SCENE & HEARD
Friday, November 17, 2006
Just catching 40 winks
7:14 PM
A visitor to Robby Gordon's Nextel Cup hauler right after practice caught him laying on one of the counters, looking like he was ready to catch a few Z's. He had a right to, as he had flown part of the night to get from Mexico back to Key Largo, Fla., at 9 o'clock Friday morning.
Gordon, you see, won his third career Baja 1000 off-road race, driving the first 750 miles in his Robby Gordon Motorsports Red Bull Trophy Truck before handing off to its regular driver, Andy McMillin, who took it home.
Gordon, who started 31st of 36 Trophy Trucks, didn't take the lead on time until the race had covered 450 miles, and he wasn't the first vehicle on course until the 600-mile mark. He'll never complain about the length of the Coca-Cola 600 again.
"We are really, really happy with the progress we have made with our off-road program and we obviously are working hard on our Nextel Cup cars as well," Gordon said, before he broke his Chevrolet's engine and qualified 35th. "The field is just so tight now, fractions of a second make a big difference."
I hope he sleeps well in the Keys tonight.
-- Dave Rodman
Gordon, you see, won his third career Baja 1000 off-road race, driving the first 750 miles in his Robby Gordon Motorsports Red Bull Trophy Truck before handing off to its regular driver, Andy McMillin, who took it home.
Gordon, who started 31st of 36 Trophy Trucks, didn't take the lead on time until the race had covered 450 miles, and he wasn't the first vehicle on course until the 600-mile mark. He'll never complain about the length of the Coca-Cola 600 again.
"We are really, really happy with the progress we have made with our off-road program and we obviously are working hard on our Nextel Cup cars as well," Gordon said, before he broke his Chevrolet's engine and qualified 35th. "The field is just so tight now, fractions of a second make a big difference."
I hope he sleeps well in the Keys tonight.
-- Dave Rodman
Nice to finally see a pleasant article about Robby. So much talk last week about Kurt Busch becoming an honary sherrif's deputy, but the guy riding the injured deputy around and autographing a firesuit for him was Robby Gordon and the young officer was beyond thrilled.
way to go robby. our family has watched your career for years..we've seen you jump the truck in glamis like no one else can! congrats on your 1000 win!!
Three cheers for Robby!
I'll echo that sentiment.....NICE TO SEE A GOOD ARTICLE ON ROBBY!!
Way to go Robby and Andy!
Way to go Robby and Andy!
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