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Jeff Gordon is among the most decorated and successful drivers in the history of NASCAR. The Indiana native burst onto the scene in November 1992, going on to win four NASCAR Cup Series championships and 93 total races in a career spanning over two decades.
The Hendrick Motorsports driver amassed the third-most NASCAR Cup Series wins, including three Daytona 500 victories.
Gordon remains the record holder with five Brickyard 400 wins, while logging nine wins at Martinsville Speedway, which is his personal best, despite sitting six victories behind Richard Petty at this track.
The 54-year-old is currently a vice chairman at Hendrick Motorsports, remaining loyal to the auto racing organization he drove for during his entire 23-year NASCAR career.
Let’s take a drive down memory lane and rank Gordon’s five greatest wins to honor one of the biggest legends in all of motorsports.
Gordon’s win at Darlington Raceway in 2007 saw him record his seventh career win at this race track, despite dealing with an overheating car on the final stretch. He’d go on to beat Denny Hamlin without making a pit stop, showcasing his ability to persevere in adverse conditions.
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The 1998 NAPA 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway is Gordon’s fourth-greatest NASCAR win. This was the year Gordon logged a career-high 13 wins, and his victory in Atlanta marked his second straight NASCAR Cup Series championship.
Thirteen years later, Gordon wound up recording another win at the 2011 AdvoCare 500 at the same Atlanta Motor Speedway race track. His car was beginning to break down, but Gordon managed to secure the win over another talented driver, Jimmie Johnson, in the final few laps.
Gordon returned home to Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the first Brickyard 400 in 1994. He would go on to win NASCAR’s inaugural race at this iconic race track, dominating the rest of the field for his first of four Brickyard 400 victories.
During his 10-win season in 1997, Gordon won the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway for the first time.
At the time, the 25-year-old was the youngest driver to win NASCAR’s most prestigious race. It gave him momentum to go on and win the NASCAR Cup Series Championship for the second time later that season.
There are many other races that Gordon won which were left out of these top five rankings. With over 90 wins on the NASCAR circuit, it’s difficult to filter out the greatest and most relevant victories logged in a career that lasted from 1992 to 2015.
To summarize, Gordon’s top five greatest wins occurred in three different decades. Number five was the 2007 Darlington Raceway win over Hamlin, battling an overheated car.
At number four is Gordon’s 1998 NASCAR Cup Series title at Atlanta Motor Speedway, which marked his second straight championship in a record-setting season.
Gordon’s third-greatest win came later in his career at the 2011 AdvoCare 500. He once again overcame car issues to beat one of NASCAR’s most talented drivers, Johnson, towards the end of the race.
It was one of three victories that Gordon recorded that year.
Number two was Gordon’s outright win at the first edition of the Brickyard 400 in 1994. He beat a stacked field in lopsided fashion and fueled his legacy by returning home to Indiana to achieve this feat, which was one of his first NASCAR victories.
Gordon’s greatest NASCAR win was at the 1997 Daytona 500. It’s primarily due to how much weight a win at Daytona International Speedway carries within the sport.
However, being the youngest driver to claim victory at this race track cements this victory as Gordon’s top triumph.
