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Between the Bristol race in March of 2001 and the Darlington race in September of 2003, Jeff Gordon had an unbroken streak of 56 races where he was running at the finish.
On 22 April 2007 Jeff Gordon won the Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. The win was his 76th, tying Dale Earnhardt for total wins. In honor of Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon drove a victory lap with a #3 flag. The next weekend, on April 29, Jeff Gordon won at Talladega, whose fans are known to be pro-Earnhardt Jr. Debris was thrown at the 24 car on the cool-down lap, resulting in 14 fans being banned for life from Talladega Superspeedway and other tracks whose owners agreed to carry over the ban to their own facilities.
1991 USAC Silver Crown Champion
1991 Busch Series Rookie of the Year
1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year
1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Champion
1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Champion
1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Champion
2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Champion
Reference Desk
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1998  Book | Natural Born Winner: The Jeff Gordon Story by George Mair; Ballantine Books |
| 1999 Book | Jeff Gordon: by Frank Moriarty; MetroBooks |
Biography
The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Jeff Gordon page on 22 July 2016, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Jeffery Michael "Jeff" Gordon is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver and currently an announcer for Fox NASCAR. He formerly drove the No. 24 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports in 23 full-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series seasons between 1993 and 2015, and currently serves as a substitute driver for Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.
Gordon started his professional racing career in the Busch Series with Hugh Connerty Racing, followed by Bill Davis Racing, winning three races, and began racing full-time in the Cup Series for Hendrick Motorsports in 1993. He is a four-time Sprint Cup champion, having won the title 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 wins list with 93 career wins, the most in NASCAR's modern era (1972–present). Gordon's 81 pole positions led all active drivers and is third all-time; Gordon won at least one pole in 23 consecutive seasons, making this a NASCAR record. He was also the active "iron man" leader for consecutive races participated in with 797 through the 2015 season.
In 1998, NASCAR named Gordon to its 50 Greatest Drivers list. In 2008, ten years later, ESPN's Terry Blount ranked him 10th in the 25 Greatest Drivers of All-Time. Foxsports.com named him as the fifth-best NASCAR driver of all time.
Gordon, along with Rick Hendrick, co-owns the No. 48 Chevrolet driven by Jimmie Johnson, who won six Cup championships from 2006 to 2010 and in 2013. Gordon also has an equity stake in the No. 24 team. Gordon also owned a Busch Series team between 1999 and 2000, Gordon/Evernham Motorsports (co-owned with Ray Evernham; later solely owned as JG Motorsports), winning twice.
Gordon was born in Vallejo, California and raised in Pittsboro, Indiana. He currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina with his wife, Ingrid Vandebosch and their two children Ella Sofia and Leo Benjamin.
| Type & Item # | Name | Details |
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| Die Cast - Pole Position Collectibles 92001 | Jeff Gordon | 1:64 scale, #1 Baby Ruth Ford Thunderbird |
| Pre-painted Model Kit - Revell-Monogram 85-1310 | 24 DuPont Automotive Finishes Jeff Gordon Monte Carlo | SnapTite, 1:24 scale |
| Pre-painted Model Kit - Revell 85-1325 | 24 Jeff Gordon Pepsi Monte Carlo | ProFinish, 1:24 scale |
| Collector Card - 1992 Maxx 29 | Jeff Gordon | #1 Carolina Ford Dealers Ford |
| Collector Card - 1992 Maxx 50 | BGN Rookie of the Year | Jeff Gordon #1 Carolina Ford Dealers Ford |
| Collector Card - 1996 Upper Deck Road to the Cup RC1 | Jeff Gordon | #24 DuPont Chevrolet Monte Carlo |
| Collector Card - 1996 Upper Deck Road to the Cup RC51 | Screamin' Steel: Jeff Gordon | #24 DuPont Chevrolet Monte Carlo |
| Collector Card - 1996 Upper Deck Road to the Cup RC121 | 1995 Award Winners: Jeff Gordon ('95 Champion) | #24 DuPont Chevrolet Monte Carlo |
| Collector Card - 1996 Upper Deck Road to the Cup RC124 | 1995 Award Winners: Jeff Gordon (1st in Pts.) | #24 DuPont Chevrolet Monte Carlo |
| Collector Card - 1996 Upper Deck Road to the Cup RC148 | Role Models: Jeff Gordon (Richard Petty) |
