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Jeff Gordon (born August 4, 1971 in Vallejo, California), a four-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion, drives the #24 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. His major sponsors include DuPont and Pepsi.

Jeff Gordon was a racing child prodigy. Gordon began racing when he was about four years old. According to his step-father racing was Jeff's idea. It may have been Jeff's idea, but his family fully supported him. Gordon's family moved to Indiana just for the racing opportunities there were for drivers in general but especially for minor-aged drivers. Before the age of 18 Gordon had already won three short-track races and was awarded USAC Midget Car Racing Rookie of the Year in 1989. The next year Gordon won the USAC Midget title. In 1991 Gordon moved up to the USAC Silver Crown and at the age of 20 became the youngest driver to win the title. Gordon then went on to spend two successful years in the NASCAR Busch SeriesThe Busch Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR. It is NASCAR's second division, and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organization's top level, the Nextel Cup. The series emerged from NASCAR's old Sport (he set a NASCAR record by capturing 11 poles in one season). Symbolically, Gordon's first Winston Cup race, the 19921992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday. Events January January The Internet Society is formed. January 1 Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General January 1 George H. Bush becomes the fi HootersHooters is the trade name of two restaurant chains, Hooters of America, Inc. based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and Hooters, Inc. based in Clearwater, Florida. Between company owned locations, and franchisees, there are now over 350 Hooters restaurants, in 4 500 at Atlanta Motor SpeedwayAtlanta Motor Speedway is a superspeedway in Hampton, Georgia, 20 miles south of Atlanta. 54 mile quad-oval track with a seating capacity of over 125,000. It opened in 1960, and added 46 condominiums over the northeastern side of the track in 1994. The tr was also the final race of Richard PettyRichard Petty (born July 2, 1937) is a renowned former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and is now a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series owner. He won the NASCAR Winston Cup Championship 7 times; Dale Earnhardt was the only other driver to accomplish this feat.'s career. In 19931993 is a common year starting on Friday and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003 Events January January 1 Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic. Gordon raced a full season in the Winston Cup for Hendrick Motorsports , he won the Rookie of the Year award. Finally, in 19951995 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). It has a Golden number of 1, and was the first year of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995- 2005): http://www. org/culture/indigenous . Events January events Ja at the age of 24 Gordon won the first of four NASCAR Winston Cup Championships. There are only two other drivers with more than four Cup titles: Richard PettyRichard Petty (born July 2, 1937) is a renowned former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and is now a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series owner. He won the NASCAR Winston Cup Championship 7 times; Dale Earnhardt was the only other driver to accomplish this feat. and Dale EarnhardtRalph Dale Earnhardt ( April 29, 1951 February 18, 2001) was an American NASCAR driver. He was born in Kannapolis, North Carolina. He died in a racing accident in turn four on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. Earnhardt grew up in a racing family. (both had seven titles).

Jeff Gordon is widely considered as one of the best active drivers in NASCAR because he achieved so much through sheer talent at such a young age. It is also thought by many that he opened NASCAR up to the rest of the nation; before Gordon's success in NASCAR, the sport and organization was not popular outside of the Southeast United States. Gordon is still one of the most popular drivers in NASCAR.

Fan reaction to Gordon's continuing success has been sharply divided. Currently a many fans in NASCAR divide themselves into two major factions: Jeff Gordon fans and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. fans. He remains popular in his home state of Indiana and his birth state of California, but is often booed by fans in the deep South.

Gordon was married to Brooke Gordon (a.k.a. Jennifer Sealy), who was Miss Winston in 1992. Their marriage ended in a very public and bitter divorce in 2003.