The bright lights at the Bristol Motor Speedway shone hard after a tough and grueling short track race in 1995. Dale Earnhardt Sr., who had finished as the runner-up behind Terry Labonte, climbed out of his car ready to speak to the press.
For more than four decades, Hendrick Motorsports has stood as one of NASCAR’s most dominant teams, but its true rise began in 1995, when young Jeff Gordon turned potential into legacy.
In the midst of a relative slump for driver Kyle Larson and the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports team, crew chief Cliff Daniels decided that reading was going to be the team's summer bonding activity of choice.
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.
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.
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.
The Toyotas have been resilient in the playoffs. Three Joe Gibbs Racing drivers swept the Round of 16 races, presenting serious concerns to their rivals.
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.
No rivalry in Bristol history has been more talked about and replayed more than Jeff Gordon and Rusty Wallace’s rivalry. The veteran champion, with a chip on his shoulder, going against an up-and-coming driver heading into his prime, and whose whole image defies the typical NASCAR image, is pure Hollywood.
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.
Jeff Gordon stacked his career with four championships, three Daytona 500 victories, three Coca-Cola 600 wins, and six Southern 500 triumphs, among countless others.
Walk into the Hendrick Motorsports race shop, the one that houses the Nos. 5 and 9 teams, and you’ll see a piece of history. There, in the lobby, sits the No.
NASCAR lost a legend this week. Iconic race promoter HA “Humpy” Wheeler passed away at the age of 86 due to natural causes. Wheeler was undoubtedly one of the most important promoters in the sport’s history.
One of NASCAR’s legends, H.A. “Humpy” Wheeler, has died, the Charlotte Motor Speedway confirmed on Thursday morning. And since then the tributes have been pouring in from across the sport.
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.
In the 1990s, there wasn’t a better rivalry in NASCAR than Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt. Ray Evernham is now shedding light on that. Apparently, the 24 and 3 teams were not such bitter rivals.
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.