How's this for a NASCAR driver?

[B.I.R.M._USA]

Robby Gordon at the Glamis Sand Dunes in his Red Bull Chevrolet CK1500.

He also races the Baja 500 and 1000 and will be entering the Dakar Rally this upcoming year in the Volkswagen Toureg(SP?).

Double Duty at the Indy 500(IRL Race)/ Coca-Cola 600(NASCAR)

 

[GilesGuthrie]

As of day 5, Robby Gordon is doing really well on the Dakar. Two stage wins out of four. And he's conducting himself with real humility too. I'm impressed.

 

[RVDNuT374]

Certain Nascar drivers are more than capable of making right hand turns. The schedule just needs a few more road courses.

 

[eddieturner2002]

I find it funny how some of the Dakar guys just stop and take photos.

 

[wildcard]

He seems like a hot headed guy, so tearing up those off road trucks probably takes the steam off of him! He had a few on track incidents in Nextel Cup this year.

 

[B.I.R.M._USA]

Yeah, but that is why I like him. He doesn't take crap from anyone. When Robby entered one of his first Daytona 500s, Tony Stewart thought he could push anyone around, then found out that Robby pushed back. I like the article that Speedway Illustrated did on Robby in March 2004 issue (the month I also started to attend ITT Technical Institute). An excert:

"He had, however, already been through a full 19993 season as a CART rookie driving for A.J. Foyt. Gordon's youthful SoCal self-assuredness and Foyt's been-there, done-that Texas grit went together like a pool of methanol and a book of matches. There are still stories floating around about a race weekend at Mid-Ohio when Foyt was furious enough to take a poke at Gordon: legend says the punch would have landed had a mechnic not grabbed Foyt's arm in mid-arc.
"'Did A.J. really take a swing at you?' I ask.
"Gordon grins, nods. 'We've pushed each other around a couple times.'
"And once you've all but thrown down with A.J. Freaking Foyt, what's the big deal about swapping insults with Jeff Gordon, or spinning Little E (Dale Earnhardt, Jr.) on pit road? If cocky Robby Gordon didn't back down to Super Tex, did you honestly expect him to back down to (Tony) Stewart? To (Kevin) Harvick? To (Jeff) Burton?
"'You can't let guys push you around,' Gordon says, 'if you let those types of guys walk on you, they're going to walk on you forever.'"

That last statement is pretty true if you look at this season and those who pretty much gave up their ride late in the season like Ward Burton (Jeff Burton's brother and both are Virginia natives along with Ricky Rudd, Elliot and Hermie Sadler, and car owners The Wood Brothers and Junie Donlovie [hope I spelled his name right]) did. He is still unconfirmed if he will be racing this season.

 

[millencolin]

i tell ya what, the guy gets around....CART, dakar rally, Nascar, IRL.....

Im impressed with his performance at the dakar..... he is doin really well, except lost a lot of time with mechanical faults, if it wasnt for that, he'd be right up there