Robby Gordon Mailbag: Top 10 will take work

What would mean more to you this year, finishing in the top 10 in points or winning two races? I think you can do both if you can stay out of other driver's messes.

-- Shawn Gregory

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It's going to probably take both, unfortunately. We'll likely need the win to get into the top 10 in points. Just riding around won't score us any points. We've got some really good tracks coming up like Loudon, Indy and Watkins Glen. We can win at those tracks but if we can't win, we'll take the best result we can and keep earning points.

Any chance you will run any Busch or Truck races this year?

--Scott Hansen

I'd love to run a couple of races in either series but I don't have anything put together at this point. It just depends on the opportunity.

After the wreck at Daytona last week, you were right about Kurt Busch running over the yellow line and disrupting the car's balance. My question is regarding the Brickyard 400. Is there anything you've learned running the IRL cars at Indy that help you in the Cup car?

--Jeff Hazard

There's not a lot that I can take back and forth between the two series except for the experience on the speedway and how the track changes during the day.

Robby, during the days leading up to the "Double Duty" race weekend you commented about the endurance factor. You also mentioned that you felt like you were in pretty good shape physically. Do you work out on a regular basis with some type of conditioning exercises?

--Rick Payne

To be honest, I don't work out nearly as much as I should. I've got a lot of experience competing in endurance races like the Baja 1000 and that has helped me a lot when it comes to the Double Duty and the Baja.

I would like to know exactly what Robby meant when he said, "This boogity-boogity-boogity stuff I don't get. But he's from Kentucky, so he's a little different to start with."

--Wayne Fugate

I meant absolutely no disrespect toward Darrell on that because I consider him a good friend and we joke around with each other a lot. He was a great racer and now does a terrific job in the TV booth. I was joking around because I still don't know what a 'boogity-boogity-boogity' is. What is a 'boogity-boogity-boogity' anyway? Darrell is always joking about me being different because I'm from California. I was just giving it back to him a bit but it was all in fun.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought if you went below the yellow line at Daytona to pass and improve your position, you would be penalized. If this is true, why between laps 44 and 48 in the Pepsi 400 was our points leader Matt Kenseth able to do this and get away with it? Had this pass not been made, do you think you would have still been in the position you were to get caught up in the wreck?

-- Ralph Davis

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I guess I didn't see the incident you're talking about and I'm assuming NASCAR didn't, either. That's the reason he got away with it if he did it.

Can you consider coming to Puerto Rico for the First San Juan Grand Prix on October 2003?? Congratulations on your win at California and sorry about Daytona.

-- Jose De Jesus

I would love to go to Puerto Rico for that race but we have 20 races in a row until the season ends and it just won't be possible this year.

Any chance of you running the Busch North race at Watkins Glen the day before the Winston Cup race?

-- Rob Bowman

I don't have anything put together yet but I would definitely like to run the Busch North race.

Robby Gordon drives the No. 31 Cingular Wireless Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. Before arriving in NASCAR's top division, Gordon enjoyed success in the CART Series and off-road racing. Throughout the 2003 Winston Cup season, Gordon will answer questions from SI.com users in a weekly Mailbag.