Beccy Gordon

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Beccy Gordon is an American off-road racer, pit-reporter, and model.

1 Racing family
2 Softball and modeling career
3 Racing career
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Racing family

Beccy Gordon was born in the off-road racing Gordon family. Beccy’s great-grandfather, Huntly Gordon, raced Indy cars in the early 1900s and even at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Her father, “Baja Bob” Gordon entered the off-road racing scene in 1977. Beccy Gordon's mother, Marlene Gordon, pre-ran the Baja 500 when she was seven months pregnant with Beccy. Her sister Robyn, is listed as the only female to have ever won the Baja 1000 overall. ^[1] Robby Gordon, her brother, has competed in numerous genre's of racing, including the Indianapolis 500, Daytona 500, Baja 1000, and Paris to Dakar rally.

[edit] Softball and modeling career

Gordon was the youngest member to date on the USA National Softball Team, ^[2] and she inducted softball into the 1992 Olympics at Barcelona, Spain. Aside from softball, Beccy was a swimsuit model for Roxy/Quiksilver for six years and represented such clients as Ralph Lauren, Victoria’s Secret and Speedo.

[edit] Racing career

After obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Chapman University, Beccy decided to talk about racing. Beccy became a pit-reporter and feature host for the Champ Car World Series in 2004 and 2005. She is currently a spokesmodel for NASCAR and Phoenix International Raceway.

Beccy and her sister, Robyn Gordon, formed an all female off-road race team, All-American Girl Racing. In 2006, AAGR became the first and only all girl team to complete the Baja 1000, ^[3] and rounded out the season with two victories. They competed in Class 10 and Baja Challenge division. ^[4] Beccy was selected by Toyota Motorsports to participate in the 2008 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach as a "Pro" driver. This was Beccy's first race on pavement. ^[5]