Robby Gordon News

9/10/1997

9/10/1997

September 10, 1997
I hear the IRL (Indy Racing League) went to Dover to TALK about a date, not test.(wow, those cars would fly around that track). However, Robby Gordon did test at Dover Downs on Monday & Tuesday(9-8/9) since he missed the spring race. He hit the wall in turn #1 on

9/9/1997

9/9/1997

September 9, 1997
"Car owner Andy Petree still has hopes of forming a second team, possibly with Robby Gordon as the driver"(iRace)(9-9-97)

9/8/1997

9/8/1997

September 8, 1997
I hear US Tobacco(UST) will double it budget with the Petree team and bring on board Copenhagen(Sister company to Skoal) as a sponsor of a second car with Robby Gordon as the driver(9-8-97)

9/8/1997

9/8/1997

September 8, 1997
"Robby Gordon's proposed CART Indy-car deal for next season has fallen through, according to sources close to the situation, and Gordon this weekend is back in negotiations with Andy Petree to drive as Kenny Schrader's teammate in a two-car team in 1998."(JournalNow

9/5/1997

9/5/1997

September 5, 1997
Robby Gordon, being interviewed during qualifying, said his CART deal with Barry Green's "Team Green" has fell through and he is basically a free agent. When asked, he just said he wanted to go to a team that could win and run at the front, didn't seem to care if

9/3/1997

9/3/1997

September 3, 1997
"Car owner Andy Petree is still considering forming a second team, possibly with Robby Gordon as the driver"(iRace)(9-3-97)

8/30/1997

8/30/1997

August 30, 1997
No Surprise here: "Sterling Marlin will announce his plans to join Sabco Racing at Charlotte in October. Sterling will take the seat vacated by Robby Gordon, who is still in question as to his plans for 1998. Rumor also has it that Sterling's engine builder at Morgan

8/30/1997

8/30/1997

August 30, 1997
"•Andy Petree says he's still working to build a second team and he's talking with Robby Gordon about driving for him. Gordon signed a contract to drive a Brown and Williamson car on the CART Indy-car tour next season, but Petree says he might be able to put together

8/29/1997

8/29/1997

August 29, 1997
How about this rumor from FastTrack Magazine who report that Robby Gordon will drive a third Richard Childress car at select races next season as Childress hopes to field an IRL team in the future and wants to secure Gordon(Don from the John Andretti page )(8-29-97

8/13/1997

8/13/1997

August 13, 1997
Robby Gordon plans on making a career decision within the next 3-4 days, so expect an announcement this week sometime(RPM2Nite)(my bet is CART's Team KOOL). Gordon says he has looked ''very seriously'' at starting his own Winston Cup team. Has set a date of 8-15 for

8/12/1997

8/12/1997

August 12, 1997
I hear that Robby Gordon has been offered the ride with the Team KOOL-Green Cart team for 1997, the story is at SpeedNet .(thanks to many readers for the news)(8-12-97)

8/11/1997

8/11/1997

August 11, 1997
This a partial from a Robby Gordon story on the JournalNow site: "Ironically, Gordon is on the comeback trail, apparently out of this ride with Felix Sabates at the end of the season and out in the job market looking for a new ride -- perhaps just the man Larry McClure

8/9/1997

8/9/1997

August 9, 1997
"Robby Gordon has decided he wants to run the Winston Cup tour again next season, according to sources close to the situation. But Felix Sabates and Sterling Marlin are reported to have come to terms with sponsor Coors for that ride next season. And with Wally Dallenbach

8/2/1997

8/2/1997

August 2, 1997
The JournalNow mentions in an article about Robby Gordon, that Robert Yates might be going with a third Cup team next season, there is speculation that Gordon might get the nod. After all Gordon was Yates' pick several years ago for a one-shot deal(after Davey Allison

7/27/1997

7/27/1997

July 27, 1997
Robby Gordon said he and NASCAR Winston Cup team owner Felix Sabates have set an 8-15 date to decide which direction they will go in 1998. Gordon has the first option to purchase the IRL equipment from Sabates for what the driver called "fair market value." Saturday