Jeff Gordon
Jeff Gordon
Jeffery Michael "Jeff" Gordonis an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver and currently an announcer for Fox NASCAR. He formerly drove the No. 24 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports in 23 full-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series seasons between 1993 and 2015, and currently serves as a substitute driver for Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth4 August 1971
CityVallejo, CA
CountryUnited States of America
At Talladega, you worry about the big one that takes out 17 cars. Here, you worry about the 17 little ones that take out several cars. You're always racing with people around you so you don't have anywhere to go when things go wrong. And believe me, a lot of things go wrong.
They at least tried to give the drivers the benefit of the doubt to control it on their own. But as we all know, that doesn't happen very often. We're competitors out there, and we're going to do everything we can to get an advantage. Once it's started, you've got to do it as well. You don't have a choice.
As far as Katrina goes, I haven't seen the impact (on coffee prices yet),
It was a long day for the Dupont Chevrolet Monte Carlo. We fought back all we could.
It was spectacular, probably one of the coolest things I think I've ever done. I'm so glad we got a chance to do it. It just puts a whole different perspective on life when you are in that type of an environment.
I'm sad to see Robbie leave. For him, it was time for a change and I'm happy he's found the right fit.
It was a long day. I think we had a shot a top 10 with that tore-up race car.
A year like that makes you hungrier. It's not that we should win a championship every year, but we certainly should be in contention to win races on a fairly consistent basis.
It's not that we should win a championship every year, but we certainly should be contending. That doesn't mean it's going to happen every year. But when it's not, we're not living up to our potential.
I felt like there should have been some severe ones and there were.
As bad as that was, we had to move forward in a positive way. If you look at James Dean or Elvis Presley after his death, it's the same thing with Earnhardt. That's the type of persona Dale Earnhardt had in our sport and the publicity of his death took it to another level.
Our performances haven't been as bad as our finishes. We've had several races where we were completely off on our setup, but we've had numerous situations where we ran strong during the event but didn't have the good results to show for it.
The way the championship points are structured, winning is not the most important thing. It pays the most points, but a top-five these days is almost as good as a win.
He was making a few holes for me, but he was also holding me up. It's fun racing, but at the same time it was costing us a lot of time and positions.