Robby Gordon News

#13 Crew Chief:

#13 Crew Chief:

April 8, 2000
Fred Graves has left Robby Gordon's #13 team as crew chief. Jerry Baxter has assumed those duties. Baxter has been Graves' assistant for the first seven races of the season(That's Racin') AND Fred Graves had left the team to help Brandon Gaughan's start up Winston

AMS Testing:

AMS Testing:

February 25, 2000
Four CUP driver and one BGN driver tested at Atlanta on Thursday. Fastest was #27-Jeff Fuller at 191.471mph. 2nd was #77-Robert Pressley at 190.487, 3rd was #11-Brett Bodine at 189.901 and th was #13-Robby Gordon at 187.847. #15-Derrick Gilchrist tested his Andy Petree

Team Gordon News:

Team Gordon News:

February 20, 2000
#13 Robby Gordon associate sponsors Turtle Wax and Johns Manville have decided to further support owner/driver Robby Gordon's run at the Daytona 500 by taking over the hood of his #13 Ford Taurus for the Daytona 500(NOL)(2-20-2000)

Stewart/Gordon UPDATE 3 Fine:

Stewart/Gordon UPDATE 3 Fine:

February 17, 2000
#13-Robby Gordon and #20-Tony Stewart got together with Gordon getting tapped in the rear and spinning, the roof flaps saved Gordon from getting airbourne, no major damage to either car. Gordon and Stewart had quite a shoving match with Stewart in Stewart garage, no

Team Gordon:

Team Gordon:

February 16, 2000
Lee Morse, former chief of Ford's North American racing operations, who had been Robby Gordon's team manager, left recently to join an engine parts company(SpeedVision)(2-16-2000)

#13 Team Gordon UPDATE:

#13 Team Gordon UPDATE:

February 11, 2000
during an interview on ESPN2's practice coverage, saw the #13 Ford that Robby Gordon will drive and Ingersoll-Rand was on the 1/4 panels of a black car(ESPN2) -- UPDATE: Gordon was interviewed on RPM2Nite and has a Team Woody decal on his uniform along with CD2. Another

Gordon and Panosonic?

Gordon and Panosonic?

February 9, 2000
heard from readers that on Eli Gold's radio show last night, NASCAR Live, Robby Gordon mentioned that he was in NYC recently New York City negotiating with Panasonic to be a sponsor for his Cup team(2-9-2000)

Vegas Testing:

Vegas Testing:

January 18, 2000
Seven-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt will return to the driver's seat for the first time since December back surgery by heading a list of 36 drivers from the CUP and BGN series who have scheduled testing times Jan. 31-Feb. 2 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

No Indy for Robby:

No Indy for Robby:

January 13, 2000
Former CART driver Robby Gordon is entrenched in Winston Cup racing these days, and he said he will not race in the Indianapolis 500 in May. He said his sponsors want his full attention on the 34-race CUP schedule(Detroit News)(1-13-2000)

Testing:

Testing:

January 3, 2000
Team Gordon #13 Ford and driver Robby Gordon will do a shakedown test Tuesday 4th at Lakeland, FL.(Team Gordon)(1-3-2000)

Ganassi/Cup

Ganassi/Cup

December 22, 1999
UPDATE 2 No? Maybe: Chip Ganassi and Target will field a NASCAR Winston Cup team, starting in 2001, with Terry Labonte's former team manager Andy Graves calling the shots. As for joining the open-wheel exodus to stock cars (A.J. Foyt, Robby Gordon, Cal Wells), Ganassi

Ganassi/Cup UPDATE 2 No? Maybe:

Ganassi/Cup UPDATE 2 No? Maybe:

December 20, 1999
Chip Ganassi and Target will field a NASCAR Winston Cup team, starting in 2001, with Terry Labonte's former team manager Andy Graves calling the shots. As for joining the open-wheel exodus to stock cars (A.J. Foyt, Robby Gordon, Cal Wells), Ganassi said he preferred

Team Gordon

Team Gordon

December 14, 1999
UPDATE 2: also mentioned on RPM2Nite was that Robby Gordon/Team Gordon may announce their primary sponsor for the #13 Ford on Friday -- UPDATE: one rumor has UPS as the sponsor -- UPDATE: have been told that both rumors are incorrect, there will be no announcement

Team Gordon UPDATE 2:

Team Gordon UPDATE 2:

December 13, 1999
also mentioned on RPM2Nite was that Robby Gordon/Team Gordon may announce their primary sponsor for the #13 Ford on Friday -- UPDATE: one rumor has UPS as the sponsor -- UPDATE: have been told that both rumors are incorrect, there will be no announcement Friday and

Yarborough Sold?

Yarborough Sold?

November 26, 1999
UPDATE Yep: hearing the #98 Cale Yarborough team has been sold, no word on the buyer but I hear it is not Robby Gordon or Bob Lane -- UPDATE: Cale Yarborough has sold his Winston Cup #98 team to a group of investors headed by Tampa, FL, businessman Tony Misuraca. Misuraca