Robby Gordon News

Testing at Road America

Testing at Road America

June 16, 1998
Tuesday several NASCAR Winston Cup teams will test at Road Atlanta Motor Sports Center. It started with Cale Yarborough(with Rich Bickle) booking the test session, to test for the upcoming Sears Point Save Mart 250 in two weeks. Other teams piggybacked on that and

Some rumored replacements for the #8 Circuit City Chevy

Some rumored replacements for the #8 Circuit City Chevy

May 25, 1998
Of course Buckshot Jones at Dover and Richmond; Andy Hillenburg possibly in for Michigan and Daytona; Robby Gordon is also being rumored.(5-25-98)

No Robby Gordon in the #50

No Robby Gordon in the #50

April 30, 1998
Talks with Robby Gordon almost worked out but it appears that Robby will not be in the #50 car this year. The only race that was still a possibility was the Winston Open and it appears as though Jack Sprague will drive that race for the Bud team. Also don't be surprised

Final decision on #50 driver coming

Final decision on #50 driver coming

April 26, 1998
John Hendrick said he'll meet with Budweiser officials tomorrow to make a final decision on who'll be behind the wheel of the No. 50 car for the rest of the season. Craven had been the driver before he had to step aside because of post-concussion syndrome. Busch regular

Robby Gordon, Dallenbach options to replace Craven

Robby Gordon, Dallenbach options to replace Craven

April 26, 1998
Word from several sources is that Robby Gordon is a long shot to replace Craven/LaJoie in the No. 50 car. A new possibility is Wally Dallenbach, who's been struggling in his second season for Team Sabco. Word is that crew chief Tony Furr would love the chance to work

McDonald’s sponsoring Setzer at Talladega

McDonald’s sponsoring Setzer at Talladega

April 21, 1998
McDonald's announced today its sponsorship of Bill Elliott Racing's second entry into the DieHard 500 at Talladega on April 26. The #89 McRib Sandwich THUNDERBIRD, driven by Dennis Setzer of NASCAR's Busch Series, will be a one-race sponsorship

Robby in for Ricky?

Robby in for Ricky?

April 17, 1998
"Robby Gordon, a talented but volatile Indy-car star whose NASCAR rookie season didn't go quite as well as he expected it to, might be back on the stock-car circuit later this season as a substitute for injured Ricky Craven, according to NASCAR sources."(JournalNow

Robin Miller talks about Robby Gordon

Robin Miller talks about Robby Gordon

April 11, 1998
Robin Miller of SpeedNet answered a question about Robby Gordon taking over for Ricky Craven in the #50 Bud car for a few races: "R Gordon told me last weekend that he would be driving a stock car at the Brickyard (and maybe Fontana)."(SpeedNet)(4-11-98)

Robby Gordon testing

Robby Gordon testing

March 29, 1998
I hear Robby Gordon may help Kenny Irwin and Robert Yates test at Sonoma in May and he is definitely testing with David Green at Charlotte in April in a Buz McCall Chevy and possible run a few races for McCall's team. Also rumors are still floating around that he may

10-12 races for LaJoie?

10-12 races for LaJoie?

March 24, 1998
RPM2Nite mentioned that Randy LaJoie may run 10 of the next 12 races in the #50 Bud Chevy, didn't mention anyone else but possibly Robby Gordon(3-24-98)

Robby Gordon to CART?

Robby Gordon to CART?

March 22, 1998
"Robby Gordon, in line for Hiro Matsushita's ride in CART when King Hiro retires early this season, continues to make waves in NASCAR, even with consideration of his abortive drive for Felix Sabates last season. Gordon will test for Buz McCall's No. 96 Winston Cup

Gordon in the #50?

Gordon in the #50?

March 22, 1998
"Robby Gordon also apparently is the top choice as sub driver of Rick Hendrick's No. 50 Budweiser car. Regular wheelman Ricky Craven stepped down this weekend due to an accumulation of injuries over the past two seasons, especially at Texas (April 1997) and Phoenix

Robby Gordon to test?

Robby Gordon to test?

March 21, 1998
The #96 Buz McCall Caterpillar Chevy team may have Robby Gordon test one of their cars at an upcoming test at Charlotte(NSSN)(3-21-98)

Robby Gordon to run CART

Robby Gordon to run CART

March 13, 1998
UPDATE: Robby Gordon will make an announcement about his racing plans for the 1998 season on Friday 3/13. It looks like a full-time CART ride(RPM2Nite)(3-12-98) - Gordon announced he will run most of the CART season in the Panasonic CART car starting at Nazareth(3-

Robby Gordon looking

Robby Gordon looking

February 9, 1998
SpeedNet reports that Robby Gordon was in Daytona looking for a team that would hire him for half a dozen NASCAR races.(2-9-98) (02-09-1998)