Cecil gordon nascar driver

Once a simple moonshiner from wilkesboro, north carolina, junior johnson took his driving skills to the track where his legacy began. Father, stepmother of former nascar driver robby gordon. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Includes every race start and finish along with dozens of statistical facts for cecil gordon nascar career. Cecil gordon race results in the 1975 nascar winston cup series. Cecil gordon, a former nascar driver and team owner, died thursday in lexington after a short battle with cancer, sporting news reported. His cars he built raced with the number 96 and 86 primarily. Cecil gordon, a veteran of 449 nascar sprint cup series starts, died wednesday after a short battle with cancer. Photo by mike traverse view photo of cecil gordon at the 1983 van scoy 500 408kb. Complete nascar career statistics for cecil gordon. Gordon, who was 71, ran 449 cup races as a driver, most of them with his own independent team. Lexington cecil owen gordon, 71, passed away in his home in lexington, nc on sept.

Cecil gordon born june 21, 1941 in horse shoe, north carolina, usa was a nascar driver. Davey allison and the number 28 hit this list for a sad reason. Gordon, who was 71, ran 449 cup races as a driver, most of. The closest the number had been to victory lane prior to gordons assuming the number was at a race in dover in 1975, with cecil gordon no relation behind the wheel finishing in second place behind david pearson, seven laps down. Aside from gordon the only other driver to run more than 16 races in the no. Cecil gordon stats, race results, wins, news, record, videos. The practice has been established since the beginning of nascar in 1949. He is not related to sprint cup driver jeff gordon although the two drivers drove in car number 24. When nascar was real officially licensed apparel for nascar by fanprint. Driver cecil gordon 1973 nascar winston cup results. A grant from the national endowment for the humanities. Cecil gordon june 21, 1941 september 19, 2012 was an american stock car racing driver. Current iron man and will more than likely be all time. It was the first fight to be aired live on the first broadcast of a nascar race.

After retiring as a driver and team owner, he joined richard childress racing as a crew member for dale earnhardt. All time wins modern era more competitive era will probably reach 100. Gordon no relation to jeff was the only driver before jeff to start more than 20 races in the car. An ownerdriver in nascar is a nascar driver who owns the car they are driving. Do not take special requests or post folks not known or readers nascar fans unless involved with a nascar team in cup, xfinity or trucks only three birthday winners. Bobby allison, right, demonstrating his stop watch to cecil flash gordon as they do preparations for the nashville 420 nascar race at the fairgrounds speedway. The wslstv news film collection, 19511971, comprises anchor scripts and 16mm news film created by roanoke, va.

Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. Cecil gordon interesting stories about famous people. He began in the grand national now sprint cup series in 1968 and raced until 1985. Unless you were thinking of cecil gordon, no explanation needed. I worked on cecils pit crew helping the gas man 1972 and 1973.

The currently active driver with the most starts without a. Jeffery michael gordon born august 4, 1971 is an american former professional stock car racing driver, currently an announcer for fox nascar, and a top executive for hendrick motorsports. In 449 starts, he earned 29 top fives and 111 top 10s with a best finish of second at dover del. He was also preceded in death by his daughter, charlene gordon. Resultsresults scheduleschedule standingsstandings driversdrivers. Robby gordon, the former nascar driver who is the son of the late robert gordon. Rest in peace cecil, what a great person and driver back in the day when racing was real and lots of fun. A competitor in the nascar winston cup series between 1968 and 1985, he competed in 449 events without winning a race. Mercury montego nascar race cars vintage race car auto racing car and driver car pictures diecast dream cars cool cars. A competitor in the nascar winston cup series between 1968 and 1985, he. The crown royal scheme was pretty nice and i remember it even though i remember mcmurray more for his ganassi days. Born july 26, 1938 in penhook, southcentral virginia, 25 miles from the martinsville speedway, buddy began racing as soon as he felt. Thanks to nascar thunder 2004, i think of the stacker 2 car instead of jimmy spencer. The 10 most untouchable records in stock car racing.

The father and stepmother of former nascar driver robby gordon were found dead wednesday as a result of a possible murdersuicide in the racers orange home. The nascar logo and driver images are owned and of nascar, respective nascar teams and owners. Gordon drove in the nascar grand national and winston cup series for 17 years and drove in a total of 449 races. Take this quiz and see how many of these famous drivers you can name from their screenshot. Cale yarborough, kyle busch and matt kenseth are the only monster energy nascar cup. He never won and never got a pole, but got 29 top fives, 111 top tens. Cecil gordon born june 21, 1941 in horse shoe, north carolina was a nascar driver. Will cronkrite participated in nascar racing from 1970 to 1993 as a crew member, crew chief and car owner with drivers dale earnhardt, sr. He drove for 17 years and drove in a total of 450 races. Cecil ran 373 races and finished his career with 27 topfive finishes and 102 top10 finishes. Cecil gordon stats, race results, wins, news, record. Much thanks and appreciation goes to the nascar media group for providing statistical content, video, images and all kinds of nascar love.

Gordon spent 40 years in nascar, first as an independent driver and team owner. Friends and neighbors in shock over gordon family tragedy. He never won and never got a pole, but got 29 top fives and 111 top tens. This list may not reflect recent changes learn more. Cecil gordon was an american stock car racing driver. Cecil gordon born june 21 1941 september 19 2012 in horse shoe, north carolina was a nascar driver.

However, ownerdrivers are almost nonexistent today in the monster energy nascar cup series, primarily due to the expense and responsibilities involved, essentially having two jobs in one. Get the latest race results, news, videos, pictures, win record and more for cecil gordon on. Former nascar driver and team owner cecil gordon died on thursday after a short battle with cancer. I talked with him for the last time about two years ago by telephone on the racers reunion radio show interview. He was the son of the late rupert and mildred gordon of mills river, nc.

Year, driver, races, win, t5, t10, pole, laps, led, earnings, rank, avst, avfn, raf, miles, llf. Nascar driver kyle larson fired from ganassi racing after. Next in line are buddy arrington 563, neil castles 501, johnny means 455 and cecil gordon 449. He is not related to sprint cup driver jeff gordon. He is not related to sprint cup driver jeff gordon he began in the grand national now sprint cup series in 1968 and raced until 1985. Draftkings name and logo used for promotion and identity of the draftkings brand. Pages in category nascar team owners the following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 265 total. View cecil gordons nascar cup series results by track. Click on the site to see cecil gordon s career results at that track glossary. Friends and neighbors in shock over gordon family tragedy details. The currently active driver with the most starts without a win is dave blaney 431.