Daytona 500: 26 Days and Counting
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 12:17pm UTC
By Luke, Thunder Lounge
Published on Thunder Lounge.
Robby Gordon
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2007 Stats
- Organization: Robby Gordon Motorsports
- Car Number: 7
- Crew Chief: Peter Sospenzo
- Sponsor: Jim Beam
- Points: 26th :: 3014 :: -3709
- Starts: 35
- Poles: 0
- Wins: 0
- Top 5′s: 1
- Top 10′s: 2
- Winnings: $3,090,000
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2008 Preview
- Organization: Robby Gordon Motorsports
- Car Number: 7
- Crew Chief: Frank Kerr
- Sponsor: Jim Beam
Whether you like Robby or not, you have to respect his accomplishments and hard work. He is the most successful single car team in NASCAR, and in case you were unaware, he also owns the team as well.
Unlike a year ago, Robby Gordon will pull into Daytona for Speedweeks with a guarantee that he will be in the show. He was the only single car team to have a position in the Top-35 when the 2007 shook out at the concusion in Homestead.
2007 also saw Robby’s first year under the Ford banner, after moving from Chevrolet. Supported, naturally, by that Yates/Roush power he was actually on a rampage early on in the year. However, a little bit of a cash in of interest on his luck withdrawl, the Luck Bank him a few times and swiped a few (potentially) really good finishes from his grasp. He may have finished 26th in points (28th in the Owners Points), but that isn’t exactly a marker of how well he ran. Then again, a lot of teams can say that as well, but few can actually back it up week in anweek out. As a single car team, Robby has to potential to win. Something almost unheard of in todays Cup Series.
While nothing is ever perfect, I can tell you that there are plenty of teams that would love to have his problems. If Robby did his homework over the off season, and you can bet he did, he’ll continue to find success in the series.
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Filed Under: Drivers, Nascar, Nextel Cup, Robby Gordon, Robby Gordon Motorsports #7, Sprint Cup, Teams
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