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.
Sitting sixth in the standings with a 40-point cushion, William Byron’s ninth-place run at Kansas Speedway did little to calm the nerves of Hendrick Motorsports vice chairman Jeff Gordon.
Jeff Gordon retired from NASCAR over a decade ago and, since then, has been elected into the sport’s Hall of Fame, named Vice Chairman at Hendrick Motorsports, and has gone on to become one of the most respected executives in the sport.
Although the average starting spot for a New Hampshire winner in the last 10 races has been 1.4, with every one of those victors rolling off the front row, Denny Hamlin will have to claw his way from P9.
Shaboozey, born Collins Obinna Chibueze, has gone from a Virginia-based upstart to one of the brightest stars on the global stage. His rise hit full throttle
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.
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.
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.