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| + | |occupation = Voice actor}}'''Jeffery Michael "Jeff" Gordon''' (born August 4, 1971) is an American stock car racing legend and broadcaster of NASCAR telecasts for ''Fox NASCAR''. He is especially known for driving in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for the Hendrick Motorsports team from 1990 to 2015. |
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| − | '''Jeffery Michael''' "'''Jeff'''" '''Gordon'''<sup>[1]</sup> (born August 4, 1971) is an American professional stock car racing driver and currently an announcer for ''Fox NASCAR''. He formerly drove the No. 24 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports in 23 full-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series seasons between 1993 and 2015, and served as a substitute driver for [[Dale Earnhardt Jr. (voice actor)|Dale Earnhardt Jr.]] in the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet in select races during the 2016 season. |
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| + | He voiced [[Jeff Gorvette]] (the car version of himself) in ''[[Cars 2]]'' and ''[[Cars 2: The Video Game]]'', and will reprise his role in ''[[Cars 3]]''. |
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| − | Gordon started his professional racing career in the Busch Series with Hugh Connerty Racing, followed by Bill Davis Racing, winning three races, and began racing full-time in the Cup Series for Hendrick Motorsports in 1993. He is a four-time Sprint Cup champion, having won the title in 1995, 1997, 1998, and 2001. He also won the Daytona 500 three times in 1997, 1999, and 2005. He is third on the all-time Cup wins list with 93 career wins, the most in NASCAR's modern era (1972–present). Gordon's 81 pole positions led all active drivers and is third all-time; Gordon won at least one pole in 23 consecutive seasons, making this a NASCAR record. He was also the active "iron man" leader for consecutive races participated in with 797 through the 2015 season.<sup>[2]</sup> |
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| − | In 1998, NASCAR named Gordon to its 50 Greatest Drivers list.<sup>[3]</sup> In 2008, ten years later, ESPN's Terry Blount ranked him 10th in the 25 Greatest Drivers of All-Time.<sup>[4]</sup> Foxsports.com named him as the fifth-best NASCAR driver of all time.<sup>[5]</sup> |
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| − | Gordon, along with Rick Hendrick, co-owns the No. 48 Chevrolet driven by Jimmie Johnson, who won seven Cup championships from 2006 to 2010, 2013, and in 2016. Gordon also has an equity stake in the No. 24 team.<sup>[6]</sup>Gordon also owned a Busch Series team between 1999 and 2000, Gordon/Evernham Motorsports (co-owned with Ray Evernham; later solely owned as JG Motorsports), winning twice. |
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| − | Gordon was born in Vallejo, California and raised in Pittsboro, Indiana. He currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina with his wife, Ingrid Vandebosch and their two children Ella Sofia and Leo Benjamin. |
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==Portrayals== |
==Portrayals== |
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*[https://www.facebook.com/jeffgordon Facebook] |
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*[https://twitter.com/jeffgordonweb Twitter] |
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Revision as of 14:29, 31 January 2020
Jeffery Michael "Jeff" Gordon (born August 4, 1971) is an American stock car racing legend and broadcaster of NASCAR telecasts for Fox NASCAR. He is especially known for driving in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for the Hendrick Motorsports team from 1990 to 2015.
He voiced Jeff Gorvette (the car version of himself) in Cars 2 and Cars 2: The Video Game, and will reprise his role in Cars 3.
Portrayals
- Cars 2 - Jeff Gorvette
- Cars 2: The Video Game - Jeff Gorvette
- Cars 3 - Jeff Gorvette