Robby Gordon
Robby Gordon
Robert W. "Robby" Gordonis an American racecar driver. He has raced in NASCAR, CART, IndyCar, Trans-Am, IMSA, IROC and Dakar Rally. He currently competes in the Speed Energy Formula Off-Road series, a series that he had created in 2013...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth2 January 1969
CityCerritos, CA
believe car cars confident determines field ours prepared stay teams top wood
The Wood Brothers' car and ours are the only one-car teams in the top 25 (in points), and I'm very confident that we'll be able to stay there. It's not about how many cars you field that determines where you'll finish, it's how well prepared each of those cars are, and I believe we're as well prepared as most.
car corners fastest fuel good laps mileage six stuck
Probably two more corners and we would have got him. We had the fastest car all day. We stuck to our strategy. We only got six laps of practice, and we didn't have a good fuel mileage number.
almost angry asking giving home house obviously people race raise rather wrecked
People started asking me almost immediately after the race if they could have my helmet, and rather than just giving it away, we'll use it to raise more money. Obviously I'm still angry about getting wrecked intentionally, but at the end of the day I still have a house to go home to which is a lot more than a lot of people can say.
backwards best clean decisions far good hopefully job lap possibly race score smartest somebody thinks wrong
It doesn't have to be me, but if somebody thinks I did them wrong then-bam-you're around backwards and a lap down before you know it. Hopefully I've raced everyone clean so far this year, and I can have a good top-10 finish. I'm just going to do the best job that I can in qualifying and make the smoothest, smartest decisions in the race that I possibly can and score the best result.
chickens egg everybody tony
Tony got everybody started, and bam! - they all ran. You get one egg and, before you know it, you've got chickens everywhere.
car cars four front good happy help race run
We've got a good race car that we think we can take to the front on Thursday, and there are also four other good cars that could help us out if they run well. It's not a lock, but I'm happy with our effort.
atlanta cars confidence daytona finished procedures processes race structures stuff team thinking year
We're not just thinking of the Daytona 500. We've got cars finished all the way through Atlanta right now. So our race team is a lot better race team and we've got a lot of confidence in our guys. We're getting our structures and processes and procedures and all that stuff in place where a year ago, we didn't have that.
chance desert forward knew legs looking stretch terrain
We were really looking forward to this stage, as we knew this would be our first chance to let our Hummer stretch its legs in the desert terrain for which it was designed.
apologize chose emotions race words
First and foremost, I want to apologize for the words I chose immediately after our race had ended. I let my emotions get the better of me and I apologize.
damn drive face good hate love wheels
Face it, Love me or hate me, I'm going to give you a damn good show and drive the wheels off it.
fifth finish race whatever win
No. Let's race to win every race. If we can't win, let's take a fifth or 10th or 12th-place finish or whatever it may be. But let's go to try and win every race.
air car clean easily fast finish fought front guys happened laps loss position running track ultimately
We had a top-10 car and one that could easily keep up, but with the guys out front in clean air running such fast laps, the loss of track position ultimately put us two laps down. Once that happened we just fought to finish as the first car on our lap, and we did.
anyone garage guys hard harder proud result run team worked
We worked really hard today. I can say one thing: there isn't anyone in this garage that has worked harder than we have to be competitive. For a one-car team to be able to run with these guys, I'm proud of my guys and proud of what we're doing. I'm just disappointed with the result we got today.
races run sitting thick types year
You run those types of races all year long, you find yourself sitting here right in the thick of the Chase.