The Legend Of Gordon

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NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon has announced that 2015 will be his last year as a full-time driver on the Sprint Cup Series circuit. Gordon is not retiring from driving, but he will be scaling back his duties from the NASCAR schedule that begins next month with the Daytona 500 and ends in November at Homestead in Miami. But for a driver such as Gordon, he doesn’t owe anyone an explanation.

Jeff Gordon

Gordon began his NASCAR career in 1992 at the Hooters 500. Gordon would finish in 31st place that day as he was trying to get his footing while competing against some of the best drivers from that era that included Dale Earnhardt Sr., Rusty Wallace, and Dale Jarrett. 1993 would be Gordon’s first full season on the Winston Cup circuit and he served noticed that he would be a force to be reckoned with as he finished fifth in the Daytona 500. Gordon wouldn’t win a race that year, but he finished 14th overall in the driver standings to finish as NASCAR’s Rookie of the Year. Gordon would win his first NASCAR race in 1994 by taking the Coca-Cola 600 which is the circuits longest race of the year. Gordon would also go on to win the inaugural Brickyard 400 that season and he finished 8th overall in the standings.

1995 would be tremendous for Gordon as he would win his first Winston Cup Title and he had to do so by fending off a seven-time champion in Earhhardt Sr. Gordon would go on to win three more Winston Cup Championships and the “Rainbow Warrior” driving his famed no. 24 DuPont Chevrolet became one of the most popular drivers in NASCAR. Gordon has won 92 NASCAR career races and only “The King” Richard Petty and David Pearson have taken home the checkered flag more than him. Gordon has been a link in NASCAR between the reign of Earnhardt Sr. and the dynasty right now of Jimmie Johnson. Even at 43-years of age Gordon still has his boyish looks, but he is far from being a pushover which is something that Brad Keslowski can attest to after their melee towards the end of last season.

Gordon might be ready to scale back on racing a bit, but he still can hold his own as he finished sixth in the Sprint Cup standings in each of the past two years. Gordon has left his mark on the sport while putting a smile on the folks at Hendrick Motorsports and racing enthusiasts across America. It’s not, but if it were to be the last chapter that was written on Gordon’s career in a stock car, it would be worth the selling price as he has simply been one of the best to ever do it.

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By | 2015-01-22T17:54:08+00:00 January 22nd, 2015|Categories: Auto Racing|Tags: , , |0 Comments

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