Robby pulls over

FONTANA, Calif. – Robby Gordon had an interesting start to his day on Sunday.

The Orange, Calif., native drove a customized dune buggy – similar to the type he races off-road in Baja when he's not competing as a Nextel Cup driver – from his race store in Anaheim to Fontana for the Sony HD 500 at California Speedway.

Everything was going along fine until Gordon made it to the race track's infield early Sunday afternoon. He was driving along en route to his nearby motor home when a pair of San Bernardino County sheriff's police SUVs, complete with lights and sirens, suddenly pulled Gordon over to see if his ride was street-legal.

"They go, 'We know who you are, but we still want to see your driver's license, vehicle registration and proof of insurance,'" said Gordon, who says he didn't even attempt to talk himself out of a potential ticket by touting his race-driver status. "I just said, 'Yes, sir.'"

Fortunately for Gordon, driver of the No. 7 Chevrolet, he had all the necessary paperwork for his tricked-out ride, which carries the license plate "ONEBAJA."

"I was starting to worry [whether] I had [the paperwork]," Gordon said. "But I did and they let me go. It was like 30 seconds tops."

Gordon took the unusual traffic stop in stride.

"I've been guilty of a lot of things," he quipped. "For the first time in my life, I was innocent."