On Saturday, September 12, Team Toyo's Robby Gordon added another off-road victory to his long list of wins. The 14th Annual SCORE Terrible's Primm 300 off-road race was no match for Team Gordon and their Toyo Open Country M/T-R tires.

According to SCORE International, the Primm 300 is the hardest race of the year on the drivers and their equipment. The course features four, grueling 69-mile laps around the hot Nevada desert and the terrain is extremely rough, rocky and dangerous.

Team Toyo member Robby Gordon had a simple game plan for the number 77 Monster Energy/Toyo Tires Chevrolet...keeping the truck together and finishing strong to secure the 2009 SCORE International Championship. Gordon started fifth off the line and quickly gained ground on the competitors in front. The terrain was extremely dusty the first lap leaving little to no chance of passing. When you are stuck behind slower drivers, you loose valuable time and it gives competitors behind you a chance to catch up. Nevertheless Gordon charged his way through lap one and managed to pass three trucks in front of him.

At the start of the second lap the two lead trucks crashed into each other giving Gordon the opportunity to pass them and be the physical race leader. The race was unfolding to the advantage of the Monster Energy/Toyo Tires Chevrolet. With "clean air" in front, he was able to steer through the course with no worries of deviating from the course and possibly crashing. The second lap brought a whole new element to the race. Rain started pouring and lighting started striking. Gordon kept the race truck on pace and charged through it with ease. The only disadvantage that came from the rain was that it settled the dust, giving drivers that were chasing him "clean air" and eventually helped them make up time. During that lap, the Number 77 Trophy truck came in for its only scheduled pit stop. With fuel and two fresh tires it was back on course.

By the start of the third lap Gordon had a very close time split against his main competitors. The truck continued to have a flawless run. A few competitors tried catching Gordon but the terrain stopped them, attrition of equipment on this racecourse is eminent. The rain had stopped and by this time Gordon was catching trucks on only their second lap, and passing them. This slowed the pace down as he tried battling around the slower trucks, kicking up a lot of dust in the process.

As the fourth lap approached the team manager was taking split times and it looked like Gordon was seven minutes behind on corrected time. To make up that time in 69 miles is an easy task for Gordon. This skillful driver is capable of gaining a minute every 10 miles. But it was not the case in the desert this day. Team Gordon had been testing its Dakar Hummer H3 in the deserts of Arizona two weeks prior when an unfortunate accident happened. Gordon suffered a very strong hit to his back and neck. Not to mention a black eye due to the G force pull of the accident. He was cleared to race but was not a hundred percent; he could not push the truck to its limits because the pain would set in.

Gordon took the pain and concentrated on finishing the race with a respectable time. The fourth lap brought forth more cars that were being lapped which meant more dust. Gordon managed to get around a few but was still slowed and thrown off his pace. When the thick dust settled and the finish line was crossed, Gordon finished with a time of 4 hours, 49 minutes and 18 seconds. The Toyo Tires sponsored Chevrolet averaged a speed of 57.24 miles per hour over the rugged course. This is Gordon's 9th SCORE Trophy Truck win and his second on this course.

"It was rough. Every time I would ground out hard, I would hurt my neck so I kind of cruised all day," commented Gordon after the race. "I thought we'd get beat but was focused on the big picture which was the SCORE Overall point championship was about wrapped up."

"When it was all said and done, though, we got the win and added to our overall and SCORE Trophy-Truck season point lead. We made one fuel stop and replaced two tires but we didn't have any flat tires; we never got out of the truck. We just changed the tires because we were in the pit and those are our most vulnerable pieces of equipment. I couldn't afford to hurt myself so I had to cruise all day. We ran about 75 percent. We just didn't ground out; anytime there were bumps we just slowed down to almost a crawling speed. We tested a lot faster than we raced here. It didn't hurt my vision any; it was all my left top shoulder and neck."

There were no mechanical issues; no flat tires. It was truly a flawless run.

Gordon leads the series in points and after the Primm 300 victory; he only needs to start the SCORE Baja 1000 to take the 2009 SCORE Championship.