#13-Robby Gordon didn’t make a first round attempt at Daytona for the Pepsi 400, as he was very slow and the team is regrouping for a 2nd round run at 6:30pm/et on Friday. Gordon also said he was waiting on a gearbox(transmission?) to arrive. Heard that Gordon was unhappy with the Yates engines he got for qualifying, voiced his opinion, so Yates pulled ther motor, if so, that could be the reason no attempt was made, no motor UPDATE: Gordon has made a deal with Penske Racing’s Larry Wallace and installed a Penske engine in preparation for the second (and final) round on Friday(SpeedVision)(6-30-2000) UPDATE 2: Robby Gordon failed to qualify for the Pepsi 400 at Daytona, his third DNQ of the year and it lit a fuse. Gordon, who started the year with Pro Motor as his engine supplier before switching to Yates, went to Robert Yates at Daytona and asked for the engine that won the pole in Dale Jarrett’s car or the engine that won the outside pole in Ricky Rudd’s car. Yates, who insiders consistently tell us provides his customers with engines as good as and sometimes better than those provided to his own drivers, declined. Gordon returned all of the Yates equipment in his possession, borrowed an engine from Rusty Wallace, and failed to qualify anyhow(Speedway Illustrated) AND some notes to clarify: The #13 team couldn’t get up to speed in Thursday’s practice. The team decided not to qualify for the first round based on a number of things but not because they didn’t have a mote as the original Yates engine was in the car contrary to what was reported earlier. The Penske engine didn’t go in the #13 until Friday morning. The #13 team asked Yates for the #28 qualifying motor and was told ‘no’, then asked if they could put another Yates motor in for comparison and was told that it would not be a good idea. #75-Dallenbach used the Yates engine the #28 qualified with in first round, for his 2nd round attempt(7-4-2000)
