jeff gordon autobiography

- The Biography Of Nascar Jeff Gordon #24
The jeff gordon autobiography is one that covers nearly two decades of successful racing history. Starting at the age of 5 the young Jeff Gordon has did only one thing throughout his racing career and that is simply to win. During his early years racing he racked up over 600 short track races, winning four karting titles and three quarter midget championships in the process.
His accomplishments led to him becoming the youngest driver in history to ever to earn a USAC license when he was only 16. In 1990 at the age of 19 he won the USAC Midget Championship and from there the following year he became Nascars Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year by finishing 11TH in points that year. He came back in 1992 and only set another record by claiming eleven poles in the nationwide series, which three of those he actually won. Later in 1992 Jeff made his first Nascar start in Atlanta and the following year he was named Nascar Rookie of the Year after finishing 14Th in series points upon completion of his first full race season. He also grabbed another record in 1993 by becoming the youngest driver, at the age of 23, in 30 years to finish first in a 125 mile race that being Daytona. In 1994 he finished 8Th in series points, as well as, winning for the first time in the Coca Cola 600. 1995 saw him win seven races and take ownership of his first Nascar Series Title.
He came back the next year and won 10 more races and finished second in the title race. In 1997 he captured 10 more races and another Nascar Series Title. Now hang on because things really pick up from here. In 1998 he won his third nascar series title and at the age of 27 he became the youngest three time champ and not to forget he won 13 more race that year. In 1999 he finished 6Th in points but he also set the all time series record for road course wins. 2000 was a slow year finishing 9Th in points and then there is 2001 where he took home a highly coveted fourth Nascar Series Title, only surpassed by Richard Petty and the late great Dale Earnhardt. He earned a record setting $10,879,757 in winnings there by taking the first place position from Dale Earnhardt and becoming the Nascar all time money earner.
This was possible because he finished in the top five 18 times and in the top ten 24 times and he also set another record by becoming the first driver to win the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard three times. His 2001 season had even more accomplishments but lets move on to the 2002 season. That year he finished 4Th in points but beyond being a driver he stepped into ownership by becoming a partial owner in the Johnson’s #48 team, along with Rick Hendrick of course. In 2003 he finished 4Th again but that year his co-owned Jimmie Johnson team #48 car also finished in 2nd place on the points standings. Jeff finished third in points in the 2004 race season, a near 16 points behind that years champion. He raced to victory five times that year with four of them coming back to back.
Finishing 2005, with probably the least most productive year of his career, he still managed to take home an 11Th position in points and four wins. Gordon jumped back into the swing of things in 2006 qualifying for the NascarSprint Cup Chase. He ended the year sixth in points with 14 top five and18 top ten finishes. 2007 saw no let up by Jeff Gordon, finishing second in the points race and winning six times with twenty one top 5 and thirty top 10 finishes. He also grabbed seven poles that season but it didn’t stop there, when the year became even more special after his April 29Th win at Talladega, which made him Nascar’s all time winning est driver in history surpassing the legendary Dale Earnhardt. The winner that year was again his Jimmie Johnson team car. So see! Even when Jeff Gordon #24 doesn’t win, he still wins. An incredible driver, a savvy business mind and a committed philanthropist all describe Jeff Gordon well but we believe that this one word says it all about JG and that word is WINNER.

