Gordon the great

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TennesseeAtlanta24gordon

TennesseeAtlanta24gordon

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Jeff Gordon is the greatest NASCAR driver of all-time. He is just 35 years old and has accumulated these stats:
4 time champion
3 time Daytona 500 champion
78 wins
61 poles
3 time All-Star race winner
222 top 5's
297 top 10's
18,838 laps led
85 million in earnings
484 starts
16 seasons

He has at least 5 more years left in his prime.
He will rewrite the record books, which many said he would do 16 years ago when he came in as a rookie.

Will anyone active ever catch these stats or is Gordon once in a hundred years driver?

Will Jeffrey Earnhardt be this good?
 
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A little premature there my friend. Lets wait until he ends his career before we start kissing his a$$. He is good, we all have to admit that, but what the future holds is uncertain.
 
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Amen Brother!

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AWESOME picture! I've been a NASCAR fan of two greats- "THE KING" -Richard Petty plus Jeff Gordon. Jeff has a ways to go to get 100 wins. He could end up in the top 3 with wins. One never knows what could happen down the road. It's still early yet. I think by the time Jeff is 40, barring any major health problems or injuries, he'll have 15 more wins. One never knows. Look a Kasey Kahne last year with 6 but none so far this year.
 
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Like him or not he's easily in the top three all-time with The King and Sr.....Right now I'd place him third. No one will catch Petty's all time wins record because times were ALOT different back then. The competition is better than it has ever been. Jeff has a shot at 7 championships or more but it's going to be very hard. Alot of fans don't realize how many career poles he has.
 
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TennesseeAtlanta24gordon said:
He will rewrite the record books, which many said he would do 16 years ago when he came in as a rookie.
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Slow down there a bit bud. He's clearly one of the top 5 drivers of all time, but he's nowhere close to rewriting the record books.

TennesseeAtlanta24gordon said:
Jeff Gordon is the greatest NASCAR driver of all-time. He is just 35 years old and has accumulated these stats:
4 time champion
3 time Daytona 500 champion
78 wins
61 poles
3 time All-Star race winner
222 top 5's
297 top 10's
18,838 laps led
85 million in earnings
484 starts
16 seasons
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Richard Petty Career Stats:
7 time champion
7 time Daytona 500 winner
200 wins
126 poles
555 top 5's
712 top 10's
52,194 laps led
599 races led
$8,541,218 in earnings (huge for his era)
1184 starts
Nascar's most popular driver for 1962, 64, 68, 70, 74, 75, 76, 77, and 78.

TennesseeAtlanta24gordon said:
Will Jeffrey Earnhardt be this good?
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no
 
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One must wonder what Petty's winning percentage is if you factor out the 8 year winless streak in which his career ended.
 
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Fine Vol said:
You Cannot Compare Competition Between Now And Pettys Days It Is Way Way Harder Now
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In some ways it is harder now. The disparity between the top teams and the guys in the back is certainly much closer now than it was in Petty's heyday. I would argue though, when Gordon was in the middle of his dominance during the mid to late 90s, who did he really have to contend with on a week to week basis? He had the Yates cars of Jarrett and Irvan, the Roush cars of Martin and Burton, and Earnhardt. That was pretty much it as far as legitimate competition at the time. Petty had to race against David Person, Bobby Allison, Cale Yarborough, Darrell Waltrip, and Earnhardt. He also had to race earlier in his career against his father, Ned Jarrett, Junior Johnson, Curtis Turner, Fireball Roberts, and Fred Lorenzen.
 
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Jeff Gordon is simply the Best no matter how you look at it. Like em' or not he IS the BEST:good!:
 
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