Jeffery Michael Gordon was born on August 4, 1971, and is currently the Vice Chairman of Hendrick Motorsports. From 1993 until 2015 he raced full-time in the No. 24 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports in the former NASCAR Winston Cup Series and Sprint Cup Series (now called NASCAR Cup Series), and also served as an alternate driver for Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the No. Hendrick Motorsports used 88 Chevrolets for select races in the season of 2016. Gordon is considered to be one of the most powerful drivers in NASCAR history, helping the sport to gain mainstream recognition. Gordon began his professional racing career in the Busch Series with Hugh Connerty Racing. Then he joined Bill Davis Racing, winning three races. He then started racing full-time in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series for Hendrick Motorsports in 1993. Gordon has been awarded the Cup Series title four times, in 1995, 1997 , and 1998. He was only 24 at the conclusion of the 1995 NASCAR season. He won the Daytona 500 three more times in 1997 and 1999. Gordon has completed three Grand Slams in his career and has won a total of sixteen Crown Jewel races (three Daytona 500s as well as four Talladega 500s and three Coca-Cola 600s and six Southern 500s), both of which are records for all time.
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