Charlotte, NC - Grabbing his third top-ten restrictor-plate finish of the 2008 season, Robby Gordon and his No. 7 Menards team look to carry their momentum to Charlotte, NC for this weekend's race.

Gordon says he has enough sponsorship to run the full NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule next season and has no interest in driving for anyone but himself. Gordon said Menards is among the sponsors coming back. Word is Polaris & Monster Energy Drink will also sponsor Gordon's team in some capacity. Jim Beam announced last November that it would sponsor Gordon through 2008 and has not yet announced its plans for 2009, but looks to make a decision at the end of the season.

Gordon has no agreement in place with any manufacturer next season, but looks likey to stay with Dodge. Gordon has a engine-leasing deal with Penske and seems very happy with his new motors. Robby was one of three Dodges to finish in the Top 10, but the only Penkse engine driver that finished problem-free. Both Ryan Newman & Kurt Busch experienced engine problems at Talladega, and Sam Hornish failed to qualify.

Indications are Robby will have another team operating out of his shop next season, no word if this would be a 2nd RGM team, alliance with another Cup team or merger. Gordon was tight lipped on any details.

Gordon is confident heading into this weekend's race. "We had two really good days of testing last month. We posted the 13th fastest overall speed. We went there with our latest chassis / geometry and learned a lot," said Gordon. The guys at the shop have been working extremely hard to build and improve on this latest spec. The car seemed to be real good in both qualifying and race trim, and we have made even more improvements since the test."

"Everyone takes their best equipment to Charlotte because everyone wants to win at their home track. We feel that we have one of our best race car on the truck and can't wait to unload it for this weekend's race. I am confident that we have another great finish. Every point counts as we near the end of the season, and this weekend is another chance to spread the points gap," Gordon commented.

Gordon will drive the #7 Menard's Dodge this weekend.

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please NO Carpantier. (nothing personal just not that good of a driver) How about Mayfeild he really wants a ride, plus he has won before.
Mayfield??? Dont you rememeber "stay very far away from me" ?
Jeremy %$^&*^$ Mayfield?!?!?! that's a laugh. He doesn't deserve to be PC's gardener. PC would be a GREAT addition. if you judge PC by his performance in GEM 4th-tier junk you do yourself and him a disservice.
where did you find this article?
Interesting.
Article has some Big Zoom add-ins from the original. lol
good to know
article was from scenedaily.com ...but removed after about 10 mins???
Robby Gordon plans to run full '09 Cup schedule, continue driving for ...TALLADEGA, Ala. – Robby Gordon says he has enough sponsorship to run the full NASCAR Sprint Cup Series ... street is Robby will have Polaris as a ...scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/... - 142k - Cached

This is the link, but it's been replaced with the Talladega article
Wonder if someone from RGM asked for it to be pulled....????
Robby Gordon plans to run full '09 Cup schedule, continue driving for ...TALLADEGA, Ala. – Robby Gordon says he has enough sponsorship to run the full NASCAR Sprint Cup Series ... street is Robby will have Polaris as a ...scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/... - 142k - Cached

This link is still visible: Go to Yahoo, top left click on More (has a drop down box) click on news, then type Polaris Robby Gordon You will see this link...however it's been replaced with the Talladega article from last week. it still shows: street is Robby will have Polaris as a in the link
The Polaris angle is strictly specualtion from somebody posting a reply to the article,because some of the polaris guys were at Talladega.I'll shoot RG an email to see if it's true.

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