Yates-Gordon Racing? It's dead, Jim.
Dustin Long passes along this note that will be in Saturday's paper. It's too good not to share:
NO DEAL: Robby Gordon said Friday that he came "very close" to buying half of Robert Yates Racing but the deal failed. "We had funding and sponsorship in place for the 88 car," Gordon said. "We have our car funded. I wanted to buy half of (Yates') two cars. That was the deal. I wasn’t going to do it unless I could own two of those cars. "We agreed on everything and the day it was supposed to happen, it didn’t." Gordon said the conversation has been "dead: since the day after the Michigan race. "It's unfortunate it’s dead," Gordon said. "I think I could have been a good coach for two young drivers."Gordon continues to look for ways to be affiliated with a multi-car operation. He’s one of the few single-car teams. He ranks 24th in car owner points, highest among the single-car teams.
That little piece of news says a lot about Gordon's aspirations and Yates' intentions.
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It blows me away that Robby would have access to that kind of funding. At least thats my thought. I would have loved to see it happen though. Yates needs to do something...things are looking pretty grim. Plus, Robby has proven that he might not be such a bad business man after all. His second full year is quite a success.
Posted on September 2, 2006 11:10 PM
Ol' Robby's done all right for himself. I also like him better now that he's not Kevin Harvick's teammate.
Posted on September 4, 2006 2:18 PM
From the way RG described the deal in that item, it doesn't sound like he was offering Yates anything but a solid sponsorship (in place of the 88). Is Yates worth more than that? Well, I think recent history tells us that a once solid-performing team isn't worth diddly without a big-time sponsor. The best example of that is Morgan-McClure.
I'd imagine the sticking point between RG and RY is who was going to be the boss of the merged enterprise. With two sponsors in his pocket, RG would have been the biggest bull in that barn, and I don't think RY was ready to give that title up.
Posted on September 5, 2006 2:58 PM