Robby Gordon not planning to run full Sprint Cup schedule
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Robby Gordon has spent the last eight seasons running a full-time NASCAR Cup schedule, but he doesn’t plan on running a full 2010 season.
His Robby Gordon Motorsports will field a car in every race, at times in association with BAM Racing, but Gordon said Thursday he likely won’t be in the seat for each event. He wouldn’t reveal his entire 2010 schedule but did say the Indianapolis 500 is a possibility.
“The 7 car will run every race, but I might not be in it,” said Gordon, who was 26th in points in 2007 but has been 33rd and 34th the last two years. “We’ve got some big stuff coming up next week that we’re going to talk about. We’ve got a lot of good stuff on our plate. I’d rather be in this position than the other position wondering what I’m going to do.
“I think we’re just going to end up having more stuff than I can actually fit in in a single season.”
Gordon, who possibly could mix off-road and open-wheel racing into his 2010 schedule, isn’t upset that he won’t be running the entire Cup season. He lost sponsor Jim Beam from last year. He will be sponsored by Monster energy drink at Daytona.
“The NASCAR championship is pretty much a full-time commitment for 300 days out of the year and back in the day … guys went and played in the big events,” Gordon said. “That’s something we’re taking a look at it.”
His organization will field two cars for the Daytona 500, with David Gilliland driving for BAM Racing, for which Gordon’s organization is proving cars and personnel throughout the season. There are some races in which his No. 7 car could race in cooperation with BAM.
Gordon will have Ian Watt as his crew chief. Watt came from Richard Petty Motorsports.
