TMW - 11-3-2005 at 06:01 PM
It's offical, Robby Gordon and Andy McMillin will race the Red Bull Toyo tires Trophy Truck in 2006. Robby will race in the 500 and 1000 and Andy will
race the four other Score races. The Robby Gordon and McMillin's will pool their pits and service both families race vehicles. When I get home tonight
I'll post the actual press release.
thebajarunner - 11-3-2005 at 06:34 PM
What is also official is that Robby is missing too many NASCAR Cup races!
Like last week, DNQ.
Gonna be hard to keep sponsors at that rate, and sponsors are what drives the car, not the knucklehead holding the wheel.
Methinks the boy needs to concentrate on what puts money in the bank, not ego on the mantle.
capt. mike - 11-4-2005 at 06:15 AM
i personally think Gordon is a rich spoiled pompous burro....but that's just an impression from his film appearances!
TMW - 11-4-2005 at 08:43 AM
Here's the full text from www.robbygordon.com.
Red Bull Team Gordon to Campaign Full
SCORE Season with Andy McMillin
For the first time since the 1996 season, when Robby Gordon won five of seven events and cruised to a SCORE International points? championship, Red
Bull Team Gordon will again seek a series title by campaigning a Trophy Truck for the full season in 2006.
Gordon, a two-time winner of the famed Baja 1000 and defending champion of the Baja 500, will share driving duties with Andy McMillin in the
Baja 500 and Baja 1000, and McMillin will drive the Red Bull/Toyo Tires truck for Team Gordon in the series? remaining four races.
McMillin, 18, of Poway, Calif., was the 2004 SCORE Rookie of the Year and is contending for a series championship as the 2005 season draws
to a close.
?As we continue to grow our company in all forms of motorsports including SCORE, NASCAR, Indy Cars and Dakar, we need to start building some
of our programs around young capable drivers like Andy,? Gordon said. ?Our families (the McMillins and Gordons) have raced against each other for
more than 20 years, and having Andy drive our truck will allow us to again compete for a championship in the series that gave me my start in auto
racing. Andy obviously has the potential to become a tremendous race car driver and it?s great to have him on our team as the first full-time driver
we have ever hired at Team Gordon.?
McMillin is currently third in the SCORE Class 1 points? standings, trailing his uncle, Mark McMillin, by a slim seven-point margin and
second-place Damen Jefferies by five.
?Basically growing up in a race car with my father (Scott) and being around off-road racing as much as I have, I have had an opportunity to
watch Robby race against my family and win a lot of races in the desert,? McMillin said. ?It?s a great privilege that he has selected me to drive
with him in the 1000 and the 500 and to drive his truck the rest of the season. Robby?s trucks are always the class of the field, and although we
have had a lot of success in our own McMillin Class 1 cars, Trophy Trucks will be a new experience and something the entire McMillin Racing team is
excited to be part of.?
Team Gordon and McMillin Racing will combine forces to support both the Team Gordon Trophy Truck and the McMillin Racing cars.
TMW - 11-4-2005 at 08:49 AM
I wonder if Scott will share driving with Andy in the 4 other races or continue to race a class 1. Maybe they'll move Mark's son up to class 1. There
possibly could be 3 class 1 cars and 1 TT. A lot of firepower for the overall.
thebajarunner - 11-4-2005 at 04:49 PM
Robby just missed qualifying for his second straight Cup race!
Needs to concentrate on what is important (oops, I already said that)
I rest my case....
I told you so!!!
thebajarunner - 11-7-2005 at 07:50 PM
Jim Beam Rebate? RacingOne is hearing that sponsor Jim Beam is asking #7-Robby Gordon for a "rebate," after 13 DNF's this season