Jeff Gordon is an American racing driver who drove in the NASCAR Cup Series full-time from 1993 to 2015, winning 93 Cup Series races and four Cup championships. Gordon made his stock car debut in the NASCAR Busch Series on October 20, 1990, at North Carolina Motor Speedway for Hugh Connerty, crashing out on lap 23 and ending up with a 39th-place finish. The following year, Gordon began racing in the Busch Series full-time, driving for Bill Davis Racing. In his first year as a Busch driver he won Rookie of the Year. In 1992, Gordon set a NASCAR record by capturing 11 poles in a single Busch Series season. Later in the year, Rick Hendrick watched Gordon race in a Busch Series event at Atlanta Motor Speedway, and Gordon joined Hendrick Motorsports two days later. Gordon made his Winston Cup debut in the season-ending race, the Hooters 500 at Atlanta, finishing 31st after a crash.

During Gordon's career with Hendrick, he won his first race in 1994 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the Coca-Cola 600, and later became a four-time Cup Series champion. He won his first title the following year in the 1995 season, and went on to win it in 1997, 1998, and 2001. He also won the Daytona 500 three times in 1997, 1999, and 2005. As of 2017, he ranks third on the all-time Cup wins list with 93, the most in NASCAR's modern era (1972–present). Gordon's 81 pole positions is also third all-time; Gordon won at least one pole in 23 consecutive seasons, a NASCAR record. He was also the active "iron man" leader for consecutive races participated in, with 797 through his retirement at the end of the 2015 season.

Over the course of his racing career, Gordon won a total of 98 NASCAR races, 93 of which were in the Cup Series. He also won five races in the Busch Series. His final NASCAR victory came at Martinsville Speedway in 2015 in the Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500. Although he returned on a part-time basis in 2016 as a substitute driver for Dale Earnhardt Jr., this did not result in any further victories; his best result in his return was a sixth-place finish at Martinsville.

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Winston/Nextel/Sprint Cup Series In the NASCAR Cup Series, which was sponsored by Winston, Nextel, and Sprint during Gordon's career, Gordon, the 1993 Rookie of the Year and four-time series champion, won 93 races. Throughout his career, he won at 24 of the 25 tracks at which he competed, leaving Kentucky Speedway the only track where he failed to win. As of the end of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, Gordon's 93 wins rank third all-time behind Richard Petty (200) and David Pearson (105).

+ Sprint Cup Series victories No. Date Season Race Track Location Ref1May 291994Coca-Cola 600Charlotte Motor SpeedwayConcord, North Carolina2August 6Brickyard 400Indianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, Indiana3February 261995Goodwrench 500North Carolina Motor SpeedwayRockingham, North Carolina4March 12Purolator 500Atlanta Motor SpeedwayHampton, Georgia5April 2Food City 500Bristol International RacewayBristol, Tennessee6July 1Pepsi 400Daytona International SpeedwayDaytona Beach, Florida7July 9Slick 50 300New Hampshire International SpeedwayLoudon, New Hampshire8September 3Mountain Dew Southern 500Darlington RacewayDarlington, South Carolina9September 17MBNA 500Dover Downs International SpeedwayDover, Delaware10March 31996Pontiac Excitement 400Richmond International RacewayRichmond, Virginia11March 24TranSouth Financial 400Darlington RacewayDarlington, South Carolina12March 31Food City 500Bristol Motor SpeedwayBristol, Tennessee13June 2Miller 500Dover Downs International SpeedwayDover, Delaware14June 16UAW-GM Teamwork 500Pocono RacewayLong Pond, Pennsylvania15July 28DieHard 500Talladega SuperspeedwayLincoln, Alabama16September 1Mountain Dew Southern 500Darlington RacewayDarlington, South Carolina17September 15MBNA 500Dover Downs International SpeedwayDover, Delaware18September 22Hanes 500Martinsville SpeedwayRidgeway, Virginia19September 29Tyson Holly Farms 400North Wilkesboro SpeedwayNorth Wilkesboro, North Carolina20February 161997Daytona 500Daytona International SpeedwayDaytona Beach, Florida21February 23Goodwrench Service 400North Carolina Motor SpeedwayRockingham, North Carolina22April 13Food City 500Bristol Motor SpeedwayBristol, Tennessee23April 20Goody's Headache Powder 500Martinsville SpeedwayRidgeway, Virginia24May 25Coca-Cola 600Charlotte Motor SpeedwayConcord, North Carolina25June 8Pocono 500Pocono RacewayLong Pond, Pennsylvania26June 22California 500California SpeedwayFontana, California27August 10The Bud At The GlenWatkins Glen InternationalWatkins Glen, New York28August 31Mountain Dew Southern 500Darlington RacewayDarlington, South Carolina29September 14CMT 300New Hampshire International SpeedwayLoudon, New Hampshire30February 221998GM Goodwrench Service Plus 400North Carolina Motor SpeedwayRockingham, North Carolina31March 29Food City 500Bristol Motor SpeedwayBristol, Tennessee32May 24Coca-Cola 600Charlotte Motor SpeedwayConcord, North Carolina33June 28Save Mart/Kragen 350Sears Point RacewaySonoma, California34July 26Pennsylvania 500Pocono RacewayLong Pond, Pennsylvania35August 1Brickyard 400Indianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, Indiana36August 9The Bud at the GlenWatkins Glen InternationalWatkins Glen, New York37August 16Pepsi 400Michigan SpeedwayBrooklyn, Michigan38August 30Farm Aid on CMT 300New Hampshire International SpeedwayLoudon, New Hampshire39September 6Pepsi Southern 500Darlington RacewayDarlington, South Carolina40October 17Pepsi 400Daytona International SpeedwayDaytona Beach, Florida41November 1AC Delco 400North Carolina SpeedwayRockingham, North Carolina42November 8NAPA 500Atlanta Motor SpeedwayHampton, Georgia43February 141999Daytona 500Daytona International SpeedwayDaytona Beach, Florida44March 14Cracker Barrel 500Atlanta Motor SpeedwayHampton, Georgia45May 2California 500California SpeedwayFontana, California46June 27Save Mart/Kragen 350Sears Point RacewaySonoma, California47August 15Frontier @ the GlenWatkins Glen InternationalWatkins Glen, New York48October 3NAPA AutoCare 500Martinsville SpeedwayRidgeway, Virginia49October 11UAW-GM Quality 500Lowe's Motor SpeedwayConcord, North Carolina50April 162000DieHard 500Talladega SuperspeedwayLincoln, Alabama51June 25Save Mart/Kragen 350Sears Point RacewaySonoma, California52September 9Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400Richmond International RacewayRichmond, Virginia53March 42001UAW-Daimler Chrysler 400Las Vegas Motor SpeedwayLas Vegas, Nevada54June 3MBNA Platinum 400Dover Downs International SpeedwayDover, Delaware55June 10Kmart 400Michigan International SpeedwayBrooklyn, Michigan56August 5Brickyard 400Indianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, Indiana57August 12Global Crossing at the GlenWatkins Glen InternationalWatkins Glen, New York58September 30Protection One 400Kansas SpeedwayKansas City, Kansas59August 242002Sharpie 500Bristol Motor SpeedwayBristol, Tennessee60September 1Mountain Dew Southern 500Darlington RacewayDarlington, South Carolina61September 29Protection One 400Kansas SpeedwayKansas City, Kansas62April 132003Virginia 500Martinsville SpeedwayRidgeway, Virginia63October 19Subway 500Martinsville SpeedwayRidgeway, Virginia64October 27Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500Atlanta Motor SpeedwayHampton, Georgia65April 252004Aaron's 499Talladega SuperspeedwayLincoln, Alabama66May 2Auto Club 500California SpeedwayFontana, California67June 27Dodge/Save Mart 350Infineon RacewaySonoma, California68July 3Pepsi 400Daytona International SpeedwayDaytona Beach, Florida69August 8Brickyard 400Indianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, Indiana70February 202005Daytona 500Daytona International SpeedwayDaytona Beach, Florida71April 10Advance Auto Parts 500Martinsville SpeedwayRidgeway, Virginia72May 1Aaron's 499Talladega SuperspeedwayLincoln, Alabama73October 23Subway 500Martinsville SpeedwayRidgeway, Virginia74June 252006Dodge/Save Mart 350Infineon RacewaySonoma, California75July 9USG Sheetrock 400Chicagoland SpeedwayJoliet, Illinois76April 212007Subway Fresh Fit 500Phoenix International RacewayAvondale, Arizona77April 29Aaron's 499Talladega SuperspeedwayLincoln, Alabama78May 13Dodge Avenger 500Darlington RacewayDarlington, South Carolina79June 10Pocono 500Pocono RacewayLong Pond, Pennsylvania80October 7UAW-Ford 500Talladega SuperspeedwayLincoln, Alabama81October 13Bank of America 500Lowe's Motor SpeedwayConcord, North Carolina82April 52009Samsung 500Texas Motor SpeedwayFort Worth, Texas83February 272011Subway Fresh Fit 500Phoenix International RacewayAvondale, Arizona84June 125-hour Energy 500Pocono RacewayLong Pond, Pennsylvania85September 6AdvoCare 500Atlanta Motor SpeedwayHampton, Georgia86August 62012Pennsylvania 400Pocono RacewayLong Pond, Pennsylvania87November 18Ford EcoBoost 400Homestead-Miami SpeedwayHomestead, Florida88October 272013Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500Martinsville SpeedwayRidgeway, Virginia89May 1020145-hour Energy 400Kansas SpeedwayKansas City, Kansas90July 27Crown Royal Presents The John Wayne Walding 400Indianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, Indiana91August 17Pure Michigan 400Michigan International SpeedwayBrooklyn, Michigan92September 28AAA 400Dover International SpeedwayDover, Delaware93November 12015Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500Martinsville SpeedwayRidgeway, Virginia

Busch Series In NASCAR's second-level series, known variously as the Busch Grand National Series, Busch Series, and Nationwide Series during Gordon's driving career and now as the Xfinity Series, Gordon won five races. All of those wins were during the period in which Anheuser-Busch's Busch beer brand was series sponsor. Gordon was also the 1991 Busch Series Rookie of the Year.

+ Busch Series victories No. Date Season Race Track Location Ref1March 14 1992Atlanta 300Atlanta Motor SpeedwayHampton, Georgia2May 23Champion 300Charlotte Motor SpeedwayConcord, North Carolina3October 10All Pro 300Charlotte Motor SpeedwayConcord, North Carolina4November 61999Outback Steakhouse 200Phoenix International RacewayAvondale, Arizona5November 112000Miami 300Homestead-Miami SpeedwayHomestead, Florida

See also NASCAR Cup Series career of Jeff Gordon List of all-time NASCAR Cup Series winners

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