THE JEFF GORDON ULTIMATE FAN PAGE
THIS IS MY TRIBUTE TO ONE OF THE GREATEST NASCAR DRIVERS TO COME ALONG IN A LONG TIME HIS FIRST RACE WAS THE LAST RACE OF 1992WHICH ALSO WAS THE LAST RACE RICHARD PETTY RAN THE HANDED DOWN THE TORCH TO THE NEW KING OF AUTO RACINGON THAT DAY IN NOVEMBER IN MY OPINION JEFF GORDON IS THE BEST DRIVER TO COME ALONG IN A LONG
TIME HE IS ALREADY ON TRACK TO BREAK THE SEVEN WINSTON CUP CHAMPIONSHIP
MARK SET BY RICHARD PETTY AND TIED BY DALE EARNHARDT. IN MY OPINION I
THINK HE WILL BREAK THIS RECORD AND THE ALL TIME WIN RECORD OF 200 SET
BY THE KING IN 1984. NOW I AM NOT SAYING THE KING IS NOT THE GREATEST
IT IS JUST THAT HE WAS THE GREATEST OF HIS ERA GORDON WILL BE THE GREATEST
OF THIS ERA. THIS PAGE IS MY PERSONAL TRIBUTE TO JEFF GORDON. JUST THE
MOTO OF THE RAINBOW WARRIORS ALONE PROVES THAT JEFF IS A TRUE CHAMPION,
"REFUSE TO LOSE". EVEN THIS SEASON HE HAS SHOWN WHAT A CHAMPION HE IS
WHEN HE WRECKED AT TEXAS AND CAME BACK OUT TO FINISH THE RACE. IN ONE
RACE THIS SEASON HE WRECKED AND CAME BACK TO HAVE A GOOD FINISH. IT IS
THAT NEVER GIVE IN ATTITUDE THAT HAS WON HIM THREE WINSTON CUP CHAMPIONSHIPS,
TWO DAYTONA 500 WINS, AND MANY OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN HIS SHORT 7
YEAR CAREER. IT IS THAT SAME ATTITUDE THAT WILL WIN HIM HIS FOURTH TITLE IN 1999.


3 TIME WINSTON CUP CHAMPION
1995, 1997, 1998

2 TIME DAYTONA 500 WINNER
1997, 1999

SO FAR THIS SEASON HE HAS WON THREE RACES IT HAS BEEN A TOUGH YEAR
BUT HE IS STILL IN THERE BATTLING FOR A FOURTH TITLE.

1998 WAS A GREAT SEASON FOR JEFF AND THE RAINBOW WARRIORS:
* FIRST IN POINTS
* AVERAGE START WAS 6TH
* AVERAGE FINISH WAS 5TH
* 13 WINS [TYING RICHARD PETTY'S MODERN ERA RECORD OF THIRTEEN
WINS SET IN 1975]
* 26 TOP 5 FINISHES
* 28 TOP 10 FINISHES

JEFF WON THE FOLLOWING RACES IN 1998:

* GM GOODWRENCH SERVICE 400
* FOOD CITY 500
* COCA COLA 600
* SAVEMART/KRAGEN 350
* PENNSYLVANIA 500
* BRICKYARD 400
* BUD AT THE GLEN
* PEPSI 400 PRESENTED BY DE VILBISS
* FARM AID ON CMT 400
* PEPSI SOUTHERN 500
* PEPSI 400 (FIRST NIGHT RACE AT DAYTONA)
* AC DELCO 400
* NAPA 500

1998 WAS NOT THE ONLY GOOD YEAR FOR JEFF AND THE RAINBOW WARRIORS.
THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF THE OTHER FIVE YEARS OF HIS CAREER:

1993
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
7 TOP 5 FINISHES
11 TOP 10 FINISHES

1994
2 WINS
7 TOP 5 FINISHES
14 TOP 10 FINISHES

1995
7 WINS
10 TOP 5 FINISHES
16 TOP 10 FINISHES
1ST OF 3 WC TITLES

1996
10 WINS
21 TOP 5 FINISHES
24 TOP 10 FINISHES

1997
10 WINS
22 TOP 5 FINISHES
23 TOP 10 FINISHES
2ND OF 3 WC TITLES
STATS:

AGE------------------27
BIRTHDAY---------AUGUST 4, 1971
HEIGHT -----------5'7"
WEIGHT-----------150 LBS
HOMETOWN------BORN IN VALLEJO, CAL BUT LIVED IN PITTSBORO, IND AS HE GREW UP
JEFF IS MARRIED TO BROOKE(FORMERLY BROOKE SEALY, MISS WINSTON)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

* NAMED 1989 USAC MIDGET ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
* WON 1990 USAC MIDGET CHAMPION
* NAMED 1991 BUSCH SERIES ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
* WON 1991 USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP
* WON BUSCH SERIES RECORD $412,293 IN 1992
* IN 1993 GORDON WON THE WINSTON CUP ROOKIE OF THE YEAR FINISHING 14HT IN THE OVERALL
WINSTON CUP STANDINGS
* WON FIRST WINSTON CUP SERIES RACE ON MAY 29, 1994 IN THE COCA COLA 600 IN CHAROLETTE
IN ONLY HIS 42ND START
* NAMED AMERICAN DRIVER OF THE YEAR IN 1995
* AT AGE 24 IN 1995, JEFF WON HIS FIRST NASCAR WINSTON CUP CHAMPIONSHIP, BECOMING THE
SECOND YOUNGEST DRIVER IN THE 50 YEAR HISTORY OF NASCAR TO WIN IT.
* WON SEVEN RACES, EIGHT POLES, AND ALL MID-WAY BONUSES ON HIS WAY TO THE 1995 TITLE.
* WON SECOND NASCAR WINSTON CUP TITLE IN 1997
* IN 1996 JEFF WAS RUNNER UP TO HIS TEAMMATE TERRY LABONTE FOR THE TITLE BY 27 POINTS
* YOUNGEST DRIVER TO WIN THREE WINSTON CUP TITLES IN THE HISTORY OF NASCAR
* 45 WINS IN 7 SEASONS
* WON THE INAUGURAL BRICKYARD 400, AND THE CALIFORNIA 500
* WON THE FIRST EVER NIGHT RACE AT DAYTONA SUPERSPEEDWAY
* WON THE SOUTHERN 500 AT DARLINGTON FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR IN 1998
THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE SINCE THE FIRST RACE AT THE TRACK IN 1950
* WON FOUR STRAIGHT RACES IN 1998 MATCHING NASCARS RECORD FOR MOST WINS IN A ROW
* BROKE HIS OCTOBER-NOVEMBER CURSE BY WINNING THREE RACES IN THE TWO FINAL MONTHS OF THE 1998
SEASON. THE PEPSI 400 AT DAYTONA IN OCTOBER AND THE AC DELCO 400 AT THE ROCK IN NOVEMBER, AND
THE NAPA 500 AT ATLANTA IN NOVEMBER.
* WINNER OF THE 1997 DAYTONA 500 LEADING A 1-2-3 HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS FINISH WITH TEAMMATES
TERRY LABONTE AND RICKY CRAVEN
* SECOND AND FINAL DRIVER TO WIN THE WINSTON MILLION BONUS, WINNING THE DAYTONA 500,
COCA COLA 600, AND MOUNTAIN DEW SOUTHERN 500 IN 1997
* FIRST DRIVER TO WIN THE NEW NO BULL MILLION DOLLAR BONUS IN 1998
* IN 1997 JEFF BECAME THE FIRST DRIVER TO WIN 10 OR MORE RACES IN BACK-TO-BACK SEASONS SINCE
DARRELL WALTRIP IN 1981 AND 1982
* TOTALLED A RECORD $6,375,658 IN WINNINGS IN 1997 HE BROKE THAT RECORD IN 1998
* WON THIRD NASCAR WINSTON CUP TITLE IN 1998, HIS SECOND STRAIGHT AND THIRD IN FOUR YEARS
* IN 1998 JEFF WON 13 RACES, TYING RICHARD PETTY'S MODERN ERA RECORD SET IN 1975

JEFF IS NOT FREE OF CONTROVERSY HOWEVER, IN 1998 THERE WAS A LITTLE THING CALLED TIRE GATE
JACK ROUSH OWNER OF MARKM MARTINS #6 VALVOLINE TEAM ACCUSED JEFF AND RAY EVERNHAM OF SOFTENING
THEIR TIRE AT THE AUGUST RACE AT NEW HAMPSHIRE. NASCAR SEALED OFF BOTH MARTIN AND GORDONS PITS
AND CONFISCATED TIRES FROM BOTH. THEY RAN TESTS AND FOUND NOTHING ILLEGAL ABOUT THE TIRES. IT WAS
JUST ANOTHER SORE LOSER WHINING ABOUT HIS LOSS. DURING THE ORDEAL MARK MARTIN AND HIS CREW CHIEF
JIMMY FENNIG APPOLOGIZED TO RAY JEFF AND THE RAINBOW WARRIORS. THEY JUST SAID THAT THEY WANTED
TO RACE AND THAT WAS IT.

JEFF MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE YOUNGEST THREE TIME CHAMP BUT HE WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE HERE IS A COMPARISON
OF JEFF TO SOME OF THE OTHER DRIVERS WITH THREE OR MORE TITLES:

DALE EARNHARDT:
IT TOOK DALE EARNHARDT 13 SEASONS TO WIN HIS THIRD AND HE ONLY HAD 31 WINS BY THEN BUT HE DID WIN 7

RICHARD PETTY:
IT TOOK RICHARD PETTY 14 SEASONS TO WIN THREE HOWEVER HE DID WIN 7

DAVID PEARSON:
DAVID PEARSON WON HIS THIRD IN 10 SEASONS BUT ONLY HAD 57 WINS BY THEN. I THINK JEFF COULD HAVE CLOSE
TO 100 WINS BY HIS 10TH SEASON.

LEE PETTY:
IT TOOK LEE PETTY 11 YEARS TO WIN THREE TITLES.

DARRELL WALTRIP:
DARRELL WALTRIP WON THREE TITLES IN 14 SEASONS.

CALE YARBOROUGH:
CALE YARBOROUGH WON HIS THIRD IN HIS TWENTY-FIRST SEASON.

SO ACCORDING TO THOSE STATS JEFF COULD WIN MORE RACES THAN PETTY AND MORE TITLES
THAN PETTY. HE IS ON TRACK TO DO SO. WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT HE DOES.
 		STATS AND CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
JEFF IS THE ULTIMATE CHAMPION BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE THREATENED BY THAT! JEFF GORDON IS NOT ONLY A TRUE CHAMPION AND A GREAT DRIVER HE IS ALSO A NICE GUY.
HE DOES WORK FOR VARIOUS CHARITIES SUCH AS THE BONE MARROW DRIVE AND THE MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION.
HE IS ALSO A SPONSORS DREAM. HE IS GREAT IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA AND FAN FRIENDLY AND THE PEOPLE WHO
BUY THE SPONSORS PRODUCTS ARE THE FANS.

I THINK PEOPLE DON'T LIKE JEFF FOR THIS REASON, BECAUSE THEY ARE THREATENED. THEY FEEL HE IS TO
PERFECT AND THAT HE HAS ACHIEVED SO MUCH AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE. I THINK THEY ARE JUST JEALOUS,
BECAUSE HE WINS MORE THAN THEIR DRIVERS DO. WELL ISN'T THAT WHAT HIS JOB IS, TO WIN ISN'T THAT
WHAT HE GETS PAID FOR?
HELL WITH ALL THE GORDON HATERS.

#24 ALL THE WAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OH AND BY THE WAY RUSTY WALLACE IS A CRY BABY!

GOOD LUCK ON CHAMPIONSHIP NUMBER FOUR JEFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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