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Jeff Gordon
Position: Driver
13th year with HMS
13th year on team
Personal
Height: 5' 6" Weight: 155 lbs
Date of birth: 8/4/1971
Place of birth: Vallejo, Calif.
Hometown: Pittsboro, Ind.
Current residence: Charlotte, N.C.
Marital status: Single
Career Highlights
2004
Jeff Gordon completed the 2004 season with five wins, six poles, 16 top-five and 25 top-10 finishes. He finished third
in inaugural "Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup" championship, marking 11th consecutive top-10 points finish. Led
points after 26th race before top-10 points were reset. Jeff Gordon became the first stock car driver to capture four victories
at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and only the fourth driver in history to win there four times. He won at Talladega
and California in consecutive weeks -- his 19th career back-to-back win. Gordon’s 20th came later in the season
with wins at Infineon Raceway and Daytona on consecutive weekends.
2003
Jeff Gordon finished the 2003 season with three wins, four poles, 15 top-five and 20 top-10 finishes, and led the series
in laps led (1,639). In October, he recorded second win of the season at Martinsville to complete a season sweep at the 0.526-mile
short track. Jeff Gordon won the following week at Atlanta to record his 18th career back-to-back win. His sweep at Martinsville
marked the fourth time he has swept races at a particular track in one season. With a fourth-place finish in the point standings,
Jeff Gordon extended his record of consecutive top-10 point finishes to 10 (1994-2003).
2002
Jeff Gordon recorded three wins, including his 60th career win at Darlington, three poles, 13 top-five and 20 top-10 finishes.
Gordon recorded his 300th career start at Texas and surpassed the $50 million mark for career prize winnings. Jeff Gordon
led a trio of American drivers to a victory in the Race of Champions in Gran Canaria, Spain.
2001
Jeff Gordon achieved a fourth career championship, becoming only the third driver to win more than three championships.
He led the series in several statistical categories: wins (6), poles (6), top-fives (18), top 10's (24), races led (25) and
laps led (2,320). Gordon became the first driver to eclipse $10 million in single-season prize winnings. He also won both
The Winston all-star event and the Brickyard 400 for a third time.
2000
Jeff Gordon became the youngest driver in Cup history to achieve 50 career wins. He won Talladega, Richmond and Sears
Point. Gordon’s win at Sears Point marked sixth straight road course victory, a series record. Jeff Gordon tallied
11 top-five and 22 top-10 finishes along with three poles. Finished ninth in points.
1999
Jeff Gordon finished the season with seven victories becoming the first driver to win the most races for five straight
years. He also won the most poles (7) and led the most laps (1,320). Gordon finished the season sixth in points with 18 top-five
and 21 top-10 finishes
1998
Jeff Gordon won his third championship. Significant accomplishments: 13 victories, seven poles, 26 top-five and 28 top-10
finishes. Gordon became the first driver to win the Brickyard 400 twice. He won the "Winston No Bull Five" twice.
Gordon tied two modern era records with 13 wins in one season and four wins in a row. He won a record $6,175,867 in regular
season earnings and over $9 million in overall earnings.
1997
Jeff Gordon won his second career championship. Significant accomplishments: 10 victories, one pole, 22 top-five and 23
top-10 finishes. Gordon became the youngest driver to win the Daytona 500 and the second driver ever to win the "Winston
Million." Jeff Gordon broke regular season and overall earning records, becoming the only driver in NASCAR history to
exceed $4 million ($4,201,227) in regular-season winnings and passing the $6 million mark($6,375,658) in overall earnings.
1996
Jeff Gordon finished the season with 10 victories, five poles, 2,313 laps led and had regular-season earnings of $2,484,518
to lead in all those categories. He finished second in championship points, only 37 behind teammate Terry Labonte.
1995
Jeff Gordon became the youngest in NASCAR's modern era in only his third year on the tour. Significant accomplishments
during 1995: Seven victories, eight poles, 23 top-10 finishes, 2,610 laps led and $4,347,343 in overall winnings -- the most
ever by any NASCAR driver.
1994
Jeff Gordon won two races, including the inaugural Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and NASCAR's longest race,
the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. He won $1,607,010, more than any other NASCAR driver after 31 point races. Gordon
achieved seven top-five and 14 top-10 finishes.
1993
Jeff Gordon was named the Maxx Race Cards Rookie of the Year, and becamethe first driver ever to win rookie honors in
NASCAR's two top divisions (Busch Series, 1991). Won 125-mile qualifying race at Daytona in February of 1993 -- the first
rookie in 30 years to accomplish that feat
1992
Jeff Gordon's first career start on November 15, at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The race coincidentally was Richard Petty's
final NASCAR event.
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