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Jeff Gordon is an American racing driver who drove in the NASCAR Cup Series full-time from 1993 to 2015, winning 93 Cup Series races and four Cup championships. Gordon made his stock car debut in the NASCAR Busch Series on October 20, 1990, at North Carolina Motor Speedway for Hugh Connerty, crashing out on lap 23 and ending up with a 39th-place finish. [1]
In the race, Gordon held off Harvick for his first win at Michigan since 2001. [206] On September 28, Gordon claimed his 4th win of the year by winning the AAA 400 at Dover, his 92nd of his career and his first at the track since 2001. [207] Returning to Texas for the AAA Texas 500, Gordon was involved in a controversial late race incident.
Gordon's first win of 2007 was at Phoenix, tying Darrell Waltrip's modern-day record of 59 poles, [77] followed by tying Dale Earnhardt for sixth all-time in overall number of Cup wins. [78] At Talladega , he recorded his 77th career Nextel Cup victory, to the dismay of the fans, who began throwing beer cans at Gordon's car. [ 79 ]
Richard Petty holds the record for the most NASCAR Cup Series wins in history with 200. David Pearson is second with 105 victories, and Jeff Gordon is third with 93 wins. [5] Petty also holds the record for the longest time between his first win and his last. He won his first race in 1960 and his last in 1984, a span of 24 years. [6]
First win: 1992 Atlanta 300 : Last win: 1992 All Pro 300 : Wins Top tens Poles; 3 ... Jeff Gordon: Four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion. 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001.
Gordon ended the season with Hendrick Motorsports' first Cup Series win at Homestead-Miami Speedway. This was also the final race of a 20-year relationship between the No. 24 team and DuPont; Axalta Coating Systems replaced DuPont's 14-race sponsorship. [9] Jeff Gordon's No. 24 AARP Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet SS in 2013
William Byron will start from the pole at Phoenix Raceway, trying to win his first Cup Series championship and give the famed No. 24 Chevrolet its first title since Jeff Gordon in 2001. Byron ...
Second-year driver, 23-year-old Jeff Gordon, who once lived in nearby Pittsboro, was cheered on by the hometown crowd to a popular win. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was his second career NASCAR Winston Cup win and thrust the young Gordon, the future hall of famer , into superstardom.