000 and placed on NASCAR probation for the rest of the year.[46] This fine brought Gordon's five year total to $290,000 paid to NASCAR.

On March 4, 2011, Gordon was placed on indefinite probation in NASCAR due to an altercation he had with driver Kevin Conway in the garage area the night before.[47] According to published reports, the two were involved in a scuffle over lawsuits each has filed against the other. Las Vegas police confirmed that Conway filed a criminal complaint charging Gordon with misdemeanor battery.[48]

On August 25, 2011, Danica Patrick officially announced her plans to leave the IndyCar Series to race in NASCAR and expressed her hope that she'd keep the number 7 that she has had throughout her motorsports career. Gordon, who has raced under many numbers but had the number 7 for the last six years, refused to give up the number, stating: "Why would I?"[49]

After the August 2011 Bristol race, Gordon admitted that he is now a "start and park" driver and will do so for most of the remainder of the season.[50] "Start and park" is a controversial practice whereby a driver starts the race but then immediately parks his car, collecting last place prize money and protecting his car from any on-track incidents. At Bristol, Gordon completed only 10 laps but pocketed $85,960.[51]

Ironically, in 2012, Gordon blasted past-champion Terry Labonte for "starting and parking" after 12 laps at the Daytona 500 qualifying race. As a past champion whose team was not in the Top 35 in 2011 owner's points, Labonte was guaranteed a start regardless of how he finished. Gordon stated: "It's just not right. Why take a free ride when the rest of us have to bust our butts to get into the 500?"[52] Labonte responded that his team had only one car and they needed it for the race.[53] Labonte ran the full race, leading three laps and finishing 18th, while Gordon retired after 25 laps and finished 41st.

Controversy continued to plague Gordon in 2012. While participating in the Dakar Rally, Gordon was running a strong second after nine stages before being disqualified after stewards ruled that the tire inflation system on his Hummer was illegal[54] after another competitor made an anonymous suggestion to the tech inspectors along the rally route, where it was called into question. Gordon stated that if there was a problem with the system, he would plug it and still win stages. He did so the following day, winning the stage by more than 15 minutes in front of the second-place finisher.[55]

Gordon was permitted to continue while the ruling was appealed to the French Automobile Sport Federation (FFSA).[56] The appeal was denied two months later.[57] After Gordon disqualification was upheld, he was stricken from the race results.[58]

Gordon's Hummer crashed and rolled over in the sand dunes of Peru in the penultimate stage of the rally (January 14, 2012), but was set back on its wheels by spectators and Gordon continued on to a 10th-place finish of that stage.[59] He then won the final stage the following day, finishing the rally in 5th place overall.[60]

Personal life

Throughout his racing career, Gordon has shared few details about his personal life. Though not married, he has a son, Max, from a previous relationship. In 2016, eight-year-old Max competed in a UTV at the Bluewater Desert Challenge with Gordon as his co-driver; later in the year, he became the youngest driver to ever compete and finish the Baja 1000.[61] At the age of 12, Max raced against his father in the Stadium Super Trucks race at Road America in 2020.[62]Nguyen, Justin (August 5, 2020). "Max Gordon making SST debut at Road America". Retrieved August 8, 2020.</ref>

In addition to Speed Energy, Gordon owns various companies under the Speed umbrella such as the UTV manufacturer Speed UTV, remote-control off-road truck brand Speed RC Cars, and racing tool maker Speed Tools.[63] Gordon co-operates Speed UTV with Todd Romano, and its vehicles—which receive inspiration from SST and IndyCar—are built by Gordon's former engine builder Tony Cola.[64][65][66] Speed RC Cars has appeared as a sponsor in SST for drivers like Max.[62]

Significant victories
  • 7 SCORE International championships (1986–90, 1996, 2009)
  • 3 time Baja 1000 winner (1987, 1989, 2006)
  • 4 time Baja 500 winner (1989, 1990, 2005, 2013)
  • 9 Dakar Rally stage victories
  • 4 time 24 Hours of Daytona winner
  • 3 time 12 Hours of Sebring winner
  • 3 NASCAR Winston Cup Series wins (New Hampshire 2001, Infineon and Watkins Glen 2003)
  • 1 NASCAR Winston Cup Gatorade 125 Win (2003)
  • 1 NASCAR Busch Series win (Richmond 2004)
  • 2 CART wins (Phoenix and Detroit 1995)
  • 1 Central Europe Rally Special wins (2008 CER Stage 5 Scratch 1 winner (1/2 stage) Hummer)

Racing record

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NSCC Pts
1991 Donlavey Racing 90 Ford DAY
18		 RCH
26		 CAR ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV SON POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 55th 194
1993 Robert Yates Racing 28 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL
42		 GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 93rd 37
1994 Kranefuss-Haas Racing 07 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH
38		 DAY NHA POC TAL IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 76th 49
1996 Dale Earnhardt Inc. 14 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT
38		 57th 123
Team SABCO 40 Chevy CAR
42		 PHO
42		 ATL
1997 DAY
16		 CAR
33		 RCH
28		 ATL
14		 DAR
34		 TEX
34		 BRI
43		 MAR
41		 SON
41		 TAL
QL†		 CLT
41		 DOV POC MCH CAL DAY
22		 NHA
34		 POC
42		 IND
28		 GLN
4		 MCH
17		 BRI
DNQ		 DAR
22		 RCH
42		 NHA
24		 DOV
33		 MAR CLT TAL CAR PHO ATL 40th 1495
1998 American Equipment Racing 96 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL CLT DOV RCH MCH POC SON
36		 NHA POC 67th 57
Roehrig Motorsports 19 Ford IND
DNQ		 GLN MCH BRI NHA DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT TAL DAY PHO CAR ATL
2000 Team Menard 13 Ford DAY
18		 CAR
38		 LVS
13		 ATL
DNQ		 DAR
28		 BRI
32		 TEX
DNQ		 MAR
40		 TAL
37		 CAL
31		 RCH
37		 CLT DOV MCH
28		 POC SON
9		 DAY
DNQ		 NHA POC IND
DNQ		 GLN
4		 MCH
34		 BRI
31		 DAR RCH
DNQ		 NHA DOV MAR CLT
38		 TAL CAR
41		 PHO
DNQ		 HOM ATL
27		 43rd 1309
2001 Morgan-McClure Motorsports 4 Chevy DAY
37		 CAR
26		 LVS
34		 ATL
20		 DAR
29		 BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV MCH POC 44th 1552
Ultra Motorsports 7 Ford SON
2		 DAY CHI
35
Richard Childress Racing 31 Chevy NHA
25		 POC
28		 IND
30		 GLN
40		 MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN
14		 CLT
DNQ		 MAR
38		 TAL
19		 PHO
7		 CAR
37		 HOM ATL
DNQ		 NHA
1
2002 DAY
13		 CAR
24		 LVS
37		 ATL
18		 DAR
24		 BRI
20		 TEX
41		 MAR
34		 TAL
33		 CAL
12		 RCH
37		 CLT
16		 DOV
8		 POC
19		 MCH
33		 SON
11		 DAY
29		 CHI
8		 NHA
7		 POC
25		 IND
8		 GLN
3		 MCH
21		 BRI
20		 DAR
17		 RCH
28		 NHA
17		 DOV
17		 KAN
13		 TAL
12		 CLT
38		 MAR
23		 ATL
20		 CAR
11		 PHO
27		 HOM
26		 20th 3632
2003 DAY
6		 CAR
29		 LVS
23		 ATL
17		 DAR
28		 BRI
17		 TEX
18		 TAL
10		 MAR
21		 CAL
27		 RCH
4		 CLT
17		 DOV
9		 POC
28		 MCH
22		 SON
1*		 DAY
40		 CHI
7		 NHA
5		 POC
18		 IND
6		 GLN
1*		 MCH
6		 BRI
35		 DAR
28		 RCH
29		 NHA
21		 DOV
23		 TAL
12		 KAN
25		 CLT
38		 MAR
36		 ATL
21		 PHO
32		 CAR
20		 HOM
30		 16th 3856
2004 DAY
35		 CAR
36		 LVS
30		 ATL
17		 DAR
4		 BRI
19		 TEX
23		 MAR
30		 TAL
5		 CAL
12		 RCH
24		 CLT
20		 DOV
14		 POC
8		 MCH
33		 SON
24		 DAY
19		 CHI
17		 NHA
25		 POC
7		 IND
25		 GLN
16		 MCH
25		 BRI
12		 CAL
9		 RCH
32		 NHA
32		 DOV
23		 TAL
9		 KAN
28		 CLT
18		 MAR
23		 ATL
16		 PHO
35		 DAR
15		 HOM
29		 23rd 3646
2005 Robby Gordon Motorsports 7 Chevy DAY
DNQ		 CAL
35		 LVS
39		 ATL
34		 BRI
DNQ		 MAR
20		 TEX
37		 PHO
37		 TAL
DNQ		 DAR
DNQ		 RCH
31		 CLT
27		 DOV
29		 POC
39		 MCH
39		 SON
16		 DAY
26		 CHI
35		 NHA
30		 POC
40		 IND
24		 GLN
2		 MCH
30		 BRI
38		 CAL
34		 RCH
35		 NHA
37		 DOV
29		 TAL
23		 KAN
DNQ		 CLT
32		 MAR
41		 ATL
DNQ		 TEX
DNQ		 PHO
8		 HOM
14		 37th 2142
2006 DAY
13		 CAL
26		 LVS
12		 ATL
28		 BRI
26		 MAR
43		 TEX
20		 PHO
41		 TAL
10		 RCH
39		 DAR
13		 CLT
16		 DOV
36		 POC
35		 MCH
18		 SON
40		 DAY
14		 CHI
19		 NHA
19		 POC
13		 IND
35		 GLN
4		 MCH
12		 BRI
27		 CAL
43		 RCH
19		 NHA
15		 DOV
41		 KAN
36		 TAL
16		 CLT
25		 MAR
37		 ATL
10		 TEX
39		 PHO
32		 HOM
40		 30th 3113
2007 Ford DAY
15		 CAL
21		 LVS
17		 ATL
20		 BRI
33		 MAR
34		 TEX
24		 PHO
24		 TAL
41		 RCH
34		 DAR
38		 CLT
22		 DOV
10		 POC
41		 MCH
13		 SON
16*		 NHA
17		 DAY
15		 CHI
36		 IND
27		 POC
QL‡		 GLN
5		 MCH
24		 BRI
20		 CAL
41		 RCH
36		 NHA
31		 DOV
19		 KAN
19		 TAL
29		 CLT
38		 MAR
39		 ATL
21		 TEX
32		 PHO
24		 HOM
27		 26th 2770
2008 Dodge DAY
8		 CAL
18		 LVS
42		 ATL
24		 BRI
24		 MAR
40		 TEX
30		 PHO
29		 TAL
11		 RCH
26		 DAR
33		 CLT
43		 DOV
19		 POC
36		 MCH
40		 SON
36		 NHA
26		 DAY
6		 CHI
25		 IND
33		 POC
37		 GLN
27		 MCH
37		 BRI
39		 CAL
40		 RCH
42		 NHA
26		 DOV
22		 KAN
37		 TAL
8		 CLT
30		 MAR
40		 ATL
19		 TEX
36		 PHO
28		 HOM
26		 33rd 2770
2009 Toyota DAY
34		 CAL
30		 LVS
15		 ATL
26		 BRI
21		 MAR
40		 TEX
39		 PHO
39		 TAL
29		 RCH
16		 DAR
28		 CLT
3		 DOV
33		 POC
31		 MCH
17		 SON
36		 NHA
25		 DAY
22		 CHI
34		 IND
28		 POC
33		 GLN
18		 MCH
37		 BRI
32		 ATL
16		 RCH NHA
24		 DOV
34		 KAN
34		 CAL
38		 CLT
30		 MAR
37		 TAL
32		 TEX
27		 PHO
22		 HOM
39		 34th 2699
2010 DAY
28		 CAL
33		 LVS
32		 ATL
43		 BRI
22		 MAR
34		 PHO
14		 TEX
31		 TAL
20		 RCH
28		 DAR
38		 DOV
31		 CLT
33		 POC MCH
33		 SON
2		 NHA DAY
12		 CHI
38		 IND
36		 POC GLN
36		 NHA
26		 DOV KAN CAL CLT
33		 MAR
22		 TAL
18		 TEX
35		 PHO
33		 HOM 34th 2028
07 MCH
39		 BRI
40		 ATL RCH MAR
DNQ
2011 7 Dodge DAY
16		 PHO
32		 LVS
32		 BRI
39		 CAL
34		 MAR
23		 TEX
31		 TAL
20		 RCH
35		 DAR
37		 DOV CLT
38		 KAN POC MCH
37		 SON
18		 DAY
34		 IND
43		 POC
35		 GLN
24		 MCH BRI
43		 ATL
39		 RCH
37		 CHI
39		 NHA
40		 DOV KAN CLT
38		 TAL
37		 PHO
32		 HOM 34th 268
77 KEN
DNQ		 NHA MAR
DNQ		 TEX
DNQ
2012 7 DAY
41		 PHO
41		 LVS
DNQ		 BRI CAL
DNQ		 MAR TEX KAN RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON
39		 KEN DAY NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV TAL CLT KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM 52nd 11
† - Qualified but replaced by Joe Nemechek · ‡ - Qualified but replaced by P.J. Jones
Daytona 500
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
1991 Donlavey Racing Ford 35 18
1997 Team SABCO Chevrolet 20 16
2000 Team Menard Ford 17 18
2001 Morgan-McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 41 37
2002 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 12 13
2003 3 6
2004 30 35
2005 Robby Gordon Motorsports Chevrolet DNQ
2006 20 13
2007 Ford 39 15
2008 Dodge 26 8
2009 Toyota 31 34
2010 34 28
2011 Dodge 30 16
2012 17 41

Nationwide Series
NASCAR Nationwide Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NNSC Pts
2001 Richard Childress Racing 21 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV KEN MLW GLN
5		 CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN
11		 CLT
23		 MEM PHO CAR HOM 60th 389
2004 Robby Gordon Motorsports 55 Chevy DAY
3		 CAR
14		 LVS
19		 DAR
7		 BRI
23		 TEX
3		 NSH
5		 TAL
7		 CAL
12		 GTY
10		 RCH
19		 NZH CLT DOV
32		 NSH
14		 KEN
12		 MLW DAY
26		 CHI
6		 NHA PPR IRP
15		 MCH
12		 BRI
39		 CAL RCH
1		 DOV KAN
14		 CLT
29		 MEM ATL
4		 PHO
4		 DAR HOM
37		 21st 3105
2005 DAY
6		 CAL GLN
2		 MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT
31		 MEM TEX PHO HOM 78th 395
83 MXC
40		 LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR GTY IRP
2006 7 DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT
40		 DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA MAR GTY IRP GLN
2		 64th 526
JR Motorsports 88 Chevy MCH
3		 BRI CAL
9		 RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM
2007 Robby Gordon Motorsports 55 Ford DAY
11		 CAL MXC LVS ATL
12		 BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT
32		 DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI
34		 GTY IRP CGV
18		 GLN
36		 MCH BRI CLT
7		 MEM TEX
13		 47th 1130
Fitz Motorsports 22 Dodge CAL
9		 RCH
Baker Curb Racing 27 Ford DOV
31		 KAN PHO
20		 HOM
2008 Fitz Motorsports 22 Dodge DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX
20		 PHO
27		 MXC TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY 73rd 367
Robby Gordon Motorsports 55 Dodge CHI
29		 GTY IRP CGV GLN
19		 MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM
2009 Toyota DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN
14		 MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 122nd 121
2010 07 DAY CAL LVS BRI NSH PHO TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT NSH KEN ROA NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV
14		 ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT GTY TEX PHO HOM 105th 126
2011 77 Dodge DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX TAL NSH RCH DAR DOV IOW CLT CHI MCH ROA DAY KEN NHA NSH IRP IOW GLN CGV
31		 BRI ATL RCH CHI DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM NA 01

Craftsman Truck Series
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 NCTC Pts
1996 Team SABCO 42 Chevy HOM PHO POR EVG TUS CNS HPT BRI NZH MLW LVL I70 IRP FLM GLN NSV RCH NHA MAR NWS
13		 SON MMR PHO 68th 274
Roehrig Racing 18 Chevy LVS
6
1997 Dodge WDW TUS HOM PHO POR EVG I70 NHA TEX BRI NZH MLW LVL CNS HPT IRP FLM NSV GLN RCH MAR SON MMR CAL
30		 PHO LVS 123rd 73
2004 Morgan-Dollar Motorsports 47 Chevy DAY ATL MAR MFD CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN GTW MCH IRP NSH BRI
4		 RCH NHA LVS CAL TEX MAR PHO DAR HOM 71st 160

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 APSC Pts
1990 Donlavey Racing 90 Ford DAY ATL KIL TAL FRS POC KIL TOL HAG POC TAL MCH ISF TOL DSF WIN DEL ATL
21		 97th -

American open-wheel racing

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

CART
Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos. Pts
1992 Chip Ganassi Racing Lola T91/00 Ford XB V8t SRF PHX LBH INDY DET
17		 POR
13		 MIL
21		 NHA TOR
8		 MCH CLE
8		 ROA
18		 VAN
17		 MDO NAZ LAG 20th 10
1993 A. J. Foyt Enterprises Lola T92/00 Ford XB V8t SRF
3		 PHX
18		 MCH
15		 VAN
23		 LAG
10		 10th 84
Lola T93/00 LBH
DSQ		 INDY
27		 MIL
10		 DET
8		 POR
8		 CLE
6		 TOR
6		 NHA
5		 ROA
20		 MDO
2		 NAZ
4
1994 Walker Racing Lola T94/00 Ford XB V8t SRF
23		 PHX
7		 LBH
3		 INDY
5		 MIL
6		 DET
3		 POR
4		 CLE
11		 TOR
6		 MCH
13		 MDO
4		 NHA
13		 VAN
2		 ROA
25		 NAZ
23		 LAG
13		 5th 104
1995 Walker Racing Reynard 95i Ford XB V8t MIA
13		 SRF
14		 PHX
1		 LBH
22		 NAZ
4		 INDY
5		 MIL
5		 DET
1		 POR
8		 ROA
26		 TOR
5		 CLE
6		 MCH
DNS		 MDO
8		 NHA
9		 VAN
3		 LAG
15		 5th 121
1996 Walker Racing Reynard 96i Ford XB V8t MIA
3		 RIO
15		 SRF
16		 LBH
13		 NAZ
22		 500
20		 MIL
17		 DET
26		 POR
10		 CLE
18		 TOR
9		 MCH
8		 MDO
18		 ROA
17		 VAN
10		 LAG
15		 18th 29
1997 Hogan Racing Reynard 97i Mercedes-Benz IC108D V8t MIA SRF LBH NAZ RIO GAT MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH MDO ROA VAN LAG FON
8		 26th 5
1998 Arciero-Wells Racing Reynard 98i Toyota RV8C V8t MIA MOT LBH NAZ
7		 RIO GAT
13		 MIL
20		 POR
23		 23rd 13
Reynard 97i DET
14
Reynard 98i Toyota RV8D V8t CLE
23		 TOR
13		 MCH
27		 MDO
11		 ROA
12		 HOU
13		 SRF
16		 FON
9
Reynard 97i VAN
23		 LAG
13
1999 Team Gordon Reynard 98i Toyota RV8D V8t MIA
19		 MOT
8		 LBH
16		 NAZ
19		 20th 27
Swift 010.c RIO
14		 GAT
27		 MIL
24		 POR
17		 CLE
9		 ROA
8		 TOR
13		 MCH
26		 DET
25		 MDO
10		 SRF
8
Eagle 997 CHI
10		 VAN
22		 LAG
19		 HOU
21
Eagle 987 FON
11

IndyCar Series
Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos. Pts
1996-97 Walker Racing Reynard 95i Ford XB V8t NHA LVS
14		 WDW PHX 37th 27
Team SABCO G Force GF01 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 INDY
29		 TXS PPR CLT NHA LVS
1999 Team Menard Dallara IR9 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 WDW PHX CLT INDY
4		 TXS PPR ATL DOV PPR LVS TXS 31st 32
2000 Team Menard Dallara IR-00 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 WDW PHX LVS INDY
6		 TXS PPR ATL KTY TXS 29th 28
2001 A. J. Foyt Enterprises Dallara IR-01 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 PHX HMS ATL INDY
21		 TXS PPR RIR KAN NSH KTY GAT CHI TXS 45th 9
2002 Team Menard Dallara IR-02 Chevrolet Indy V8 HMS PHX FON NAZ INDY
8		 TXS PPR RIR KAN NSH MCH KTY GAT CHI TXS 39th 24
2003 Andretti Green Racing Dallara IR-03 Honda HI3R V8 HMS PHX MOT INDY
22		 TXS PPR RIR KAN NSH MCH GAT KTY NAZ CHI FON TXS 33rd 8
2004 Robby Gordon Motorsports Dallara IR-04 Chevrolet Indy V8 HMS PHX MOT INDY
29		 TXS RIR KAN NSH MIL MCH KTY PPR NAZ CHI FON TXS 36th 10
Indianapolis 500 results
Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team
1993 Lola Ford-Cosworth 25 27 Foyt
1994 Lola Ford-Cosworth 19 5 Walker
1995 Lola Ford-Cosworth 7 5 Walker
1997 G-Force Oldsmobile 12 29 SABCO
1999 Dallara Oldsmobile 4 4 Menard
2000 Dallara Oldsmobile 4 6 Menard
2001 Dallara Oldsmobile 3 21 Foyt/Childress
2002 Dallara Chevrolet 11 8 Menard/Childress
2003 Dallara Honda 3 22 Andretti Green
2004 Dallara Chevrolet 18 29 Gordon

International Race of Champions

(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)

International Race of Champions results
Year Make 1 2 3 4 Pos. Points
1996 Pontiac DAY
2		 TAL
2*		 CLT
12		 MCH
4		 2nd 54
1997 DAY
8		 CLT
2		 CAL MCH
2		 2nd 63

Dakar Rally
Year Class Vehicle Position Stages won
2005 Cars Volkswagen 12th 2
2006 Hummer DNF 0
2007 8th 1
2008 Event cancelled – replaced by Central Europe Rally
2009 Cars Hummer 3rd 0
2010 8th 1
2011 DNF 0
2012 DSQ 1
2013 14th 2
2014 DNF 0
2015 19th 1
2016 Gordini 25th 0
2017 Did not enter
2018
2019 Cars Arctic Cat 49th 0

Stadium Super Trucks

(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)

Stadium Super Trucks results
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 SSTC Pts Ref
2013 PHO
3		 LBH
2		 LAN
1		 SDG
3		 SDG
1		 STL
2		 TOR
6		 TOR
2		 CRA
2		 CRA
3		 OCF
1		 OCF
2		 OCF
4		 CPL
2		 1st 403 [67]
2014 STP
1		 STP
2		 LBH
1		 IMS
1		 IMS
5		 DET
2		 DET
5		 DET
3		 AUS
3		 TOR
2		 TOR
2		 OCF
1		 OCF
2		 CSS
1		 LVV
1		 LVV
2		 1st 492 [7]
2015 ADE
2		 ADE
2		 ADE
2		 STP
3		 STP
3		 LBH
3		 DET
1		 DET
6		 DET
7		 AUS
2		 TOR
3		 TOR
3		 OCF
2		 OCF
3		 OCF
2		 SRF
4		 SRF
2		 SRF
3		 SRF
8		 SYD
8		 LVV
10		 LVV
2		 2nd 584 [68]
2016 ADE
4		 ADE
3		 ADE
2		 STP
5		 STP
9		 LBH
11		 LBH
2*		 DET DET DET
6		 TOW
11		 TOW
1*		 TOW
10		 TOR
4		 TOR
3		 CLT
3		 CLT
10		 OCF
1		 OCF
5		 SRF
5		 SRF
1*		 SRF
4		 3rd 444 [69]
2017 ADE
12		 ADE
3		 ADE
4		 STP
1*		 STP
3		 LBH
4		 LBH
1*		 BAR
4		 BAR
1		 BAR
2		 DET DET TEX
2		 TEX
4		 HID
2		 HID
3		 HID
2		 BEI
2		 GLN
1*		 GLN
2		 ELS
3		 ELS
3		 3rd 530 [70]
2018 ELS
4*		 ADE
11		 ADE
1*		 ADE
10*		 LBH
2		 LBH
4		 BAR
5		 BAR
11		 DET
Rpl†		 DET
Rpl†		 TEX
5		 TEX
3		 ROA
1		 ROA
6		 SMP
4		 SMP
4		 HLN
10		 HLN
5		 MXC
1		 MXC
4		 3rd 410 [71]
2019 COA
2		 COA
5		 TEX
7		 TEX
3		 LBH
9		 LBH
1*		 TOR
3		 TOR
4		 MOH
4		 MOH
6		 MOH
1		 MOH
4		 ROA
2*		 ROA
6		 ROA
3*		 POR
4		 POR
4		 SRF
1		 SRF
4		 2nd 422 [72]
2020 ADE
1*		 ADE
2		 ADE
2		 ROA
3		 ROA
2		 N/A – [73][74]
† – Replaced by Russell Boyle, points went to Gordon

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
First		 Stadium Super Trucks Champion
2013–2014		 Succeeded by
Sheldon Creed
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