"I got fired" When one door closed for Jeff Gordon, another one opened. And it led to a Hall of Fame career in NASCAR. LISTEN TO THE FULL PODCAST: Web: bit.ly/2H17XzJ iTunes: apple.co/2Fkf9Wd Google: bit.ly/2Hw7l8d
Gordon is a good guy, but he didn't fit the "traditional mold" of cup drivers when he first made it. He was from Cali, looked and spoke a little different. I never rooted for him, but he was a hell of a driver.
I was at Charlotte and when jeff come out in that baby Ruth #1 to practice we was all betting what lap he would wreck because he was hauling ass, sliding through the corners . well he didn't wreck in practice, sit on pole, dominated the race, i never was a Gordon fan but I was a big race fan, went to a lot of races and believe me, Gordon changed the game. No more riding to the end, he ran every lap like qualifing, Lil sucker could flat drive I give him that
I don't remember him being booed, I remember people talking about how much faster he was, he did screw bill David but come on let's see um Rick Hendricks or bill davis. No brainer
Well he sure wrecked in 96 at Michigan I believe he was practicing maby a qualifying lap. it started misting .they ask dale sr what he thought and he said if the kids smart hill bring it back down pit road and then he totals the car and dale said well he ain't so smart after all I was rolling. You can Google it
Jeff was one of the main reason nascar became popular in mid 90s. I stood in line for 3 hours to get his autograph at a little dirt track nit long after he win the first brickyard. He was great with fans then and remained so his whole career
I was hooked on Thursday Night Thunder at IRP. When Jeff Gordon showed up and ran Rich Vogler on the outside, lap after lap after lap.......I called all my racing buddies and said: I don't know if Gordon will go Indy or Nascar, but he is going to be incredible. Sure 'nuff, LOL. I don't think the word "lift" was in Jeff Gordon's vocabulary at that time. Thank you Dale Jr. and Jeff Gordon for the video and memories.
Absolutely hated Gordon growing up, coming from an Earnhardt fan family. Southern, good ole boy family. Gordon was the “crybaby wuss”. Man as I got older, and I saw how tough that dude is, and how special his talent was. I came to respect him, and then, eventually. One of his biggest fans. Jeff Gordon is an all time talent
Time changes our perspective and helps us appreciate the past...same here...I really love all the driver's from the past now and love the stories they have to help us reminisce.
The first time I heard of Jeff Gordon ,I was watching a a show Neal Bonetts Winners ,I believe that's what it was called..... Jeff had been driving the Baby Ruth car... I started following his career and instantly became a life long fan.... and Man he didn't disappoint!!!! What a driver! What a competitor! What a Champion!!!!!!!! One of the best driver and person EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've been told my whole life Jeff Gordon is part of my family on my grandmas side... She is a Gordon and my cousin Gene Gordon God rest his soul started an auto body and wrecker service and every truck looks like Jeff's car paint scheme and the 24 and all
I worked for Dave Conti's Indy Car Team during the 1999 season. He got to know Gordon when he lived in Brownsburg, IN. Jeff's mom was our scorer for the infamous Indy Car race at Charlotte in 99. Dave gave him a test in a Super Vee at IRP. There's a video of it on RU-vid that ESPN did. Dave tried to get some Indy Teams to look at Gordon. He said they wouldn't even consider him at that time. They had no interest. Jeff was right. Back then they would only look at South Americans or Europeans, or people with bags of money. The very reasons Indy Car was not popular during that time.
Gordon is a phenomenal story teller. My Dude is down to earth, he's real and pretty damn funny too. I sure do miss watching him race, but these are great fillers.
I was a HUGE Thursday night Thunder fan and subsequently a big Jeff Gordon fan because of it. When all of NASCAR was booing him I was cheering. A natural race car driver from an early age.
He was the last active driver who started a race Petty entered. Only 2 cup drivers in this year's Daytona 500 started a cup race under Winston sponsorship.
I watched a lot of Jeff Gordon's races in the #1 Baby Ruth car in NASCAR before I knew what the Busch Series was. Then I followed Jeff in the #24 car which became his permeant ride.
One of the greatest drivers to ever be behind of any type of racecar, and it all happened by literal chance. Don't ever tell yourself you can't make it. ☝️☝️☝️Proof you can.
I know Days of Thunder's Cole Trickle is based off Tim Richmond, but I'll be damned if Jeff's beginnings in NASCAR don't sound damn near EXACTLY like it too...
Days of Thunder Story to a T. Love it. Heard on another special, "The Ride of Their Lives" that the story was about Tim Richmond. "Sprint's Mainly" Love it.
My best buddies driver, Gordon. He passed a while back but respected the hell outta him for taking the sheit that came with rooting for the rainbow worriers and Jeff. But great team, great racer and awesome cars from Ray. Much respect to Jeff.
There needs to be a HOF for People, Coaches, or other figures, that made a horrible decision to cut or fire an athlete, but the athlete becomes SUPERB. For like Michale Jordan's middle school coach who cut him, or the guy in the sprint cars that fired Jeff Gordon. The HOF Of Bad Decisions in Sport.
I remember the fans did not like him at all when he started in nascar series… that is until Dale Earnhardt took him under his wing and embraced him as a driver. Then he started to get popular.
A lot of the fans who hated jeff back in the day grew to love him as his career progressed i must say i am one of them sucks he’s not on the track every week anymore
Yea I know. It’s been well known that it’s strongly based on Tim Richmond’s character style as well as Hendrick Just because you didn’t know about Jeff Gordon , they definitely already did.
I still think one or two (max) episodes on these things would yield more views. :/ and Lol. I do apologize for my opinions.. but I still think I'm usually very much correct in them. =]
It's just how RU-vid works. People want to click in, get what they want, and be done with it. Splitting them all up people (a lot of them including myself) will be like.. yeah, I already saw him/that. How different could it possibly be? 'shrug'.
