It’s official, the Spirit of Daytona team grew by one more really hot shoe Saturday as Nextel Cup driver Robby Gordon was added to the team’s roster for Saturday’s Rolex 24 At Daytona. Gordon joins Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tony Stewart, Kyle Petty and Jimmie Johnson in the temporary leap from NASCAR to open-wheel racing for the Jan. 31-Feb. 1 endurance event at Daytona International Speedway. With five top-10 and four top-five overall finishes in the five Rolex 24 events in which he has participated, Gordon has demonstrated an ability to drive in a race that calls as much upon a driver’s finesse as it does shear speed. Gordon will team with the Spirit’s regular driving duo of Goad and IRL veteran Gregoire (greg-WAH) in a Crawford DP03 Daytona Prototype.(Daytona Beach News Journal)(1-25-2004)
