Hendrick Motorsports will have two drivers, William Byron and Kyle Larson, carrying its banner into the Championship 4 at the Phoenix Raceway on November 2.
Yesterday at Martinsville, Jeff Gordon got to see his old No. 24 car go to Victory Lane with William Byron, earning a Championship 4 berth. To see it happen 10 years after Gordon earned his final career win and made his own championship race visit.
Ryan Blaney knew he had his work cut out for him heading into Sunday’s Round of 8 finale at Martinsville Speedway. Blaney qualified 31st and being in a position where he needed to win to clinch a spot in the Championship 4, that was less than ideal at a track like Martinsville.
It's been nearly four years since Hendrick Motorsports last won a NASCAR Cup Series championship. For most teams, a four-year title drought isn't a drought at all.
Several former NASCAR Cup drivers balked when the sanctioning body first suggested use of the HANS head-and-neck restraint device prior to the start of the 2001 season.
Those were the days when ‘Iron Man’ took NASCAR by storm. Right from his debut in 1993 to his retirement in 2015, Jeff Gordon racked up 93 Cup Series wins, four championships, and three Daytona 500 wins, all while redefining what it meant to be a superstar on the track.
Jeff Gordon didn’t just race into NASCAR’s spotlight; he redefined it. When he hit the Cup Series full-time in 1993 with Hendrick Motorsports, he was already lugging big expectations from his lower-tier wins.
Last weekend, the NASCAR community witnessed a spectacle. Shane van Gisbergen extended his road course winning streak to five trophies, only one race away from tying Jeff Gordon’s record.
It is one thing to win a race, but winning it by a 15.160-second margin while leading a race-high 57 laps? That is something! And yes, we are talking about the one driver who has been dominating the road course this season: Shane van Gisbergen.
Jeff Gordon’s entry into NASCAR was nothing short of revolutionary. In 1993, at just 21, he secured 7 top-5 finishes, including a 2nd place finish in the Coca-Cola 600, driving the 24 Chevrolet Lumina for Hendrick Motorsports.
If you have followed the current season, then you know the menace Shane van Gisbergen has been on road courses, all while being a Cup Series rookie. His
NASCAR Hall of Famer and four-time Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon has surprisingly praised Team Penske. As the vice chairman of Hendrick Motorsports, he noted that Penske has unlocked success at Kansas Speedway.
Short tracks have become a sticking point in the Next Gen era, with Goodyear, NASCAR, and manufacturers all searching for ways to breathe life back into the racing.
Jeff Gordon has always been level-headed. Rarely did he lose his temper during his NASCAR career. Okay, maybe a few times, but for the most part, the Pittsboro, Indiana native’s personality was much like his driving on the racetrack — steady and even.
NASCAR, at the height of its popularity, thrived on elements the sport struggles to capture today. Chief among them was star power. Icons like Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, and Jeff Gordon weren’t just winners; they were larger-than-life figures who packed grandstands.
Denny Hamlin set the pace at Kansas Speedway, leading 159 of 273 laps and sweeping both opening stages after rolling off second on the grid. But when push came to shove on the final restart, the win slipped through his fingers.
For much of the afternoon at Kansas Speedway, Toyota’s grip on the race appeared unshakable. Christopher Bell and Denny Hamlin led the field with authority, with the latter leading 159 laps with the Xfinity fastest lap.
“I ruined it for us.” Jeff Gordon knows a thing or two about the sting of throwing away a sure win. Nearly a decade ago, at Martinsville in 2015, he admitted to a pit-road speeding penalty.
Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon are two of Indiana’s best-ever drivers from a sport that has given us all kinds of all-time greats in all types of motorsports.
Bill Davis, one of NASCAR’s most influential team owners and the man who launched Jeff Gordon’s stock-car career, has died at 74. Across three decades in the sport, Davis left a lasting mark.
According to NASCAR Hall of Famer Jeff Gordon, a sequel to the hit 1990 film "Days of Thunder" is something star actor Tom Cruise wouldn't be opposed to.
Jeff Gordon made his NASCAR Cup Series debut in 1992. A couple of years before he competed in the 1990 Chili Bowl Nationals. He finished 16th. The Hendrick Motorsports vice chairman returned to Tulsa for the 2025 version of the premier midget race in the world to serve as the grand marshal.
Jeff Gordon, the four-time NASCAR champion was one of the best racers in the world at his peak, and his dominating runs in the NASCAR Cup series had limited parallels.