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Gordon takes shaky status with fans in stride.(The Orlando Sentinel)
ORLANDO, Fla. _ He is revered and loathed, cast as America's hero yet condemned as a smug corporate schmoozer who betrays the blue-collar roots of the NASCAR Nation.
As Confederate flags swirl in the skies, the barbecue chicken warms up and cold beers pop open to celebrate another high-octane race day, Jeff Gordon smiles and takes another promotional swig of Pepsi as the cameras roll. His GQ looks, impish charm and commercial savvy draws cheers and jeers along pit row, where he is marked by many as an annoying interloper.
Southern Man don't need him around, anyhow. So says the T-shirts with a sketch of Gordon's car upside down and the words "THE WAY IT ...
- Jeff Gordon to Drive Pepsi Car at Talladega 500 In Its Return to Winston Cup...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 19, 2001 700+ words
...When three-time Winston Cup champion Jeff Gordon takes to the Talladega...a Pepsi car in a Winston Cup race. The last time...relationship with Jeff Gordon and Hendrick Motorsports...Pepsi back to the Winston Cup Series," said Gordon...
- ADVISORY/Photo of NASCAR Winston Cup Champion Jeff Gordon painting the...
- Press release article from: Business Wire March 14, 2001 700+ words
...newsphotos Photo caption reads: Three-time NASCAR Winston Cup Champion Jeff Gordon paints the finishing touches on the inaugural Tropicana...to be held July 15, 2001, will be the first Winston Cup event at the new Chicagoland Speedway. (Tannen...
- Ain't no stopping him now; Jeff Gordon has it all going his way, and his...
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Grabowski, Stephen February 14, 1999 700+ words
...may be no way to slow down Jeff Gordon. Another NASCAR Winston Cup season opens today with the...his seventh full season in Winston Cup. He's already being called...last year and won the 1989 Winston Cup title. "You've got 43...
- Jeff Gordon blazing new trail to fourth Winston Cup title.(Knight Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Sturbin, John November 18, 2001 700+ words
HAMPTON, Ga. _ The seeds for Jeff Gordon's fourth NASCAR Winston Cup championship were planted last December, when he...at the head table at the Waldorf-Astoria as a Winston Cup champion, second only to Richard Petty and Dale...
- The child is the father to the man: Rookie Jimmie Johnson is repaying his...
- Magazine article from: Auto Racing Digest Woody, Larry October 1, 2002 700+ words
...and most of the rest of Winston Cup--during the first half...He's none other than Jeff Gordon, the defending and four-time Winston Cup champion and the man who...flattering is it for a Winston Cup rookie to be studied...
- On the right tracks: from the DEI duo in Daytona to Jeff Gordon's success on...
- Magazine article from: Auto Racing Digest Wilner, Barry June 1, 2003 700+ words
IN SOME WAYS, THE WINSTON CUP circuit is very much like...no Tiger Woods--not even Jeff Gordon in his prime has been that...is difficult to beat. 4. Jeff Gordon: Although he's made some...top-five finishes. 2. Jeff Gordon: The guy loves Indianapolis...
- Cabot and Hendricks Team Up for NASCAR Winston Cup Championship Race.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 11, 2001 700+ words
...is a two time Winston Cup Champion and his HMS teammate, Jeff Gordon is on track...includes three time Winston Cup Champion Jeff Gordon, sponsored...the premier Winston Cup Series from 1995 to 1998, with Jeff Gordon winning in 1995...
- NASCAR: The 2002 Winston Cup Season - Youth will be served.
- News wire article from: Sports Network December 7, 2002 700+ words
...average age of a Winston Cup race winner in 2002...winner Busch joined Jeff Gordon, Richard Petty and...completed season on the Winston Cup Series," said NASCAR...2003. For the 2001 Winston Cup champion Jeff Gordon, 2002 was a rollercoaster...
