70 career victories
4-time NASCAR champion(1995, 1997, 1998, 2001)
1997 Winston Million
Four Time winner of the Winston NoBull Million
2005: Daytona 500 winner
2004: Finished 3rd in points
2003: Finished 4th in points
2002:
2001: NASCAR champion
1999: Daytona 500 winner
1998: NASCAR champion
1997: NASCAR champion
1997: Daytona 500 winner
1995: NASCAR champion
1994:
1993:Official rookie season.
Won a 125-mile qualifier for
Daytona, but no points races.
Rookie Of The Year honors for 1993.
1992:Rookie Season, Started one race.
1991:Busch Series Rookie Of The Year
Dominator Of The Late 90s: Jeff Gordon always seems to be in the right place at the right time. His first ever NASCAR NEXTEL Cup series race was one of the most historic days in NASCAR. The 1992 season finale in Atlanta which featured his first start, Richard Petty's last race, and the best points battle ever as Alan Kulwicki took home the title.
More than that, he just has a knack for not being where the wreck is. He can have junk for a car and still find his way into contention for the win at the end of the day. Jeff Gordon is a force in NASCAR. And will continue to be even after he decides to hang up his helmet as he is now part car owner of the #48 team and driver Jimmie Johnson.
First race in 1992, Rookie Of The Year in 1993, First win in 1994 and first Championship in 1995. Jeff Gordon was a man on a mission.
Became the youngest driver in Winston Cup history to achieve 50 career wins.
Was the first driver ever to win Rookie Of The Year in both the Busch Series and the Winston Cup Series.
Won 4 NASCAR Winston Cup Championships (1995, 1997, 1998, 2001), joining Richard Petty & Dale Earnhardt as one of only three drivers to win more than three championships.
Has starred in several Pepsi commercials and has his own Car dealership down in Charlotte known as Jeff Gordon Chevrolet. Has his own book out entitled "Portrait of a Champion" which highlights his phenomenal 1997 Championship. Also has been in several Frito Lay commercials, some featuring his wife. Has a leukemia patient down in the pits at every race.
Raced the Brickyard 400 in a car painted as a tribute to the 50th anniversary of Peanuts. Gordon's "copilots" were Woodstock, Joe Cool and Snoopy's WWI Flying Ace. [5 August 2000]
As of March, 2000, Gordon has won four Winston Cup championships, 58 races and more than $45 million in prize money.
Raced the Busch Grand National Carquest Auto Parts 300 in a car painted the promote Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). Gordon's "copilots" were Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Maul. [26 May 1999]
Has countersued his wife, the former Jennifer Brooke Sealey, for divorce in Palm Beach County (FL) Circuit Court, saying he should not have to equally split the couple's estate, as per her request, because he risked his life to collect it. [10 April 2002]
Made Peoples 50 Most Beautiful People in 1997.
Reached a settlement that guarantees his now-former wife, Jennifer Brooke Sealy, at least $15.3 million. Sealy filed for divorce on 17 March 2002 after seven years of marriage, citing marital discord. (13 June 2003)
The night after winning the first-ever Brickyard 400 in Indianapolis in 1994, he called a pizza delivery place from his hotel room and was told it would be a hour or two before he got his food because of the race. His reply to the pizza delivery worker was, "Well, will it help any if I'm the *winner* of that race?" He got his delivery within minutes.
The driver who holds the most second place finishes when he wins is Bobby Labonte.
(July 2004) Won his 68th career race, giving him a comfortable lead of thirteen races in first place of the active win list.
