NASCAR owner/driver Robby Gordon wins 2009 Score Off-Road championship
NASCAR Sprint Cup owner/driver Robby Gordon completed a dominating season in the Tecate Score International Off-Road Racing Series, winning the 2009 overall series championship by winning the Trophy Truck division title. Gordon clinched the title with a top-five finish in the Baja 1000 on Saturday.
Camping World Truck Series driver Matt Crafton practiced and qualified Gordon’s Robby Gordon Motorsports car in preparation for Sunday’s Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway but Gordon arrived in time for the race.
Gordon competed in all five Tecate events this year and posted as many top-10s, including two wins. The off-road season began in January with the Laughlin Desert Challenge where Gordon dominated, winning the two-day event. Gordon returned to victory lane in the Primm 300 in early September, when he missed the Sprint Cup event at Richmond International Raceway.
“I’m so pleased with the progress Robby Gordon Off-Road made throughout the 2009 Score International Off-Road season,” Gordon said in a release. “When the season began, we didn’t even know that we were going to compete in the entire season. But after winning the Laughlin Desert Challenge in such dominating fashion, we knew that we could make a run for the championship. The guys did a great job continually building and preparing the trophy truck, which made it easy to run up front. I’m very proud of our success.
“Returning to my roots to win two of five races is great, but capturing the championship is very exciting and rewarding. The entire Robby Gordon Off-Road team is extremely thankful for such great sponsors. Because of the support of Monster Energy and Toyo Tires, we have experienced great success this season.”
