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close'Back Home in Indiana' for Robby Gordon?
DAVID POOLE
The Charlotte Observer
Saturday, Mar. 01, 2008
Robby Gordon told ESPN.com this weekend that if he doesn't win his appeal of NASCAR penalties this week he may choose try running an Indianapolis 500/Coca-Cola 600 same-day double this year.
"If the fine sticks, I will go to the Indianapolis 500," Gordon said. "The only way I wouldn't is if we're in a position to make the Chase."
Gordon lost 100 driver points and 100 car owner points and was fined $100,000 for having an unapproved nose on his No. 7 Dodge in inspections before the Daytona 500. He contends the part was supplied to him by Dodge via a clerical error and that it gave him no advantage.
Gordon's appeal is scheduled to be heard Wednesday.
Gordon ran both the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in 2002, 2003 and 2004. Changes in starting times for those races have made the double more challenging logistically in recent years.