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Jeff Gordon Early years and work Gordon was born in Vallejo, California, to Vacaville, California residents Carol Ann Bickford (née Houston) and William Grinnell Gordon. He is of Scotch-Irish descent. Gordon’s mother and real father divorced when he was only six months old. In the 1970s, her mother married John Bickford. Kim, his older sister, is four years older than him. James Bickford, who is his younger cousin, is a driver in the K&N Pro Series West today. [14] Gordon attended high school in Lizton, Indiana, and was on the cross country team there. He graduated in 1989. Gordon’s stepfather bought him a BMX bike when he was four, and when he was five, he began racing quarter midgets. Gordon’s first race was at the Roy Hayer Memorial Race Track in Rio Linda, California. This track used to be called the Cracker Jack Track. Gordon won 35 major races and set five track records by the time he was six years old. Gordon won 51 quarter midget races in 1979. Gordon won all 25 kart races he entered when he was 11 years old. At age 12, Gordon got tired of driving and decided to try waterskiing. After a year, he returned to driving. Gordon began racing sprint cars in 1986, and won three races. The following year, Gordon became the youngest driver to earn a USAC license. He is only 16 years old. In the 1980s, Gordon and his family had to deal with a problem with their insurance. He had to be 16 to drive a sprint car, and his hard work paid off when he won all the Florida speed weeks. Gordon’s family moved from Vallejo, California, to Pittsboro, Indiana, where there were more opportunities for young racers, helping him in his career choice. He rode in the World of Outlaws series in the late 1980s and won several feature races. He became the youngest World of Outlaws driver at the time. He also won races at Eldora Speedway and Bloomington Speedway. In 1989, when he graduated from high school, he changed quickly and raced that night in Bloomington. Gordon had already won three short-track races by the time he was 18. In 1989, he was named the USAC Midget Car Racing Rookie of the Year. The highlight of that season was winning the “Night Before the 500” midget car race the day before the “Indy 500.” Gordon also drove sprint cars in Australia and New Zealand during the decade. In 1990, Gordon won the Night Before the 500 for the second year in a row. He also won the Hut Hundred and the Belleville Midget Nationals, helping him win the USAC national Midget title. [ Gordon won the USAC Silver Crown in 1991, making him the youngest driver to win a season championship at age 20. During the same season, he also won the 4 Crown Nationals midget car race. Between 1989 and 1992, he raced midget cars in 40 USAC races. In 22 of those races, he finished in the top three. Gordon raced in the Slim Jim All Pro Series’ Winchester 400 in 1992, but he ended up 24th because he crashed on lap 172. The next year, he took part in a Featherlite Southwest Tour race at Sears Point Raceway. His engine broke down, and he ended up in 29th place.
Gordon was interested in IndyCar racing in the early 1990s, but he couldn’t find a ride because he didn’t have enough money. But Jackie Stewart, a former Formula One driver, offered Gordon a test drive in Europe in what Gordon thought was Formula Three or Formula 3000. Gordon did not take the test because he was talking to NASCAR at the time.
Busch Series
The Martin Auto Museum has a Bill Davis Racing Busch Series car driven by Gordon.
Hugh Connerty owned some Hooters restaurants and was also a partner in Outback Steakhouse. Gordon met him in 1990. Connerty got a car sponsored by Outback, and the car was used for testing at the last few Busch Grand National races of 1990. Ray Evernham was asked to help Gordon in his first race in a stock car. The AC-Delco 200 at North Carolina Motor Speedway on October 20, 1990, was his first Busch race. The No. 67 Outback Steakhouse Pontiac was driven by Gordon for Connerty. Gordon had the second-fastest qualifying lap, so he started on the outside of the first row. Gordon, on the other hand, would get into a wreck on lap 33. He ended up coming in 39th place.
Gordon began racing full-time in the Busch Series in 1991 and 1992. He drove Ford Thunderbirds for Bill Davis Racing. He won Rookie of the Year in his first year as a Busch driver. In 1992, Gordon won 11 poles in one season, which was a NASCAR record. [16] In 1991, Carolina Ford Dealers helped pay for him, and in 1992, Baby Ruth did the same. Gordon and Evernham, who was the Cup crew chief, started Gordon/Evernham Motorsports (GEM) in the Busch Series in 1999. Gordon and Rick Hendrick’s son Ricky Hendrick were the drivers, and the Rainbow Warriors and Patrick Donahue the pit crew and crew chief, respectively. Pepsi gave the co-owned team full sponsorship, and Gordon drove in six races with Evernham as crew chief. Evernham left Hendrick Motorsports due to problems with the team. It ended one of the most successful driver/crew-chief combinations in NASCAR history. Gordon continued to test for Busch for another year, until 2000, as a co-owner. Rick Hendrick bought half of Evernham, and GEM changed its name to JG Motorsports. Gordon won twice in two years. In 1999, he won the Outback Steakhouse 200, the first race, in Phoenix, and in 2000, he won at Homestead. Starting a job (1992–1994) In 1992, Jack Roush wanted to hire Jeff Gordon, but Gordon’s stepfather, John Bickford, insisted that Roush hire Ray Evernham instead. Bickford refused Roush’s request because Roush only hired his own crew chiefs. Rick Hendrick saw Jeff Gordon race in the Busch Series at Atlanta Motor Speedway later that year. Two days later, Gordon joined Hendrick Motorsports. Gordon’s first Winston Cup race was the Hooters 500 in Atlanta, which was the final race of the season. He crashed and ended up in 31st place. The next year, Gordon began driving the No. 24 cars for Hendrick in the Winston Cup Series full-time. He should race at No. 46, but due to problems with his license due to Days of Thunder, he moved to No. 24. He won the first race of the season, the Gatorade Twin 125’s,[38] and took his first pole position of his career at the fall Charlotte race. In 1993, he finished 14th in points and earned the Rookie of the Year Award. Gordon’s early success in the sport changed the way things were done and eventually made it possible for younger drivers to race in NASCAR. During the season, however, many people questioned Gordon’s ability to compete at such a high level at such a young age because he often pushed the cars too hard and crashed. This is proven by the fact that he entered last in the 1993 First Union 400. [40] Also, driver Darrell Waltrip wrote that he told Hendrick at the time that Gordon “hit everything but the speed car that year.” Gordon won the Busch Clash test race at Daytona in 1994. Gordon won the pole position for the Coca-Cola 600 in May, and he went on to win the race after electing to get two tires on a green-flag pit stop. Three months later, he won the first Brickyard 400 in his hometown when Ernie Irvan’s tire fell off near the end of the race.
