Event
Preview Fact Sheet
Event/Date: Subway 400/Feb. 23, 2003
Venue: North Carolina Speedway
Robby Gordon’s NASCAR Winston Cup Performance History
at North Carolina Speedway
Date
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Start
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Finish
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Laps
Completed/ Total Laps
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Status
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Money
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11/03/02
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9
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11
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392/393
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Running
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$74,981
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2/24/02
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16
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24
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392/393
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Running
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70,266
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11/4/01
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27
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37
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388/393
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Running
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65,824
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2/24/01
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24
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26
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390/393
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Running
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41,625
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10/22/00
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41
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41
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154/393
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Accident
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23,100
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2/27/00
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25
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38
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381/393
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Running
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23,150
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2/23/97
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41
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33
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388/393
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Running
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19,640
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10/20/96
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|
7
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42
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4/393
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Accident
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9,100
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TOTALS Avg. Start: 23.7 Avg. Finish:
31.5 Laps: 2,489/3,144 Money: $327,686
NASCAR Winston Cup Points Position: Seventh
NOTES:
- This Week’s Race Car (chassis No. 105) is a brand-new car.
The team tested it at Homestead last November.
- Rockingham will mark Gordon’s 100th NASCAR Winston Cup
Series start
- Gordon is scheduled to test at Atlanta Motor
Speedway Feb. 25 and 26. The test was originally scheduled for
Feb. 18 and 19 but was postponed due to weather conditions in
North Carolina that delayed the team’s return after the Daytona
500.
- Gordon’s teammate Kevin Harvick tested
at Rockingham earlier this month
- The North Carolina 400 will be broadcast live
on FOX and MRN on Sunday, Feb. 23rd at 1:00 p.m. EST.
Qualifying is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 21st at 3:05
p.m. EST.
ROBBY
GORDON QUOTES:
“I think Rockingham will be a good weekend
for us. It was a good track for the Cingular Wireless team last
November and we also ran well there last February. We were going
to sneak out of there in February with probably a top-10 finish
but I got too aggressive at the end of the race and got myself in
trouble. But one of my goals this year is to learn from my mistakes
in the past and learn not to make them again. I won’t do that
again at Rockingham and will try to score as many points as possible.
We’re going there to try to win the race but the key is if
all you’ve got is a sixth-place car, take that sixth-place
and run with it. Don’t destroy the car trying to get something
out of it that’s not there. I really learned that last year
and think that was where some of our problems came from.
“The Cingular team had a great run at Daytona.
I’m disappointed that we didn’t win and disappointed that
we didn’t run 500 miles. We had a car capable of winning the
race if it had gone the whole way. The most important thing is
that we came out of there with a whole car and some good points.
We proved to ourselves and to everyone else that we are a strong
race team that has overcome a bunch of obstacles and come back stronger
than Richard Childress Racing has been in a couple of years. Richard
is very pleased with how well we all ran at Daytona and we’ve
got that momentum on our side now heading into the next race. I
learn a little more about these Winston Cup cars each weekend and
I think I learned how to draft better last week in Daytona. I learned
to choose my lines carefully and stick with my partner, whoever
he may be. But the next few races don’t require a partner
to win so we’ll just concentrate on setting up the Cingular
Wireless Chevy the best we can and taking it to the front.
“Kevin Hamlin (crew chief) and I are getting
along really well and we had a great two weeks down in Daytona.
We’ve got a lot of new faces on the road crew this year and
they’re doing a great job. We’re working together really
well and they seem to have adapted well to what I need in a race
car. We just need to keep on doing what we did at Daytona each
week and we’ll have a good points finish this year.
“The new Chevrolet Monte Carlo has more
front downforce than the old one and that should make a difference
in our performance at Rockingham. The car should handle better
than it did last year and we shouldn’t have to spend all our
time chasing the set-up. Rockingham is a very difficult track because
the tires go away after about 10 laps and we have to show a lot
of patience and save our car as much as possible. If we have the
car to win, we’ll go for it when the time comes. But if we
don’t, we’ll do our best to keep the car in one piece
and not give up the great points position we’ve started out
in. This could definitely be the best year I’ve ever had in
the Winston Cup Series.”
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