Джеральд Робертсон: Путь американского гонщика

American racing driver

Gerald Robertson (born January 2, 1962) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He competed part time in NASCAR from 1996 to 2006 (as well as one ARCA race in 1987). He primarily drove for underfunded teams in the Cup, Xfinity and Truck Series as well as in NASCAR's Southwest and Midwest Series, winning twice in the Southwest Series. He is notable for being the first ever driver for Furniture Row Racing, a team based out of Denver (also where Robertson is from) that would go on to win multiple races in the NASCAR Cup Series and the 2017 NASCAR Cup Series championship after starting out as an underfunded team in the series.

Robertson began his racing career as a high school senior at Colorado National Speedway and won eight races, garnering the Rookie of the Year title. Over the next 12 years, he was a fixture on the national dirt track racing scene, winning 126 times. In 1994, he switched to paved racing, and was named Rookie of the Year and champion in the NASCAR Grand American Modified Division. After being named "Oval Track Driver of the Year", he ran in the NASCAR Northwest Regional Championship Series, winning titles in 2003 and 2004.

Robertson ran eight races in the Craftsman Truck Series between 1996 and 2001. In 2005, he joined the upstart Furniture Row Racing team and ran ten races in their No. 78 car. Robertson's best race finish came that year when he finished 22nd in the Ameriquest 300 at Auto Club Speedway. He also made his Nextel Cup Series debut that year for Furniture Row at Phoenix, finishing 41st after suffering an engine failure. Robertson was expected to run more Cup races for Furniture Row in 2006. However, without a guarantee of qualifying for races, the inexperienced Robertson was scaled back to run mostly Busch Series races for the team, which were his last NASCAR starts, while Cup Series veteran driver Kenny Wallace drove the team's Cup car. Although Robertson did not find a NASCAR ride for the 2007 and 2008 seasons, he continued to race locally.

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

NASCAR Nextel Cup Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Pts Ref 2002 Ware Racing Enterprises 51 Dodge DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL CAR PHO HOM N/A 0 2005 Furniture Row Racing 78 Chevy DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 83rd 40

NASCAR Busch Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Pts Ref 1997 Taylor Motorsports 40 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL LVS DAR HCY TEX BRI NSV TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAL CAR HOM 74th 243 2001 PRW Racing 77 Ford DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV KEN MLW GLN CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM PHO CAR HOM 111th 82 2003 PF2 Motorsports 94 Ford DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX TAL NSH CAL RCH GTY NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO CAR HOM 156th 2005 Furniture Row Racing 78 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 62nd 603 2006 MacDonald Motorsports 72 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH 66th 477 Furniture Row Racing 78 Chevy PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA MAR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Pts Ref 1996 Rudy Proctor 5 Ford HOM PHO POR EVG TUS CNS HPT BRI NZH MLW LVL I70 IRP FLM GLN NSV RCH NHA MAR NWS SON 85th 158 Gary Miller 34 Chevy MMR PHO LVS 1997 MB Motorsports 26 Ford WDW TUS HOM PHO POR EVG I70 NHA TEX BRI NZH MLW LVL CNS HPT IRP FLM NSV GLN RCH MAR SON MMR CAL PHO 64th 291 Larry Carnes 36 Chevy LVS 1998 Joe Ambrose 12 Chevy WDW HOM PHO POR EVG I70 GLN TEX BRI MLW NZH CAL PPR IRP NHA FLM NSV HPT LVL RCH MEM GTY MAR SON MMR PHO LVS N/A 0 1999 MB Motorsports 26 Ford HOM PHO EVG MMR MAR MEM PPR I70 BRI TEX PIR GLN MLW NSV NZH MCH NHA IRP GTY HPT RCH LVS LVL TEX CAL 59th 240 2001 Ware Racing Enterprises 51 Chevy DAY HOM MMR MAR GTY DAR PPR DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA IRP NSH CIC NZH RCH SBO TEX LVS PHO CAL 98th 100

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pts Ref 1987 Info not available 96 Pontiac DAY ATL TAL DEL ACS TOL ROC POC FRS KIL TAL FRS ISF IND DSF SLM ATL