Robby Gordon
- January 5, 2024
- Race Car Driver
Quick Facts
Full Name | Robby Gordon |
Occupation | Race Car Driver |
Date Of Birth | Jan 2, 1969(1969-01-02) |
Age | 55 |
Birthplace | Cerritos |
Country | United States |
Birth City | California |
Horoscope | Capricorn |
Robby Gordon Biography
Name | Robby Gordon |
Birthday | Jan 2 |
Birth Year | 1969 |
Place Of Birth | Cerritos |
Home Town | California |
Birth Country | United States |
Birth Sign | Capricorn |
Parents | Robert Gordon, Marlene Gordon |
Siblings | Beccy Gordon, Robyn Gordon, Haylee Gordon |
Children(s) | Max Gordon |
Robby Gordon is one of the most popular and richest Race Car Driver who was born on January 2, 1969 in Cerritos, California, United States. He was a NASCAR driver who started his career in 1991. He co-founded Stadium Super Trucks, and later became the owner of Robby Gordon Motorsports.
At the 2001 Sears Point Race, he finished second to He finished second to Tony Stewart at the 2001 Sears Point race..
Robert Wesley Gordon (born January 2, 1969) is an American auto racing driver. He has raced in NASCAR, CART, IndyCar, Trans-Am, IMSA, IROC and Dakar Rally. He is still very actively racing in top tier off road motorsports such as BITD, NORRA, and SCORE International.
Gordon, the son of off-road racer “Baja Bob” Gordon, started out competing in off road racing. He won five consecutive SCORE International off-road class championships from 1986–1990, a sixth championship in 1996, and a seventh championship in 2009. Gordon also won two championships in the Mickey Thompson stadium series, three Baja 500 in 1989, 1990, and 2005, and three Baja 1000 in 1987, 1989, and 2006.
Renee White was his long-term partner, which ended in 2010.
Robby Gordon Net Worth
Net Worth | $40 Million |
Source Of Income | Race Car Driver |
House | Living in own house. |
Robby Gordon is one of the richest Race Car Driver from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Robby Gordon 's net worth $40 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
In 1986, he began his racing career off-road.
In June 2012, he founded the Stadium Super Truck Series.
While driving part-time for Fitz, Robby Gordon also drove a couple races for RGM. Gordon drove his No. 55 Mapei/Menards Dodge in the Chicagoland Race in July. He also started the Watkins Glen race in his No. 55 Jim Beam Dodge in 2nd place and finished in 19th position.
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During his time in open-wheel, Gordon earned a reputation as a tough and sometimes overly aggressive racer. According to Gordon, though his decision to leave open wheel was based largely on “safety concerns,” significantly more plausible an explanation to Gordon’s estrangement from top-tier opened-wheel racing in North America is directly attributable to a high profile incident during the 1996 Grand Prix of Cleveland, where Gordon was evidenced to have exited his vehicle mid-race, after a mechanical failure, and while standing atop his car, Gordon kicked Ford Motor Company logo, on live national television.
Facts & Trivia
Robby Ranked on the list of most popular Race Car Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Robby Gordon celebrates birthday on January 2 of every year.
In the 2001 New Hampshire 300 the race was postponed due to the 9/11 attacks and Jeff Gordon clinched the 2001 Cup championship the previous week at Atlanta. The race was held around Thanksgiving in 2001 and Gordon driving the No. 31 Richard Childress Racing car, after Mike Skinner chose to retire from RCR after he was nearly killed in a crash at a previous race, won his first race in the Cup series after an incident with Jeff Gordon: with 16 laps to go Jeff was leading and hoping to make his points lead bigger in his inevitable margin against Tony Stewart by winning the race but Robby in the No. 31 drove up to second place and made slight contact, getting Jeff Gordon loose, and therefore giving Robby the lead. Jeff was angered and rushed up to Robby under caution and retaliated by trying to cut down Robby’s tire but was black- flagged before he could make a second attempt to get to the No. 31’s tire. Jeff served a one lap penalty, still won the championship and managed to race in the middle of the pack. Jeff would eventually work his way back up to a 15th-place finish. Robby on the final restart pulled away from Sterling Marlin and won his first cup race and first victory on an oval in the NASCAR Cup series. This win gave Robby the No. 31 RCR car for a multi-year deal after
- Jeff when interviewed maintained that he should have not been penalized and publicly retorted to Robby that he should have been embarrassed to have won in the way that the finish was; Robby said in reply that he Jeff “should be embarrassed for retaliating like he did.” Robby then promised to donate all his winning money by division to the 9/11 victims’ relatives. (35)
Where does Robby Gordon get his money?
Last updated on: April 14, 2022. Gordon owns and competes in the Stadium Super Trucks (SST) , a series he formed in 2013 and whose championship he won in 2013 and 2014. He also operates the Speed family of brands, which includes the energy drink Speed Energy that has sponsored his racing efforts since 2010.
Has Robby Gordon won the Baja 1000?
As a driver, Gordon won the Baja 1000 three times (1987, 1989, 2006) , the Baja 500 four times (1989, 1990, 2005, 2013) and captured seven SCORE championships (five of them consecutive, from 1986 to 1990, and again in 1996 and 2009) and two Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group stadium racing titles.
Who is Robby Gordon's wife?
The bodies of Robert Gordon, 68, and his wife, Sharon Gordon , 57, were discovered at 5 p.m. in the 1400 block of North Kennymead Street, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
What happened to Robby Gordon at the Mint 400?
When the results were finalized, Gordon was ruled disqualified after a number of infractions were brought to light and consequences were issued. See the results HERE. We reached out to Robby to get his comments on the ruling and this is what he said.
What is Robbie Gordon doing?
Even now, Gordon continues his pursuit of checkered flags, most notably in off-road racing as well as the Stadium Super Trucks series that he founded in 2013 and still owns. Borrowing from Thompson’s playbook, Gordon created a niche that has proven to be both popular and successful.