NASCAR Driver Profile - Jeff Gordon

NASCAR Driver Profile - Jeff Gordon. Jeff Gordon has raced on the NASCAR circuit since 1992. Along the way he has won 81 races, 328 Top Ten finishes, 67 Pole Positions, Four season championships, and won over $94 million USD in prize money. Gordon has raced for Hendrick Motorsports during his entire tenure on the professional racing circuit, however, he has not finished first in the points standings since 2001. Teammate Jimmie Johnson has won the NASCAR Cup the past three seasons. Gordon enters the 2009 NASCAR racing season looking to show improvement on his 7th place finish last season and hoping to make a go at his fifth championship this season.

NASCAR Driver Profile- Race History - Jeff Gordon

Jeff Gordon started racing in the Busch Series in 1991 and 1992 racing for Bill Davis Racing. He won the rookie of the year his first season on the circuit and followed that up with obtaining 11 pole positions in his second season. In 1992, Gordon ran his first NASCAR Winston Cup (Now called the Sprint Cup) Series race in the Hooters 500 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway going on to finish 31st after crashing in the 164th lap. Gordon would go on to win the NASCAR Rookie of the Year Award in 1993 and obtained his first victory in 1994 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in the Coca Cola 600. He would finish 8th overall in Winston Cup point standings for the 1994 season. Jeff Gordon would then go on in 1995 to win his first NASCAR Winston Cup championship defeating Dale Earnhardt who had won his final championship the previus season. Gordon would finish second in the Cup standings to Terry Labonte in 1996 but would rebound and win his first Daytona 500 in 1997 followed by his second NASCAR Winston Cup Championship. Gordon would repeat his Cup Championship in 1998, and go on to become only the third driver to win four NASCAR Cup championships in 2001.

NASCAR Driver Profile - Personal Acievements - Jeff Gordon

If Jeff Gordon were to quit NASCAR racing today, he would be considered to have had a Hall of Fame career. At 37, he's by no means done. His accomplishments include:

USAC Triple Crown Champion (1990 Midget, 1991 Silver Crown)
NASCAR Busch Series Rookie of the Year - 1991
Sprint Cup Series Champion - 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001
Daytona 500 Winner - 1997, 1999, 2005
Allstate 400 at the Brickyard - 1994, 1998, 2001, 2004
Sprint All-Star Race - XI, XIII, and XVII Winner
NASCAR Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year - 1993
2009 Inductee in the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame
Voted as one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers

NASCAR Driver Profile - 2009 NASCAR Season - Jeff Gordon

After finishing second in the Sprint Cup Series in 2007 to team mate Jimmie Johnson, and seventh in 2008, Jeff Gordon is on a mission to show that he is still one of the top NASCAR drivers in the sport. He has started off the 2009 strongly finishing 4th in his opening race at the Budweiser Shootout at Daytona. Gordon would then go on to hold off Tony Stewart and win his 5th Gatorade Duel which was his first win in over 41 races. As a result, he started in the third position at Daytona and despite some issues with his tires, finished 12th at the 2009 Daytona 500.