Robby Gordon wins Laughlin Desert Challenge
Fresh off his Open class win and third overall finish at the 2009 Dakar Rally, and with the recent news of his switch to Toyota for the 2009 NASCAR Nextel Cup season, Gordon came to the 15th annual SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge and cleaned house to claim his eighth career SCORE Trophy Truck win on Sunday.
Starting 13 seconds behind day one winner Gustavo Vildosola Jr., Gordon put his Monster Energy/Team Gordon Chevrolet into the physical lead and quickly erased the deficit. He cut the fastest lap of the day on the opening lap of Sunday’s half of the race, posting a time of seven minutes, seven seconds, then maintained a consistent string of laps in the seven minute, 20-second range to dominate a field of 18 starters. Gordon’s Sunday time of 59 minutes, nine seconds, combined with his Saturday time of 58:45, netted the win with a total time of 1:57:54 at an average speed of 50.89 mph.
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