Robby Gordon News

No TV Boxes at Bristol:

No TV Boxes at Bristol:

August 25, 2001
No TV Boxes at Bristol: No cars will telemetry boxes for TV because of the difficulty of getting a signal since mountains surround the track. Batteries in a telemetry box triggered a fire in Robby Gordon's #31 car at Watkins Glen, forcing him out of the race. The boxes

Compton to Petty Enterprises? UPDATE but:

Compton to Petty Enterprises? UPDATE but:

August 23, 2001
Compton to Petty Enterprises? UPDATE but: hearing Stacy Compton is close to signing with Petty Enterprises to drive the #44 Dodge. Compton currently drives the #92 Melling Racing Dodge nad Buckshot Jones currently drives the #44 Dodge(8-21-2001) UPDATE: but the Anniston

Cingular Sponsorship moving? UPDATE 6 to RCR #31? Gordon in – 3yr deal?:

Cingular Sponsorship moving? UPDATE 6 to RCR #31? Gordon in – 3yr deal?:

August 20, 2001
Cingular Sponsorship moving? UPDATE 6 to RCR #31? Gordon in - 3yr deal?: At least four teams are vying for a major sponsorship with Bell Atlantic/Cingular Wireless (Actually it is BellSouth not Bell Atlantic which is Verizon), according to NASCAR sources. The company

Telemetry Boxes:

Telemetry Boxes:

August 20, 2001
Telemetry Boxes: A total of 31 teams ran Sunday's race with telemetry boxes that were made optional after a battery pack powering one caught on fire in Robby Gordon's car caught on fire last week at Watkins Glen. All 43 cars ran the boxes in all of the previous Cup

Why the telemetry box blew:

Why the telemetry box blew:

August 18, 2001
Why the telemetry box blew: A Roush Industries investigation revealed that, as expected, an interior short in a lithium battery ignited the fire in the cockpit of Robby Gordon’s Chevrolet last week that cost Gordon a shot at victory in the Global Crossing at the Glen

Boxes Optional? UPDATE:

Boxes Optional? UPDATE:

August 17, 2001
Boxes Optional? UPDATE: Cars will likely not be required to carry the electronic boxes supplying telemetry about their performance and other data for the television broadcast in this weekend's races at Michigan(That's Racin')(8-17-2001) UPDATE: Telemetry boxes, including

No Backup for Skinner?

No Backup for Skinner?

August 17, 2001
No Backup for Skinner? Despite a noticeable limp, Mike Skinner says he'll be running the BGN #21 Rockwell Automation Chevy on Saturday and the Cup #31 Lowe's Chevy on Sunday without a backup driver. When asked if he would play it by ear on Saturday and try to find

Robby Gordon fired up UPDATE:

Robby Gordon fired up UPDATE:

August 14, 2001
Robby Gordon fired up UPDATE: Robby Gordon had a fire in the #31 Lowes Chevy, the telemetry box used by NBC to monitor rpms, speed and braking reportedly caught on fire when the batteries used to power it came out. (see a Gaston Gazette Column on this: Robby Gordon

Gordon gets 4th win at Watkins Glen:

Gordon gets 4th win at Watkins Glen:

August 12, 2001
Gordon gets 4th win at Watkins Glen: #24-Jeff Gordon wins his 4th career race at Watkins Glen and 7th road course win. It was Gordon's 5th win of 2001 and 57th career Winston Cup win. The rest of the top five were: 2) #99-Jeff Burton; 3) #12-Jeremy Mayfield; 4) #28

Childress Speaks UPDATE:

Childress Speaks UPDATE:

August 10, 2001
Childress Speaks UPDATE: "We'll make some type of announcement of what we're going to do with the 31 and Mike Skinner some time in August. We're looking at about the 15th before we'll have exact... we're hoping to do some stuff by Michigan. We'll probably have some

Watkins Glen Testing UPDATE Monday/Tuesday Speeds:

Watkins Glen Testing UPDATE Monday/Tuesday Speeds:

July 30, 2001
Watkins Glen Testing UPDATE Monday/Tuesday Speeds: Cup drivers make their much-anticipated return to Watkins Glen for the only test session of 2001 on July 30 and 31. This scheduled test session, which is open to the public on Monday, is in preparation for the August

Testing at Indy – Tues/Wed UPDATE 2:

Testing at Indy – Tues/Wed UPDATE 2:

July 26, 2001
Testing at Indy - Tues/Wed UPDATE 2: NASCAR Winston Cup Series testing for this year’s Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway has been set according to the car owner point positions as of June 15, 2001. Those teams in the odd-numbered point positions tested last

Robby Gordon back in the #31 at Pocono UPDATE:

Robby Gordon back in the #31 at Pocono UPDATE:

July 24, 2001
Robby Gordon back in the #31 at Pocono UPDATE: NASCAR.com reports that Robby Gordon, who is on a race-to-race basis with RCR to run the #31 Lowes Chevy, will be back in the car at Pocono next weekend(7-23-2001) UPDATE: FSN's Totally NASCAR reports that Robby Gordon

Skinner Sore but OK UPDATE 6 Gordon in at NHIS, No torn ACL:

Skinner Sore but OK UPDATE 6 Gordon in at NHIS, No torn ACL:

July 19, 2001
Skinner Sore but OK UPDATE 6 Gordon in at NHIS, No torn ACL: #31-Mike Skinner took a hard hit when a front tire blew on his car on Lap 23, pitching him hard into the wall. He was taken to a hospital, was found to have a concussion and a fractured left ankle, and was

Ultra Motorsports to Clear Driver Situation this week UPDATE 2 Wallace in the car for the rest of the year:

Ultra Motorsports to Clear Driver Situation this week UPDATE 2 Wallace in the car for the rest of the year:

July 18, 2001
Ultra Motorsports to Clear Driver Situation this week UPDATE 2 Wallace in the car for the rest of the year: #7 Ultra Motorsports owner Jim Smith on Saturday night said he expected to settle the long-term status of his NASCAR Winston Cup team early in the coming week