During NASCAR’s Acceleration Weekend, DuPont hosted a press conference featuring Jeff Gordon and hosted by former driver Ricky Craven. Both drivers have been sponsored by DuPont, with Gordon celebrating 20 years with DuPont as his sponsor.
NASCAR legend and team owner Richard Petty was also in attendance. Gordon and Petty hold the records for longest-running sponsorships between a single driver and company, Petty’s being with STP. With a NASCAR legend like Petty and a current star like Gordon, the stories exchanged were priceless and the insight gained was immeasurable.
“Coming from open wheel racing and not growing up [following NASCAR], I got grief for that in my early years in NASCAR because I wasn’t the stereotypical driver who grew up in the south who really knew the sport—but one thing I did know was who Richard Petty was and who Dale Earnhardt was,” Gordon said on his early days in NASCAR. “Looking back on it now to know that I had the opportunity—I think I’m like one of...
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