(The Orange County Register)
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GORDON CUTS BACK
Robby Gordon said he will drive in only three of the six remaining races on the Sprint Cup schedule, entering the events at Charlotte Motor Speedway (Oct. 16), Texas Motor Speedway (Nov. 7) and Phoenix International Raceway (Nov.14).
Someone else will be in his No. 7 Toyota in the other three.
Kevin Conway was driving for Gordon at Auto Club Speedway and finished 31st after starting 41st. He needed to rely on Gordon's owner points to make it into the starting lineup after he averaged 177.222 mph in his Camry during Friday's qualifying. That was 8 mph slower than Jamie McMurray's pole-winning speed.
Why wasn't Gordon driving here? After all, this is the hometown track for the Orange resident. Conway brought some money from Extenze to Gordon's team, which was looking for a sponsor for the Pepsi Max 400.
Gordon did climb into the car at the end of the final practice session on Saturday so they could "bounce some ideas off of each other."
"You have to be very creative these days (to get a sponsor)," Gordon said. "Companies still need the market. It is still the best bang for the buck. But the economy has got tighter, and people are watching the bottom line. We have gotten very creative for 2011."
Gordon declined to comment about what he has in store for next season.
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