Words matter. These are the best Robby Gordon Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I have a very competent case of ADD.
NASCAR, there’s nothing wrong with it, it’s very competitive, but the specs are very tight on tolerances.
We’ve dreamed of growing our company into something like Richard Childress has. We’re working really hard, and we’re getting more competitive. Hopefully, that becomes a reality.
I would like to run about 15 stock car races a year. That would be my goal.
Unfortunately, I’ve got airplanes that I can’t even afford to use today that are sitting there. I’m still paying insurance on them; I’m still paying payments.
Being quickest in practice is nice. It builds a lot of confidence overnight.
The guy that can be the trimmest for four laps and keep a good average speed is the guy that’s going to be on the pole.
I learned at a young age that we were going to have to be personable, going to have to be marketable, and going to have to be creative in order to have a race team.
There’s only eight cars that make the Daytona 500.
You don’t come around to the pit lane every mile; when you leave on a rally, you’re gone for 500 miles in certain stages. You’ve got to work on your own car and fix it. It’s a logistical nightmare, and it really challenges me.
Racing is full of ‘what-ifs.’ Like anything else in life, you learn from your mistakes and move on to the next challenge.
I’ve been fortunate enough that in every form of motor sports in which I’ve competed, we’ve won.
With experience also comes the understanding that you have to beat the rally before you can beat the competition.
We don’t want to fight NASCAR.
We are a company that can actually manufacture cars.
I’ve built my business around the No. 7.
Isn’t it great to go race for 16 days straight?
We haven’t made money in NASCAR in a long time.
I’ve driven for A. J. Foyt, now the Andrettis, and my NASCAR team is Richard Childress Racing, which is one of the greats in that sport.
If anything on the car is going to blow up or fall off, you usually see it happen in the 600. But it’s also survival for the drivers because it’s such a long race and it’s usually hot at Charlotte. It’s hard for drivers to feel good for the whole 400 laps.
We love to race in the sand dunes in Glamis.
I love the Dakar Rally, the Baja stuff.
The next Rick Hendrick, Richard Childress, or Joe Gibbs has to come from somewhere.
I dreamed to be able to have these opportunities as a young kid. I’ve had the opportunity to run the best cars in the world.
I was pretty immature, and some of it came from just wanting to have fun.
I’ve run 1,000 miles in Baja, and that’s pretty much nonstop.
It’s not about today or tomorrow; it’s about building a company that can build the best race cars in the world.
When you’re out of gas, you don’t have many options.
The Baja is a survival race, and there is no break, but you’re not up on the wheel all day in the Baja like you are in Winston Cup or at Indy.
I get to do the Dakar Rally. I get to do the Daytona 500. I get to do the Indy 500. I’m very fortunate to get to do these things.
Do you think I really care what Jeff Gordon says?
You better be on the gas every day.
I like the competition that Nextel Cup gives us. The schedule is difficult. But this is something I want to do for sure.
