135 Facts About Jeff Gordon

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Jeffery Michael Gordon was born on August 4,1971 and is an American stock car racing executive and former professional stock car racing driver, who currently serves as the vice chairman for Hendrick Motorsports.

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Jeff Gordon raced full-time from 1993 to 2015, driving the No 24 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports in the former NASCAR Winston Cup Series and Sprint Cup Series, and served as a substitute driver for Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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Jeff Gordon is regarded as one of the best and most influential drivers in NASCAR history, helping the sport reach mainstream popularity.

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Jeff Gordon is a four-time Cup Series champion, having won the title in 1995,1997,1998, and 2001.

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Jeff Gordon won the Daytona 500 three times in 1997,1999, and 2005.

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Jeff Gordon has completed three career Grand Slams and has won a total of sixteen Crown Jewel races, both of which are all-time records.

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Jeff Gordon is third on the all-time Cup wins list with 93 career wins, while having the record for the most wins in NASCAR's modern era and the most wins in one modern era season, with 13 during the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series.

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Jeff Gordon's 81 pole positions led all active drivers and is third all-time, and a modern era record; Jeff Gordon won at least one pole in 23 consecutive seasons, making this a NASCAR record.

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Jeff Gordon was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2019.

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Jeff Gordon is of Scotch-Irish descent, and was born in Vallejo, California to parents Carol Ann Bickford and William Grinnell Jeff Gordon of Vacaville, California.

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Jeff Gordon has a sister, Kim, who is older by four years.

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Jeff Gordon attended Tri-West Hendricks High School in Lizton, Indiana and was on the school's cross country team; he graduated in 1989.

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When he was four years old, Jeff Gordon rode a BMX bike that his stepfather bought for him and began racing quarter midgets at the age of five.

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The Roy Hayer Memorial Race Track in Rio Linda, California is noted as the first track Jeff Gordon ever competed on.

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When he was 11, Jeff Gordon won all 25 of the karting races he entered.

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At age 12, Jeff Gordon became bored with cars and decided to start a career in waterskiing before switching back to driving one year later.

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In 1986, Jeff Gordon began racing sprint cars, winning three races.

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The next year, Jeff Gordon was awarded a USAC license at age 16, the youngest driver to do so.

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Jeff Gordon became the youngest driver in the World of Outlaws at the time.

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In 1990, Jeff Gordon won his second consecutive Night Before the 500, the Hut Hundred, and the Belleville Midget Nationals on his way to winning the USAC national Midget title.

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In 1991, Jeff Gordon captured the USAC Silver Crown, and at the age of 20 became the youngest driver to win the season championship.

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Jeff Gordon won the 4 Crown Nationals midget car race that season.

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In 1992, Jeff Gordon competed in the Slim Jim All Pro Series' Winchester 400, but finished 24th after crashing on lap 172.

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In 1990, Jeff Gordon met Hugh Connerty, who owned some Hooters restaurants and was a partner in Outback Steakhouse.

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Jeff Gordon drove the No 67 Outback Steakhouse Pontiac for Connerty.

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26.

Jeff Gordon ran the second fastest lap during qualifying and started on the outside of the front row of the field.

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Jeff Gordon would get involved in a wreck on lap 33.

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In 1991 and 1992, Jeff Gordon began racing in the Busch Series full-time, driving Ford Thunderbirds for Bill Davis Racing.

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In 1992, Jeff Gordon set a NASCAR record by capturing 11 poles in one season.

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Jeff Gordon was sponsored by Carolina Ford Dealers in 1991 and Baby Ruth in 1992.

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Jeff Gordon extended his Busch experiment one more year, through 2000 as co-owner, with Rick Hendrick buying Evernham's half, and GEM becoming JG Motorsports.

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In two seasons, Jeff Gordon won twice, in 1999 at the Outback Steakhouse 200, the inaugural race at Phoenix, and 2000 at Homestead.

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Jeff Gordon made his Winston Cup debut in the season-ending race, the Hooters 500 at Atlanta, finishing 31st after a crash.

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Jeff Gordon was originally supposed to race the No 46, but complications with licensing related to Days of Thunder forced Gordon to the 24.

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Jeff Gordon opened the season with a win in the Gatorade Twin 125's race, while recording his first-career pole position at the fall Charlotte race, and concluded 1993 with a 14th-place points finish and the Rookie of the Year Award.

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Jeff Gordon's last-place finish at the 1993 First Union 400 was a firm example of this theory.

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In 1994, Jeff Gordon won the Busch Clash exhibition race at Daytona.

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In 1995, Jeff Gordon won his first Winston Cup Series championship.

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Jeff Gordon won his fifth pole of the season at Charlotte, but after the race, NASCAR officials found unapproved wheel hubs on his car, and fined the team $60,000 while placing Ray Evernham on probation indefinitely.

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Jeff Gordon later won four more poles during the season while winning races at Daytona, New Hampshire, Darlington and Dover.

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Jeff Gordon won consecutive Winston Cup titles in 1997 and 1998.

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Jeff Gordon won the second race of the season at Rockingham the following week, followed by a third win at Bristol; after a last-lap battle with Rusty Wallace.

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At Charlotte, Jeff Gordon won The Winston in a Jurassic Park scheme; the car was modified by Evernham with assistance from Hendrick chassis engineer Rex Stump, and after the race it was banned following complaints from other team owners.

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Jeff Gordon finished the season with 10 victories.

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Jeff Gordon clinched his third title with a 364-point lead over Mark Martin.

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Jeff Gordon set Winston Cup records during the season, including four consecutive wins and 17 consecutive top-five finishes.

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Jeff Gordon ended the season with seven poles, 25 top-five, and 27 top-tens.

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Jeff Gordon began the 1999 season with his second Daytona 500 win.

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Jeff Gordon then won races at Atlanta, Fontana, Sears Point and Watkins Glen.

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However, Jeff Gordon signed a lifetime contract with Hendrick Motorsports starting in 2000, which allowed him to become an equity owner in his No 24 team.

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The 2000 season saw Jeff Gordon enter his first campaign with Petty Enterprises' Robbie Loomis as his crew chief.

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The next year, Jeff Gordon won six races at Las Vegas, Dover, Michigan, Indianapolis, Watkins Glen, and the inaugural race at Kansas.

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Jeff Gordon became the third driver to win four Winston Cup championships in NASCAR history, second only to Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt, and with a 344-point margin ahead of Tony Stewart.

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The 2005 season began with Jeff Gordon claiming his third Daytona 500 victory, followed by a win at Martinsville in the Advance Auto Parts 500 and at Talladega.

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Jeff Gordon finished the season with a career-low eight top-five finishes.

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Jeff Gordon only recorded two wins in 2006 at Infineon and Chicagoland, while recording only two poles at Dover and Phoenix's second dates.

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However, Jeff Gordon finished the Chase second in the standings to HMS teammate Jimmie Johnson by 77 points.

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Jeff Gordon finished the year with 30 top tens, setting a new modern era Nextel Cup Series record.

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Jeff Gordon ended the regular season 312 points ahead of second place in the standings, but since he had less wins than Jimmie Johnson, he started behind him in the Chase.

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From 2008 to 2010, Jeff Gordon struggled, recording just one win during the three seasons at the Samsung 500, his first win at Texas Motor Speedway.

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Jeff Gordon became the winningest driver in the modern era of the sport, passing Darrell Waltrip.

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Jeff Gordon struggled during the early portion of the 2012 season, despite a pole at Talladega, failing to reach the top ten in points.

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At Pocono, Jeff Gordon took advantage of teammate Jimmie Johnson's right-rear tire failure on a late restart just immediately before an expected large thunderstorm rained onto the track, thus giving him his 86th Cup victory and sixth at the track, surpassing Elliott for the most wins at the track.

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At Richmond, despite troubles early in the race that mired him a lap down, Jeff Gordon rallied to finish second to Clint Bowyer, and made his eighth Chase for the Sprint Cup.

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Jeff Gordon then cut a tire when trying to retaliate and was penalized with a black-flag for both his attempt at retaliation and failing to come down pit road to fix his tire.

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In reply to the black-flag Jeff Gordon retaliated by intentionally wrecking Bowyer, collecting Joey Logano and Aric Almirola in the process, thus ending Bowyer's hopes to win the Cup title.

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Jeff Gordon recovered from his penalty by winning the season finale, the Ford EcoBoost 400, the next week for the 87th Sprint Cup victory of his career.

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In 2013, Jeff Gordon made his 700th consecutive Cup start in the Bojangles' Southern 500; Jeff Gordon finished 3rd, marking his 300th career top-5 finish.

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At Dover, Jeff Gordon finished 3rd, tying David Pearson for third all-time in top-five finishes with 301.

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Jeff Gordon's winning a pole in 21 consecutive seasons set a NASCAR record.

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However, despite finishing 8th, Jeff Gordon was winless and was knocked out of the Chase initially by finishing one point behind Joey Logano.

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At the Martinsville race, Jeff Gordon won his first race of 2013 and first at Martinsville since 2005.

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In 2014, Jeff Gordon recorded four wins, starting at the May Kansas race; 2007 was the last time he had won at least four times in a season.

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Jeff Gordon passed teammate Kasey Kahne with 17 laps to go to win, breaking a tie with teammate Jimmie Johnson for most wins in the event, and tied with former Formula One driver Michael Schumacher for the most wins at Indianapolis.

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Jeff Gordon won at Michigan and Dover, his first wins at the tracks since 2001.

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Later, Jeff Gordon would admit that his anger was fueled by disappointment in the chances of another possible championship slipping away.

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Jeff Gordon won the pole for the final race at Homestead, and led a race-high 161 laps, but the decision to pit with 13 laps to go relegated him to 24th, and he finished 10th.

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On January 22,2015, Jeff Gordon announced that 2015 would be his last season as a full-time driver, but did not rule out retirement entirely.

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Jeff Gordon started the season by winning the pole for his final Daytona 500, but crashed on the final lap, finishing 33rd.

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Jeff Gordon won two additional poles by sweeping the Talladega races.

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In November, Jeff Gordon claimed his first win of 2015, winning his ninth career Martinsville race in the Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500, advancing him to the Championship Four at Homestead.

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Jeff Gordon returned to the Cup Series in 2016 at the Brickyard 400, driving the No 88 as a substitute for the injured Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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Jeff Gordon recorded his best finish of the season at Martinsville, one year after scoring his final win at the same race, with a sixth-place run, his final race in NASCAR.

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Jeff Gordon has participated in the Race of Champions three times, including a Nations Cup-winning drive with Team USA's Jimmie Johnson and Colin Edwards at the 2002 event in Gran Canaria.

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Later in the day, Jeff Gordon rode with rally driver Marcus Gronholm around the course, both eventually flipping.

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Jeff Gordon was slated to run it again in 2004 against seven-time F1 World Champion Michael Schumacher but was sidelined by the flu, and Casey Mears took his place.

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In 2007, Jeff Gordon competed in the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona for the first time.

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Jeff Gordon raced the No 10 SunTrust Pontiac-Riley for Wayne Taylor Racing.

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Jeff Gordon's team finished third, two laps behind the winning team of Juan Pablo Montoya, Scott Pruett, and Salvador Duran.

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Jeff Gordon made his return to the Rolex 24 in 2017, partnering with Wayne Taylor Racing .

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Jeff Gordon drove the No 10 Cadillac alongside Angelelli, Jordan and Ricky Taylor for the event.

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Early in the race, Jeff Gordon made contact with Tom Long, spinning Long's No 70 out.

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Jeff Gordon drove the car for a total of 2 hours and 34 minutes.

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Jeff Gordon ran in the International Race of Champions from 1995 to 2000.

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Jeff Gordon won one race at Daytona International Speedway in 1998.

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In 1997, Jeff Gordon was offered a ride by CART team owner Barry Green with Team Green as a stepping stone to F1's British American Racing.

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However, Jeff Gordon declined, stating that there are "just too many steps" to reach F1.

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On June 11,2003, Jeff Gordon went to Indianapolis Motor Speedway to take part in a test with then-WilliamsF1 driver Montoya.

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On his second run, Jeff Gordon began with a standing start, and on his next lap recorded 1:16.5.

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Jeff Gordon has participated in the Prelude to the Dream charity dirt track race at Eldora Speedway in 2007,2008, and 2010.

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Jeff Gordon had been intending to run the 2009 race, but did not due to scheduling conflicts.

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Jeff Gordon finished third in the 2007 race, 14th in 2008 and 22nd in 2010, the latter being run with Team Riley Hospital for Children.

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When Jeff Gordon made the decision to step back from full-time driving at the conclusion of the 2015 Sprint Cup Series season, he reportedly put out feelers to television networks about the possibility of joining the broadcast booth.

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On January 25,2015, USA Today writer Jeff Gluck reported that Gordon was hired by Fox Sports to work as a guest analyst for NASCAR on Fox broadcasts of Xfinity Series events alongside full-time announcers Adam Alexander and Michael Waltrip; the news was officially announced by Fox Sports the following day.

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Jeff Gordon was one of five active NASCAR drivers to serve as a guest analyst for Fox Sports during the 2015 Xfinity Series season; the other four were Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski, Clint Bowyer, and Danica Patrick.

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106.

On May 21,2015, Jeff Gordon announced on NASCAR Race Hub that he would join Fox Sports as a full-time analyst for Cup Series events, beginning with the 2016 Sprint Cup Series season.

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Jeff Gordon was paired with Mike Joy and Darrell Waltrip in the broadcast booth, replacing Larry McReynolds, who moved to the Hollywood Hotel.

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Jeff Gordon made his debut as a Cup Series analyst as part of Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway in February 2016.

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Early in his career, Jeff Gordon stated that he was a born again Christian.

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Jeff Gordon talked about how in the early-1990s he became curious about Christianity and followed some drivers to the weekly chapel one week, which is how he first started to learn more about God.

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Jeff Gordon met Brooke Sealey, a Miss Winston Cup model, in victory lane at Daytona International Speedway after he won the first of two qualifying races for the 1993 Daytona 500.

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Jeff Gordon was introduced to Ingrid Vandebosch during a dinner party at The Hamptons by a mutual friend in 2002, but they did not begin dating until 2004.

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Jeff Gordon announced their engagement on June 24,2006, at a croquet event at Meadowood Resort in St Helena, California.

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Jeff Gordon had Scott Pruett assigned as a standby driver for Watkins Glen because his wife was due to give birth the weekend of August 8,2010.

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Jeff Gordon is a member of the Clinton Global Initiative, which helps global leaders find solutions to ending the world's pressing problems.

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Jeff Gordon has been sponsored by Kellogg Company, Frito-Lay, Edy's, and Ray-Ban.

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Since 2012, Jeff Gordon has been sponsored by DVX Sun and Safety Sunglass, which are constructed with elastomer from DuPont.

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Jeff Gordon owns JG Motorsports to manage licensing, and the company received up to 20 percent of Jeff Gordon-licensed products.

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Gordon owns a dealership, Jeff Gordon Chevrolet, located in Wilmington, North Carolina, and was opened in 1998.

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In May 2005, Gordon announced a partnership with Bob Lutz to form the Jeff Gordon Racing School, a stock car racing experience for fans which began its operations at Lowe's Motor Speedway in August that year.

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In 2012, Jeff Gordon became the designer of the Canadian Motor Speedway in Fort Erie, Ontario, which will be the largest track in Canada.

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On February 12,2015, Jeff Gordon was hired by sponsor Axalta Coating Systems as global business advisor, working in the automotive refinishing, OEM, commercial vehicle and industrial business departments.

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In 2016, Jeff Gordon signed with Creative Artists Agency as their client.

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Jeff Gordon was previously represented by Just Marketing International, International Management Group, and William Morris Agency.

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Jeff Gordon holds the records for the most Cup Series victories on restrictor plate tracks and road courses, as well as a record six-consecutive road-course wins.

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126.

Jeff Gordon is the all-time winningest Cup Series driver at the following tracks:.

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In 1995, at age 24, Jeff Gordon became the youngest Cup Series champion in NASCAR's modern era and the second youngest overall, behind Bill Rexford, who won the 1950 series championship at 23 years old.

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In 2009, Jeff Gordon became the first NASCAR driver to reach US$100 million in career winnings.

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In 2014, Jeff Gordon joined former F1 driver Michael Schumacher as the only two racers to earn five victories at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in a single racing series.

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Since making his Cup Series debut in the Hooters 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on November 15,1992, Jeff Gordon never missed a race spanning over 24 consecutive seasons.

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In 2007, Jeff Gordon asked part-time driver Mark Martin if he could be on standby for him to take over the No 24 car, should he have needed to miss a race to witness the birth of his first child.

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In 2010, Jeff Gordon similarly asked road course ringer Scott Pruett to be on standby for him at Watkins Glen due to the impending birth of his second child.

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Son Leo Benjamin Jeff Gordon was born less than a day after the race's conclusion.

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In 2014, Jeff Gordon had Regan Smith on standby for the Coca-Cola 600, as Jeff Gordon suffered from back spasms during qualifying and practice.

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Jeff Gordon was able to start and complete the race as scheduled.