Thanks to my friend Fannie for the inspiration for this Monday’s Guilty Pleasures – Jeff Gordon.
Now Jeff is a familiar face from a number of television commercials as are several of the other NASCAR drivers, but did you know this about Jeff — he is a four-time NASCAR Winston Cup (now Sprint Cup) Series champion and a three-time Daytona 500 winner! (I bet Fannie knew that though 😉 )
What else? Jeff began racing at the age of five with quarter midgets, a type of car that is 1/4 the size of a midget race car and can go from 30 to 70 mph. And to imagine that I didn’t want to let my teenager behind the wheel of a full size car!
On the track, Jeff races for Hendrick Motorsports team driving a Chevrolet (Go Chevy!). For more on Jeff, you can visit his bio at the NASCAR page: http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/jgordon00/cup
And in case you want to check out the other NASCAR hotties, you can click here or cut and paste this link into your browser:
http://www.nascar.com/drivers/list/cup/dps/
Do you like NASCAR? Have a favorite driver? Let me know who!
Way to go Jackie C. Tony is my driver also. Sorry I missed being here yesterday. NASCAR drivers are into charity. Jeff built a Children’s Cancer Hospital near Charlotte, NC. Tony Stewart has given over $2 million to Victory Junction Camp for children.Others help with Autism, diabetes,breast cancer and etc. They all do this. Speaks well for the doesn’t it? Have a great day and hugs to all.
I LOVE NASCAR, and my favorite player is Tony Stewart!
I don’t watch NASCAR. I sometimes watch the Formula 1 races.
I was surprised to see Jeff Gordon here when I came to chat. He has really changed and for the better since his little one arrived. I would like to see Jeff or Mark Martin win this year. Thanks for the write up and I enjoyed reading it. I try not to miss a race..if I work..then I tape it to see later. susan L.
Absolutely love NASCAR. I have been to both the Altanta Motor Speedway and Talledagha Motor Speedway several times. My favorite driver is Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Oh boy, my Mom will be happy about this Guilty Pleasures Guy!!! My family, we are fans of the Hendrick drivers, especially Gordon… I really want to see him or Martin win the Championship… Johnson hogs the wins… 😀