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Jeff Gordon always seems to be in the right place at the right time. His first ever NASCAR NEXTEL Cup series race was one of the most historic days in NASCAR. The 1992 season finale in Atlanta which featured his first start, Richard Petty's last race, and the best points battle ever as Alan Kulwicki took home the title.
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THE OC. (February 18) – - Jeff Gordon saw his hopes for a fourth win in the Daytona 500 expire on lap 153 when a broken suspension piece sent him to the garage area. The malady was discovered after Gordon suffered repeated problems with blistered tires. He made it back on the track for a few laps before pulling in with a 39th place finish -- his worst Daytona 500 outcome since he finished 42nd in 1996. "We had issues during testing, when we saw some cracks and breaks," said Gordon. "At the start, the car was awesome, but then the handling went away, and I didn't understand why, but I knew we had some kind of failure." The race came down to a final restart with 4 laps to go. Ryan Newman received a push from his Penske Racing teammate Kurt Busch and scored his first career restrictor plate victory in the series' biggest race.
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Jeff Gordon wins at Pocono: #24-Jeff Gordon won the rain-shortened Pocono 500 at Pocono Raceway Sunday evening. The race was called on lap 106 after a 35 minute red flag when NASCAR determined that the track could not be dried before it got too dark to race. Rain plagued the area most of the day. Intermittent showers delayed the start of the race about more than 2 ½ hours. Gordon used pit strategy to take the lead on lap 98 and was in the right place when the rain hit. The win is Gordon's 4th of 2007 and 79th of his career.
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California native Jeff Gordon started racing go-carts when he was just a kid, but by 1992, the 20-year-old had already snagged a few races in NASCAR's Busch Series. He won his first NASCAR Championship in 1995, quickly becoming one of the most famous and successful NASCAR racers in history. Before long, he became the youngest driver in Winston Cup history to achieve 50 career wins. His celebrity skyrocketed along with his success, leading not only to People magazine naming him one of its "50 Most Beautiful People" in 1997, but ... to appearances on everything from Saturday Night Live to Herbie: Fully Loaded. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide
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DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. (February 14) – - Jeff Gordon will start 8th in Sunday's Daytona 500 after a strong third-place effort in his 150-mile qualifying race on Thursday afternoon. Gordon started in the rear of the field without any discernable drafting partners and patiently worked his way through traffic to briefly take the lead of the event. However, the Joe Gibbs Racing cars of Denny Hamlin and Tony Stewart proved to be too much in the closing stages as Gordon settled for 3rd. Gordon got a push from Kasey Kahne on the final green/white/checkered restart and flirted with the top spot before Stewart gave his teammate the winning push from behind.
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Jeff Gordon began racing at the age of five racing quarter midgets.[1] Supporting his career choice, Gordon's family moved from Vallejo, California to Pittsboro, Indiana, where there were more opportunities for younger racers. Before the age of 18, Gordon had already won three short-track races and was awarded USAC Midget Car Racing Rookie of the Year in 1989. The next year Gordon won the USAC Midget title. In 1991, Gordon moved up to the USAC Silver Crown and at the age of 20 became the youngest driver to win the title.
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