Jeff Gordon
- Height: 5-7
- Weight: 150
- Born: Aug 4, 1971, Vallejo, CA
News and Notes
Nov 18
This week: Gordon is 169 points out of first place and will be eliminated from the race for the championship when Jimmie Johnson takes the green flag to start the race. Gordon has no wins, five top-five finishes and eight top-10s in 10 Homestead starts but has finished fourth at that track the last two years. He has five top-five finishes in his last seven Homestead starts. "A win in this race would be huge for us," Gordon said. "This is the last race of the season, and a win gives you confidence and bragging rights over the offseason. And we've never won here before. It would be nice to say that we've won on all the tracks, but we want to do it for ourselves -- not because of a statistic. Our mile-and-a-half program has been good this year, so we are definitely looking forward to this event and possibly battling for the win."
Last week: Gordon finished ninth at Phoenix and never led a lap. "It just got away from us. We weren't very good on the restarts and it was just a ninth-place day for us," he said. "A little disappointing because I thought we were going to be better than that. Even if we had been a third- or fourth-place car, the No. 48 did what they needed to do, which is no surprise. We've seen them do it many times. That's why they are three-time champions, soon to be four."
Etc.: All four of Gordon's Cup titles came before the Chase era began in 2004. "There's no doubt that's changed the history of our sport," Gordon said. "... I think Richard Petty had some championships under a different format. I just don't think you can compare the two in any way. They're really totally different. But I still think the best team still wins. While we might have had a couple of extra championships under the old format if they still existed, you know, the truth of the matter is it doesn't matter. We've got the new format, and I like the new format. I think it's exciting. I think it's challenging. So I think there are more positives than negatives. But you can't compare what anybody wanted to be in the old format to anybody that's won it in the new format."
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