Team Robby Gordon Offroad
Based Anaheim, Califronia
Chassis Robby Gordon Off-Road
Engine Chevrolet, buitl by Childress Racing
900 Horsepower
BIO

Ask Robby Gordon what he has planned for the weekend and the answer will almost always be the same - racing. Gordon is one of the busiest racecar drivers in the United States, and one of the most versatile. The six time off-road champion has also found success on the NASCAR circuit and he’s a familiar face at the Indianapolis 500, too.

  
   Growing up in Bellflower, California, Gordon was drawn to anything with
a motor. By age eight, he was racing motorcycles, and as soon as he turned
16, he jumped behind the wheel of a car.

   The young driver won the first off-road race he entered, the Nevada 400 in 1985. The following years brought Gordon half a dozen off-road champion- ships and wins including the grueling Baja 1000 in both 1987 and 1989. But as much as he loved the no-holds-barred spirit of streaking across the desert landscape, he was eager to try other forms of motorsports.

   So in 1990, Gordon decided to try his hand with sports cars and he quickly proved himself a force to be reckoned with by winning five GTO races in 1991 and a Trans-Am race in 1992. By 1993, he was driving an Indy car for the legendary A.J. Foyt.

   Success after success followed, with wins and podium finishes in CART and the International Race of Champions (IROC). Meanwhile, Gordon became increasingly involved in NASCAR’s Winston Cup Series. He drove for various Winston Cup teams until he landed a ride with Richard Childress Racing in the No. 31 entry where he again found success capturing several wins and podium finishes.

   In 2004, Gordon competed in his first Dakar Rally as a part of the Red Bull Volkswagen Race team, where he became the first American to win in the car division. Traveling from Barcelona, Spain to Dakar, Senegal in West Africa, this world renown race covers more than 5,000 miles of territory and is billed as the world’s most grueling road race.

   On off days, Gordon splits his time between California, where he has his off road store and fabrication facility - Robby Gordon Off-Road - and North Carolina, the heart of NASCAR country.

Godon wins 2005 baja 500 overall
ENSENADA, Mexico—Returning to his racing roots, NASCAR Team Owner/Driver Robby Gordon began his double-duty weekend with a stunning overall 4-wheel and SCORE Trophy-Truck victory in the 37th Tecate SCORE Baja 500 desert race in Ensenada, Mexico June 4th. Leaving shortly after finishing the race to return to Dover, Del., to drive in Sunday’s NASCAR Nextel Cup race, Gordon charged to the front early in his No. 83 Red Bull Chevy CK1500 and stayed there, covering the brutally-tough 419-mile course in 9 hours, 10 minutes, 32 seconds, averaging 45.66 miles per hour.

Gordon, 36, who lives in Cornelius, N.C. and races out of his Robby Gordon desert race team shop in Anaheim, Calif., captured the 4-wheel vehicle win with a flawless, flat-free race over a boulder-strewn, silt-grabbing desert course in front of a massive crowd estimated at over 150,000 spread out...


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