2009 Michigan Robby Gordon Qualifying Quotes

ROBBY GORDON, No. 7 Red Stag/Kid Rock Toyota Camry, Robby Gordon Motorsports
Starting Position: 13th

How strong is your race car? "I think the car is good. It's not a new car for us -- it's a car that we've been racing. I feel good about the car and I feel good about what we've been doing lately with our cars. We kind of went back to what we were doing at Fontana (Calif.) where we qualified 12th."

What is it like for you to have Kid Rock on the car this weekend? "What a nut? It's going to be a lot of fun. It's a relationship that I get handed through to me through Jim Beam. It's one of those cool things that Jim Beam does. He's promoter for the Red Stag brand and it's a pretty cool deal to have him on the car and here for the race."

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Permalink Reply by TOG on June 12, 2009 at 10:35pm

RG possibly could have started inside the top 10 had he gone out a bit later, so sitting 13th after going out 2nd is very impressive.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Sweeney on June 13, 2009 at 12:57am

sounds like from his interview he left alittle bit on the table too. i'm excited for sunday!

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Permalink Reply by RGDirt on June 12, 2009 at 10:40pm

I'm thrilled that Robby will be able to see the pace car when the race starts!

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Permalink Reply by Robby Robbins on June 13, 2009 at 12:42am

"COWBOY".....Baby....

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Permalink Reply by Robby Robbins on June 13, 2009 at 1:07am

Robert James Ritchie (born January 17, 1971), known by his stage name Kid Rock, is an American rapper and singer-songwriter with five Grammy Award nominations. Kid Rock is known for his eccentric personality and his music that fuses rap with heavy metal, blues rock, southern rock, funk and country music.

Kid Rock released several studio albums that mostly went unnoticed before his 1998 record Devil Without a Cause, released with Atlantic Records, sold 11 million albums behind the hits, "Bawitdaba","Cowboy," and "Only God Knows Why". In 2000, he released The History of Rock which was a compilation of remixed and remastered versions of songs from his previous albums as well as the single, "American Bad Ass". In 2001, he released the follow up, Cocky. After a slow start, his country-flavored hit "Picture" with Sheryl Crow resurrected the album and it went gold as a single and pushed the album's sales to more than 5 million. It was followed by 2003's self-titled release, which failed to chart a major hit. In 2006 he released Live Trucker , a live greatest hits album. In 2008, Kid Rock released Rock N Roll Jesus, which produced a hit in "All Summer Long". It was his first worldwide smash hit, charting #1 in eight countries across Europe and Australia.[1][2] Rock N Roll Jesus would go on to sell 5 million albums worldwide including being certified double platinum in the US.

He has sold 22.4 million records in the US according to Nielsen SoundScan, while the RIAA has him certified at 21 million. His singles have charted on every major chart genre. He is backed by The Twisted Brown Trucker Band, who he formed in 1994, in Sterling Heights, MI.