IN MEMORIAM
BAJA BOB GORDON
LEGENDARY SCORE RACER AND MENTOR
The SCORE family mourns
the loss of one of its biggest
stars as we remember multi-
time SCORE Baja champion and
legendary racing mentor Baja
Bob Gordon, father of Robby,
Robyn, and Beccy Gordon.
Gordon tragically died at
68 years of age in September
and SCORE recalls his
accomplishments in the desert,
and his influence in the careers
of other racers. While Gordon
and his three children all have
won SCORE races, he was also
a mentor to racers like six-time
NASCAR champion Jimmie
Johnson, as well as SCORE
champion racer Ryan Arciero.
In the SCORE Baja 500
and the SCORE Baja 1000, Bob
Gordon was nearly unparalleled
for over a decade. Racing
primarily in the old Class 2 for
unlimited two-seat open-wheel
desert race cars, Gordon was a
three-time winner of the SCORE
Baja 500 (1980, 1987 and 1998).
He was also the overall race
winner in 1980 and 1987.
In the SCORE Baja 1000, Baja
Bob won his class five times
(1986, 1987, 1988, 1990 and
1998). His class wins in 1987 and
1990 were also the overall wins.
In 1990, his co-drivers were his
son Robby and daughter Beccy.
In the 1998 SCORE Baja
1000 that started in Santo
Tomas and finished in La Paz,
Gordon won his class with Ryan
Arciero as his second driver.
Bob Gordon has left an
indelible mark not only on his
gifted offspring, but also SCORE
Baja racing where he is truly one
of the SCORE racing legends.
In this year's SCORE Baja 1000,
Robby Gordon will honor his
father by using his Dad's number
200 on his SCORE Trophy Truck
instead of his normal No. 77.
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