Jeffery Michael " Jeff " Gordon (born August 4, 1971) is a former professional American race car driver, currently a broadcaster for Fox NASCAR , and a top executive for Hendrick Motorsports. He had previously driven the No. 2 Chevrolet. 24 for Hendrick Motorsports in 23 full NASCAR Sprint Cup Series series between 1993 and 2015, and served as a replacement racer for Dale Earnhardt Jr. at Chevrolet Hendro No. 88 Hendrick in the race was selected during the 2016 Season.
Gordon started his professional racing career in Busch Series with Hugh Connerty Racing, followed by Bill Davis Racing, won three races, and started full-time in the Series Cup for Hendrick Motorsports in 1993. He is a four-time Sprint Cup champion. , having won titles in 1995, 1997, 1998, and 2001. He also won the Daytona 500 three times in 1997, 1999, and 2005. He is third on the all-time Cup winning list with 93 career victories, the most in the modern Era NASCAR (1972-present). 81 pole position Gordon led all the active and third drivers of all time; Gordon won at least one pole in 23 consecutive seasons, making it a NASCAR record. He is also an active iron man leader for successive races participating with the 797 until the 2015 season.
In 1998, NASCAR named Gordon to the list of 50s Biggest Opinions. In 2008, ten years later, ESPN's Terry Blount placed it at number 10 in the 25 Biggest Racers of All Time. Foxsports.com named it the fifth best NASCAR racer of all time.
Gordon, along with Rick Hendrick, has a Chevrolet. Ã, 48 driven by Jimmie Johnson, who won seven Cup championships from 2006 to 2010, 2013, and in 2016. Gordon also has equity shares in the No. team. Ã, 24. Gordon also had a Busch Series team between 1999 and 2000, Gordon/Evernham Motorsports (co-owned with Ray Evernham, then only owned as JG Motorsports), won twice.
Gordon was born in Vallejo, California and raised in Pittsboro, Indiana. He currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina with his wife, Ingrid Vandebosch and their two children Ella Sofia and Leo Benjamin.
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Gordon is of Scottish-Irish descent. She was born in Vallejo, California, to Carol Ann Bickford's parents (nÃÆ' Â © e Houston) and William Grinnell Gordon, from Vacaville, California. Mother Gordon and her real father divorced when she was six months old. His stepfather, John Bickford, married his mother in the 1970s. She has a sister, Kim, who is older than four years old. The younger cousin, James Bickford, is currently competing in C & amp; N Pro Series West. Gordon attended Tri-West Hendricks High School in Lizton, Indiana and was on a cross-country school team; he graduated in 1989.
When he was four years old, Gordon rode a BMX bike his stepfather bought for him and started spurring mid quarter at the age of five. The Roy Hayer Memorial Race Track (formerly Jack Track Cracker) in Rio Linda, California was recorded as Gordon's first ever competitive song. By age six Gordon had won 35 major events and set five track records. In 1979 Gordon won 51 midget midget races. When he was 11 years old, Gordon won all 25 of the karting races he entered. At the age of 12, Gordon became bored with the car and decided to start a career on water skiing before switching back to driving a year later. In 1986, Gordon began racing a race car, winning three races. The following year, Gordon was awarded a USAC license at the age of 16, the youngest driver to do so.
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Beginning racing career
During the 1980s, Gordon and his family had to overcome the insurance barrier. The minimum age for driving a sprint car is 16, and its persistence pays off at all Florida pace weeks. Supporting his career choices, Gordon's family moved from Vallejo, California, to Pittsboro, Indiana, where there were more opportunities for young drivers. Before the age of 18, Gordon had won three short-track races and was awarded USAC Midget Car Racing Rookie of the Year in 1989. The season was highlighted by winning the Night Before the 500 midget race on the day before the Indianapolis 500. During this decade, Gordon also ran sprint cars in Australia and New Zealand. In 1990, Gordon won his second night in a row Before 500, Hundred Hut, and Nations Later Belleville on his way won the USAC Midget national title. In 1991, Gordon captured the USAC Silver Crown, and at the age of 20 became the youngest rider to win the season championship. He also won the National Midget 4 race car race that season. In the midget car career between 1989 and 1992, he finished in Top 3 in 22 of the USAC midget car show. In 1992, Gordon competed in the Slim Jim All Pro Series' Winchester 400, but finished 24th after falling on lap 172. The following year, he held the Featherlite Southwest Tour race at Sears Point Raceway, finishing 29 after a machine failure.
In the early 1990s, Gordon expressed interest in IndyCar racing, but was unable to find a lift due to low funding. However, former Formula One driver Jackie Stewart offers Gordon test drives in Europe, in what Gordon assumes is Formula Three or Formula 3000; Gordon did not test because it was associated with NASCAR.
NASCAR
Busch Series
In 1990 Gordon met Hugh Connerty, who owns several Hooters restaurants and is also a partner at Outback Steakhouse. Connerty got several sponsors for the car through Outback, and they tested the last few Busch Grand National races left in 1990. Ray Evernham was called to work with Gordon on his stock car debut. His first Busch race came on October 20, 1990 at the North Carolina Motor Speedway at AC-Delco 200. Gordon drove No. 1. 67 Outback Steakhouse Pontiac for Connerty. Gordon ran the second fastest lap in qualifying and started outside the front row of the field. Gordon will, however, be involved in an accident on lap 33. He ends with a 39th finish.
In 1991 and 1992, Gordon began racing in the full-time Busch Series, driving a Ford Thunderbirds to Bill Davis Racing. In his first year as Busch driver he won the Rookie of the Year. In 1992, Gordon set a NASCAR record by capturing 11 poles in a single season. She was sponsored by Carolina Ford Dealers in 1991 and Baby Ruth in 1992.
In 1999, Gordon along with the head of Evernham's crew formed Gordon/Evernham Motorsports (GEM) in Busch Series with Gordon's son and Rick Hendrick Ricky Hendrick as drivers, Rainbow Warriors as pit crew and Patrick Donahue as crew chief. The joint team received a full sponsor from Pepsi and ran six races with Gordon as driver and Evernham as head crew. The GEM only lasted a year because Evernham left Hendrick Motorsports, citing the tension between him and the team, ending one of the most dominant driver/crew combinations in NASCAR history. Gordon extended his Busch experiment one more year, through 2000 as one of the owners, with Rick Hendrick buying half of Evernham, and GEM being JG Motorsports. In two seasons, Gordon won twice, in 1999 at Outback Steakhouse 200, the inaugural race in Phoenix, and 2000 at Homestead.
Sprint Cup Series
In 1992, Roush Racing owner Jack Roush planned to sign Gordon, but Gordon's stepfather John Bickford insisted that Roush hire Ray Evernham; Due to Roush's policy of employing his own crew chief, Bickford refused. Later that year, Rick Hendrick watched Gordon race in the Busch Series show at Atlanta Motor Speedway, and Gordon joined Hendrick Motorsports two days later. Gordon made his Winston Cup debut in the season-ending race, Hooters 500 in Atlanta, ending 31 after the accident.
The following year, Gordon began competing full-time in the Cup Series. He opened the season with victory in the Gatorade Twin 125 race, while also taking his first pole position in the autumn Charlotte race, and concluded 1993 with a 14-place spot finish and Rookie of the Year Award. Gordon's early success in the sport reshaped the paradigm and ultimately gave younger riders the opportunity to compete at NASCAR. However, during the season, many doubted Gordon's ability to compete at such a level at a young age because of his tendency to push cars too hard and crash. His last appearance in 1993 First Union 400 is a powerful example of this theory. In addition, driver Darrell Waltrip wrote he told Hendrick during the season that Gordon had "hit everything except the race car that year."
In 1994, Gordon won the Busch Clash exhibition in Daytona. In May, Gordon won a pole for Coca-Cola 600, and won the race after opting to take two tires on a green pit pit. Three months later, he scored a victory at his home in Brickyard 400, utilizing Ernie Irvan's tires that dropped at the end of the race.
In 1995, Gordon won his first Series Cup championship. Despite a poor start to the season at the Daytona 500, he won three of the following six races in Rockingham, Atlanta and Bristol, while winning poles at Rockingham, Richmond, Darlington and North Wilkesboro in that span of time. He won his fifth pole this season at Charlotte, but after the race, NASCAR officials found unapproved wheel hubs in his car, and fined the $ 60,000 team while placing Ray Evernham in an unlimited trial period. Gordon then won four more poles during the season (Dover, Michigan, Indianapolis, Martinsville) while winning races in Daytona, New Hampshire, Darlington and Dover. Results during the season gave him a 300 point lead over Dale Earnhardt on the way to the title. Team consistency is also much better, having had three DNFs in 1995, compared to 21 in the previous two seasons combined.
The title defense of Gordon in 1996 featured ten wins in Richmond, Darlington (sweeping the race), Bristol, Dover (winning both races), Pocono, Talladega, Martinsville, and North Wilkesboro (winning the last official NASCAR race on the track). He finished second for his team Terry Labonte for the championship, losing by 37 points.
Gordon won consecutive titles in 1997 and 1998. In 1997, he won his first Daytona 500, becoming the youngest rider at the time to win the race. He won his second race of the season in Rockingham the following week, followed by a third win at Bristol; after the final round of fight with Rusty Wallace. In Charlotte, Gordon won The Winston in the Jurassic Park scheme; The car was modified by Evernham with the help of Hendrick chassis engineer Rex Stump, and as a result, it was considered illegal by other team owners. After that, he won the Coca-Cola 600, and after winning 500 South in Darlington, became the first rider since Bill Elliott in 1985 to win the Winston Million. While Elliott failed to win the Winston Cup in 1985, Gordon claimed his second Winston Cup championship in 1997, completing one of the most memorable single-season shows in NASCAR history. He finished the season with 10 wins (Daytona, Rockingham, Bristol, Martinsville, Charlotte, Pocono, California, Watkins Glen, Darlington, and New Hampshire). The following year, Gordon won a 13-era modern race record in Charlotte, Sonoma, Pocono, Indianapolis, Watkins Glen, Michigan, New Hampshire, Darlington, Daytona, Rockingham, and Atlanta. He claimed his third title with a 364 point advantage over Mark Martin. Gordon set a record for the Cup during the season, including four consecutive wins and 17 wins in five successive runs. He ended the season with seven poles, 25 top-fives, and 27 top-tens.
Gordon started the 1999 season with a Daytona 500 victory both. He went on to win the race in Atlanta, Fontana, Sears Point and Watkins Glen. Before the race at Martinsville, Evernham left Hendrick to form Evernham Motorsports, and he was replaced by team engineer Brian Whitesell. With Whitesell, Gordon won at Martinsville and Lowe. Throughout the year, Chess Ganassi Racing Chip Ganassi's owner contacted Gordon, declaring his interest to sign him, while Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones wanted to partner with him to form a team. However, Gordon signed a lifetime contract with Hendrick Motorsports beginning in 2000, allowing him to become the owner of equity in the No. team. 24.
The 2000 season saw Gordon entering his first campaign with Robbie Loomis of Petty Enterprises as head of his crew. Together with Loomis, Gordon recorded his victory this season in the spring at Talladega, giving him a 50th career victory. He went on to win the race at Sears Point and Richmond. Gordon finished the ninth season in points.
The following year, Gordon won six races in Las Vegas, Dover, Michigan (100th win for Hendrick Motorsports), Indianapolis, Watkins Glen, and the inaugural race in Kansas. Gordon became the third rider to win four Cup championships in NASCAR history, second only to Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt (both winning seven times), and by 344 points in front of Tony Stewart.
2002 and 2003 featured three victories each for Gordon in Bristol, Darlington and Kansas, and at Martinsville (twice) and Atlanta, respectively. In 2004, the first season under the banner of Nextel Cup Series, the team recorded five wins in Talladega, Indianapolis, Fontana, Infineon and Daytona. Despite the success, the points that were reset by the newly-formed Chase for the Cup removed Gordon's 60-point advantage over Johnson. As a result, at the end of the season, he finished third season in the standings behind champions Kurt Busch with 16 points and Johnson with eight points. If Chase were not there, and assuming the ending point remains the same, Gordon will win the championship with 47 points.
The 2005 season started with Gordon claiming his third Daytona 500 victory, followed by victories at Martinsville at Advance Auto Parts 500 and in Talladega. However, inconsistencies will annoy him throughout the year. Despite having 14 tens, he failed to finish nine times. The late-season demands made him in a position to qualify for Chase, but in the final race before Chase in Richmond, Gordon made contact with a two-wall turn and failed to qualify for Chase. Loomis left the team on 14 September, and Steve Letarte, head of Gordon's car, took over for the Chase Opener at Loudon. Gordon eventually won at Martinsville on the Subway 500. It was the first time Gordon came out beyond the top ten in the standings points since 1993. Gordon also finished the season with eight top-five low-career.
Gordon recorded only two wins in 2006 in Infineon and Chicagoland, while also recording only two poles on both Dover and Phoenix dates. The following year, his performance improved rapidly, winning six races and seven poles. Gordon's first victory of 2007 was in Phoenix, tying the modern Darrell Waltrip 59 pole record, followed by tying Dale Earnhardt for the sixth all-time in the overall number of Cup wins. In Talladega, he recorded the 77th Cup victory of his career, anxiously with the fans, who started throwing beer cans into Gordon's car. Gordon will win five more times this season, in Darlington, Pocono, Talladega, and Charlotte; Seven poles of Gordon occurred in Fontana, Bristol, four in a row in Texas, Phoenix, Talladega and Richmond, Daytona, Watkins Glen, Michigan and Martinsville. However, Gordon finished Chase second in the standings for teammate HMS Jimmie Johnson with 77 points. Gordon finished the year with the top 30s, setting a new Cup-era Cup record. This marks the second time Gordon lost the championship because of the Chase points system. If Chase were not there, Gordon would win the championship with 353 points.
From 2008 to 2010, Gordon fought, recorded a total of one victory over three seasons at the Samsung 500, his first victory at Texas Motor Speedway. Within a span of three years, Gordon recorded six total posts, including four in 2008, and third place finished in 2009 behind HMS team mate Mark Martin and champion Johnson. During the 2009 season, Gordon became the first rider in NASCAR history to win US $ 100 million in career victories.
Martin's crew chief Alan Gustafson joined Gordon in 2011 after Steve Letarte was transferred to Dale Earnhardt's team, Jr. In the second race of the year in Phoenix, Gordon won for the first time in 66 races; In 499 Aaron, Gordon decides the tie for the third pole with Cale Yarborough. At Pocono, he tied Bill Elliott to the most victory on the track with five, and in Atlanta, he beat Johnson to claim his 85th career victory, the third greatest of all time behind Richard Petty and David Pearson. Gordon became the most powerful rider in the modern-day sports, past Darrell Waltrip.
Gordon fought during the early part of the 2012 season, although the pole at Talladega, failed to hit ten points. At Pocono, Gordon took advantage of his team's right-back tire failure Jimmie Johnson at the end of the restart shortly before a massive storm that was expected to rain on the track, giving him an 86th and sixth Cup victory on the track, surpassing Elliott for the most wins on the track. At Richmond, despite problems at the start of the race that put him in a lap, Gordon rallied to finish both Clint Bowyer, and make Chase eighth for the Sprint Cup. At the Phoenix race in November, Gordon ran near the front until Bowyer came back in contact and forced him into the wall. Gordon then cut the tire while trying to retaliate and was punished with a black flag for both of his attempts at retaliation and failed to get off the pit ramp to fix his tires. In retaliation for the black flag Gordon avenged deliberately destroying Bowyer, collecting Joey Logano and Aric Almirola in the process so as to end Bowyer's hopes of winning the Cup. The two crews started fighting while Bowyer got angry out of his car. Bowyer frantically ran into Gordon's goal, but he was detained by officials just ahead of Gordon. Gordon was fined $ 100,000, docked 25 points, and placed on probation until 31 December. He recovered from his penalty by winning the season finale, Ford EcoBoost 400, next week for the 87th Sprint Cup victory of his career.
In 2013, Gordon made his 700th start sequentially at Bojangles' Southern 500; Gordon came in 3rd place, marking his 300th career career career. In Dover, Gordon finished third, tying David Pearson to third all-time position in the top five with 301. In qualifying for the Auto Parts Federation 400, Gordon set the track record at a speed of 130,599 mph (210.199 km/h) 20,644 seconds for his first pole in 2013 and fifth in Richmond, severing ties with Mark Martin for most of the pole on the track among active riders. Gordon won the post in 21 consecutive seasons setting a NASCAR record. However, despite finishing 8th, Gordon never won and was eliminated from Chase initially by completing a point behind Joey Logano. On September 13, it was announced that Gordon would be added to Chase after it was found that the Logano team had collaborated with Motorsport Front Row team David Gilliland for Gilliland to surrender the place to Logano so that Logano could secure its tenth-place position. over Gordon. In the Martinsville race, Gordon won his first race in 2013 and first in Martinsville since 2005.
In 2014, Gordon recorded four wins, starting in the May Kansas race; 2007 was the last time he won at least four times in a season. Entering Brickyard 400, the twenty-year anniversary of his first career victory in the 1994 race, the day was declared "Jeff Gordon Day" by Indianapolis's mayor, Greg Ballard. Gordon passed team-mate Kasey Kahne with 17 laps to go on to win, breaking ties with teammate Jimmie Johnson for the biggest win of the event, and tied with former Formula One driver Michael Schumacher for the most victory in Indianapolis. Gordon also won in Michigan and Dover, his first victory on the track since 2001. In Texas, Gordon and Keselowski were racing to win when Keselowski tried to shoot between Johnson and Gordon, who cut Gordon's left tire back and pulled it out. Gordon fell to 29, while Keselowski will finish third. After the race, Gordon confronts Keselowski in the pit road over the incident with both drivers surrounded by their pit crew. However, it increased to a fight because keselowski was pushed from behind by Harvick, who also fought with Keselowski on the last lap. Despite four wins, Gordon could not compete for the championship after being knocked out of Chase's bout in the second race from behind in Phoenix. Gordon won the pole for the final race at Homestead, and led a 161-lap high-lap race, but the decision to pit with 13 laps to go degraded him to 24th, and he finished 10. Finish marking his 10th 454, surpassing Mark Martin for the second position in the great tens of all time, behind Richard Petty 712.
On January 22, 2015, Gordon announced that 2015 would be his last season as a full-time racer, but did not rule out retirement entirely. On January 29, 2015, Gordon stated he did not plan to run the Daytona 500s again after 2015. He started the season by winning a pole for his last Daytona 500, but dropped on the last lap, finishing 33rd. Gordon won two additional poles by sweeping the Talladega race. In November, Gordon claimed his first victory in 2015, winning his ninth race, Martinsville, in Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500, leading him to the Championship Four at Homestead. It will be his only victory in 2015, and his 93rd and final victory of his NASCAR career. In his last race as a full-time competitor at Ford EcoBoost 400 in 2015, Gordon finished sixth, falling almost from his quest for the fifth championship of his career.
By 2016, Gordon announces he will return to the Cup Series at Brickyard 400, driving No. 1. 88 in place of the injured Dale Earnhardt Jr. He also ran in Pocono, Watkins Glen and Bristol. On September 2nd, 2016, it was announced that Earnhardt would be out for the rest of the season and Gordon would fill in Darlington, Richmond, Dover and Martinsville races. He recorded his best finish of the season at Martinsville with a sixth run.
Other races
Gordon has participated in the Race of Champions three times, including the winning Nations Cup drive with Jimmie Johnson and Colin Edwards of Team USA at the 2002 event in Gran Canaria. Prior to the ROC, Gordon competed in the ROC America event, losing to Kenny BrÃÆ'¤ck after an accident. After that, Gordon beat Johnson by a sixteenth of a second. Later that day, Gordon rode with Marcus GrÃÆ'¶nholm rally driver around the field, both of them finally flipping. In the first half of the ROC, Gordon (2: 03.03) lost to 2002 champion Cristiano da Matta, but in the second half, Gordon (1: 53.47) defeated Fernando Alonso of Formula One. In the semi-final, Gordon (1: 53.20) wins against driver CART SÃÆ' Â © bastien Bourdais, and in the final, Gordon (1: 53.87) wins against European Touring Car Championship rider Fabrizio Giovanardi. He is scheduled to run it again in 2004 against seven-time F1 World Champion Michael Schumacher but is out with flu, and Casey Mears takes his place. In 2005, Gordon competed in the Race of Champions again, this time being held in Paris, France, where he partnered with the X-Game racer/racer, Travis Pastrana.
In 2007, Gordon competed in the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona for the first time. He ran No. 10 SunTrust Pontiac-Riley to Wayne Taylor Racing. His team-mates consist of Max Angelelli, Jan Magnussen, and Wayne Taylor. The team went on to finish third, two laps behind winning teams Juan Pablo Montoya, Scott Pruett and Salvador DurÃÆ'¡n. Gordon returned to Rolex 24 in 2017, partnering with Wayne Taylor Racing once more. He drove Cadillac No. 10 with Angelelli, Jordan and Ricky Taylor for the event. At the start of the race, Gordon makes contact with Tom Long, turning the number 70 out. Regardless of the incident, the team no. 10 able to hold the No. car. 5 belonging to Filipe Albuquerque to win the overall class, making Gordon the fourth rider to win the Daytona 500 and Rolex 24. Gordon drove the car for a total of 2 hours and 34 minutes.
Gordon ran at the International Race of Champions from 1995 to 2000. Gordon won one race at Daytona International Speedway in 1998. In the race, Gordon only led two laps, but was the leader of the race with a round of 30. Despite being invited for the 2002 season, Gordon refused because of time constraints.
In 1997, Gordon was offered a ride by the owner of CART's Barry Green team with Tim Green as a stepping stone to F1's American American Racing. However, Gordon refused, stating that there are "too many steps" to reach F1. On June 11, 2003, Gordon went to Indianapolis Motor Speedway to take part in a test with the current Williams-1 racer, Montoya. Both of them switched, with Gordon driving Montoya Williams FW24, marking the first time he drove the F1 car. In Gordon's first lap, he went off the field, and clocked 1:17; when compared, the 2002 United States Grand Prix pole time is 1:10, while the slowest is 1:13. On the second run, Gordon starts with a standing start, and on the next lap notes 1: 16.5. Montoya will eventually join NASCAR in 2007.
Gordon has also participated in the Prelude to the Dream dirt track race at Eldora Speedway in 2007, 2008 and 2010; Gordon had intended to run the 2009 race, but not because of the scheduling of the conflict. Gordon finished third in the 2007 race, 14 in 2008 and 22 in 2010, most recently run by Tim Riley Hospital for Children.
Broadcasting career
When Gordon made the decision to withdraw from full-time driving at the end of the 2015 Sprint Cup Series season, he reportedly pulled the antenna onto the television network about the possibility of joining others at the broadcast stand. On January 25, 2015, USA Today's author Jeff Gluck reported that Gordon was hired by Fox Sports to work as a guest analyst for the Fox NASCAR broadcast of the Xfinity Series event alongside broadcaster Adam Alexander time and Michael Waltrip; the news was officially announced by Fox Sports the next day. On February 3, Gordon made a guest appearance on Fox News Channel's Fox & amp; Friends , in which he stated his plan to call three races for Fox Sports.
On April 10, 2015, Gordon made his broadcasting debut on Fox Sports 1 during network coverage from O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway. Gordon returned to the broadcast booth for Drive to Stop Diabetes 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 18, and Winn-Dixie 300 at Talladega Superspeedway on May 2, 2015. Gordon was one of five active NASCAR drivers to serve as guest analysts for Fox Sports during 2015 Xfinity Series season; the other four are Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski, Clint Bowyer, and Danica Patrick.
On May 21, 2015, Gordon announced at the NASCAR Race Hub that he would join Fox Sports as a full-time analyst for the Cup Series event, starting with Speedweeks in Daytona in 2016. Gordon paired up with Mike Joy and Darrell Waltrip in the broadcast booth, replacing Larry McReynolds, who moved to the Hollywood Hotel starting in 2016.
On November 6, 2015, Gordon joins Joy and Waltrip at the booth for the first time in rehearsal during WinStar World Casino & Resort 350 at Texas Motor Speedway. Exercises were not shown during the World Series Truck Series broadcast.
Personal life
Gordon is a born-again Christian. He had talked about how in the early 1990s he became curious and followed several drivers into a weekly chapel one week, which is how he began to learn more about God. During this time, Gordon kept the Bible verses pinned to his wheel. In 2004, Gordon stated he "had a hard time focusing on one particular belief." When asked again in a 2015 Sports Illustrated magazine interview, he claimed: "I was not raised [by religion] It was something I introduced when I came to the Cup Series I explored and learned a lot from that experience I feel it helps make me a better person, but I choose to do it more privately now. "
Marriage and children
Gordon met Brooke Sealey, a model of the Miss Winston Cup, on the path of victory at Daytona International Speedway after he won the first of two qualifying races for Daytona 500 1993. The couple began dating in secret because of unwritten rules that prohibit drivers from dating the model. Sealey's role as Miss Winston finished after the 1993 season, and the couple openly revealed their relationship after the NASCAR award ceremony in December. Prior to the 1994 Daytona 500, a year to the day of their encounter on the path of victory, Gordon ordered a banquet hall at a French restaurant in Daytona Beach, where Gordon proposed to Sealey. The couple married on November 26, 1994. They had a home on Lake Norman in North Carolina, but were permanently evacuated due to fan distractions. The couple then moved to Highland Beach, Florida. In March 2002, Sealey sued for divorce after accusing Gordon of making a marital mistake, and Gordon eventually fought the lawsuit. Gordon's wife, who also uses the name Jennifer Brooke Gordon, cites her husband's relationship with professional model Deanna Merryman in her divorce letter with a racecar driver. In court documents, he requested "the exclusive use of the couple's seaside home, worth $ 9 million, as well as allowances, two cars and the use of boats and airplanes regularly." Although Gordon stated that Sealey did not deserve such a high honor, because he "risked his life and limb" to gain wealth, Sealey stated that "NASCAR is a relatively safe job." Sealey then earned $ 15.3 million. The divorce was completed on 13 June 2003. During that year, Gordon was seen with the model of Amanda Church on the beach at St. Bart's, and then moved with him in New York City.
Gordon was introduced to Ingrid Vandebosch during a dinner party at The Hamptons by a friend in 2002, but they did not start dating until 2004. Gordon announced their engagement on June 24, 2006, at a croquet event at Meadowood Resort in St. Louis. Helena, California. According to Gordon, they had kept the engagement a secret for the next 30 days. Gordon and Vandebosch were married in a small private ceremony in Mexico on November 7, 2006. On 20 June 2007, Vandebosch gave birth to their first child, Ella Sofia Gordon in New York City. On February 4, 2010, Gordon revealed that he and his wife were expecting their second child in August, and on March 16, he revealed that the baby was a boy. Gordon told Scott Pruett to be assigned as a standby driver for Watkins Glen because his wife would give birth the weekend of August 8th. On the morning of August 9, Vandebosch sent their son Leo Benjamin Gordon. The family lives in the neighborhood of SouthPark Charlotte, North Carolina.
Philanthropy
In 1999, Gordon founded the Children's Foundation Jeff Gordon to help support children facing a life-threatening and chronic illness. On December 16, 2006, Gordon opened Jeff Gordon Children's Hospital at the Northeastern Medical Center. In 2007, Gordon, along with Andre Agassi, Muhammad Ali, Lance Armstrong, Warrick Dunn, Mia Hamm, Tony Hawk, Andrea Jaeger, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Mario Lemieux, Alonzo Mourning, and Cal Ripken, Jr. founded Athletes for Hope, a charitable organization that helps professional athletes engage in charitable activities and inspires millions of non-athletes to volunteer and support the community.
AARP sponsors Gordon in 2011 through the Drive to End Hunger program, which donates food to famine relief organizations near NASCAR tracks, along with reducing hunger among senior citizens. Gordon is also a member of the Clinton Global Initiative, which helps global leaders find solutions to end world urgent problems.
Business support and effort
Before his sponsorship with Pepsi, Gordon had been sponsored by Coca-Cola, but ultimately chose Pepsi because of more visibility, along with Coca-Cola wanting Gordon to be a regional sponsor in the southeastern United States. Gordon has also been sponsored by Kellogg Company, Frito-Lay, Edy, and Ray-Ban. Since 2012, Gordon has been sponsored by the Sun DVX and Safety Sunglass, built with elastomers from DuPont.
Gordon owns JG Motorsports to manage permissions, and the company receives up to 20 percent of Gordon's licensed products. Such items generated $ 112 million in 1998. Gordon owns a dealer, Jeff Gordon Chevrolet, located in Wilmington, North Carolina, and opened in 1998. With Dale Earnhardt, Gordon owns Performance Partners, Inc., a company real estate, along with Chase Racewear, casual clothing line; both are also major shareholders in Action Performance Companies, Inc. (now Lionel Racing), the official die-cast creator of NASCAR. In May 2005, Gordon announced a partnership with Bob Lutz to form Jeff Gordon Racing School, a car racing experience for fans who started operations at Lowe Motor Speedway in August of that year. In 2009, Lutz was renamed school as NASCAR Racing Experience. In 2007, PepsiCo introduced Jeff Gordon 24 Energy, an orange flavored energy drink, which has since been discontinued.
In October 2005, Gordon started the wine line with Briggs & amp; Sons Winemaking Co., debuted with Carneros Chardonnay 2004, followed by Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon in January 2007. Finally, Ella Sofia Napa Valley 2007 Joie de Vivre won a double gold medal at the Indy 2011 International Wine Competition.
In 2012, Gordon became the designer of Speedway Motor Canada in Fort Erie, Ontario, which will be Canada's largest route. Gordon's stepfather, John Bickford, serves as the project's general manager.
On February 12, 2015, Gordon was hired by Axalta Coating Systems sponsors as a global business advisor, who works in automotive refinishing, OEM, commercial vehicles and industrial business departments.
Career achievements
Awards and honor
- 1990 Hoosier Auto Racing Driver Fans of the Year
- 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2007 AARWBA All America Team
- 1992 Recipient of the Pat O'Connor award
- 1994 Hoosier Auto Racing Fans Hall of Fame adopted
- 1995, 1998 Richard Petty Driver of the Year
- 1995, 1998, 2001 Jerry Titus Award Winner
- 1996, 1998, 1999, 2007 Recipient of Best Driver ESPY Award
- 1996, 2016 Order of Pine Pine Leaf Long
- 1997 People ' s 50 Most Beautiful People
- 1997, 2004, 2011 NASCAR Illustrated Award Recipient of the Year
- 1998 50 Greatest NASCAR Racer
- 2000 People ' Men on the Fast Track
- IIS Sport Ethics Fellow 2002
- 2005 Vallejo Sports Hall of Fame sworn in
- 2007 Pep Boys Auto 500 Grand Marshal
- 2009 National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame is adopted
- Silver Buffalo Award 2009
- 2011 Legends of The Glen inductee
- Recipient of the 2011 National Motor Sport Unification Award (on the whole)
- Recipient of the 2012 Humanitarian Heisman Award
- 2012 recipient of Myers Brothers Award
- 2014 Angel Ball honoree
- 2015 Indianapolis 500 speed honor car
- 2015 Ride of Fame timeless honorer
- 2015 Sagamore from Wabash recipient
- 2015 H. Clay Earles Award recipient
- Chevrolet 2015 Lifetime Award Receiver
- 2015 Bill France Award of Excellence recipient
- Award from the National Motorsports Association Award 2015 (fourth quarter)
- Recipient of the Denise McCluggage 2016 Award
- 2016 Order of Pine Leaf Long receiver
- 2016 Bristol Motor Speedway Legends Plaza inductee
- 2016 NASCAR Euro Series Zolder Final Grand Marshal
- 2017 Daytona 500 speed car speeder
- 2017 Brickyard 400 speed car riders
- 2018 Hall of Fame Motors of Fame of America sworn in
- 2019 NASCAR Hall of Fame Inductee
Names of names
Jeff Gordon Boulevard In 1999, Pittsboro, Indiana was renamed County Road 275 East, which runs about a mile on either side of Interstate 74 in Indiana, after Gordon on his 28th birthday.Records and milestones
With 93 winning career points, Gordon is ranked third among all NASCAR Cup Series winners; he ranked first when considering only the victories achieved during the modern-day sports (1972-present).
Gordon holds the record for the top Cup Cup victory on the boundary plate track (12) and the road course (9), as well as the record of six consecutive streaks.
Gordon is the toughest Series Cup racer on the following tracks:
- Indianapolis Motor Speedway (5)
- Kansas Speedway (3rd tied with Jimmie Johnson)
- The Pocono Parade (6)
- Sonoma Raceway (5)
In 2009, Gordon became the first NASCAR rider to earn US $ 100 million in career victories.
In 2014, Gordon joined former F1 driver Michael Schumacher as the only rider to win five victories at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in a series of races.
In 2017, Gordon became the fourth rider to win at Daytona 500 and Daytona 24 Hours; the first three riders are Mario Andretti, A. J. Foyt, and Jamie McMurray.
Successive sequential
Since making his debut in the Cup Series at Hooters 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on November 15, 1992, Gordon has never missed a race that lasted 24 consecutive seasons. With the 797 starting at the 2015 EcoBoost 2015, Gordon is the ninth among all-time Series Cup racers with the most started overall.
In 2007, Gordon asked for part-time driver Mark Martin if he could alert him to take over the No. 1 car. 24, if she has to miss the race to witness the birth of her first child. Ella's daughter Sofia Gordon was born on Wednesday, June 20 in New York City; Gordon traveled to Sonoma, California that week to compete at Toyota Save/Mart 350 on 24 June. In 2010, Gordon alike asked Scott Pruett's road ringer to be on alert for him at Watkins Glen due to the birth of his two future children. Although Gordon let Pruett run a few practice laps in Gordon's car, Gordon could start and finish the race without the help of Pruett. Son Leo Benjamin Gordon was born less than a day after the race was over. By 2014, Gordon has Regan Smith on standby for Coca-Cola 600, as Gordon suffers seizures back during qualifying and practice. Gordon was able to start and finish the race on schedule.
On September 27, 2015, in New Hampshire, Gordon started the 789 race in a row, becoming a NASCAR iron man, passing Ricky Rudd, who started 788 consecutive races from 1981-2005. Gordon ended his career with 797 consecutive races starting.
In popular culture
Motorports career results
Career summary
NASCAR
(lock) ( Bold Ã, - Pole position is given by qualifying time. Italics - Pole positions received by points standings or practice time. * Ã, - Most lead round. )
Sprint Cup Series
Daytona 500
Busch Series
Sports car racing
Rolex Sports Car Series
(key) Bold Ã, - pole position (whole finish/finish class).
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
24 Hours Daytona
International Champions Contest
(key) ( Bold Ã, - Position pole. * Ã, - Most rounds lead. )
See also
- The winner of the all-time NASCAR Cup Series
- List of NASCAR competitions won by Jeff Gordon
- List of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions
- List of winners Daytona 500
- List of Daytona 500 pole position winners
- List of celebrities with wineries and vineyards
- List of NASCAR Hall of Fame members
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External links
- Official website
- Driver statistics Jeff Gordon on Racing-References
- Owner statistics Jeff Gordon on Racing-References
- Jeff Gordon on IMDb
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