LOL
That is where he has the Yacht parked so he hangs out there often. (sucking up to the media)
Now now, don't be talking bad about Gordon, my husband is a huge fan, LOL!
Oh Gawd! Fox News had him on their morning show "Fox & Friends" the very next morning!
More likely Jeff would kiss Regis.
I think Jeff Gordon, 4 time Winston Cup Champion, actually lives in NY City...not certain, but I think I heard a blurb on that when they had the awards dinner last year...
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This first excerpt is from a syndicated Knight Ridder article by David Newton. Go here to read entire article.
Gordon now mentioned with legends
But those who will compete against Gordon in Saturday night's race understand he is not just another driver. They look at him the same way Gordon looked at seven-time champions Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt when he made his Nextel Cup debut in 1993.
Like he's a living legend.
"I don't know about that," Gordon said. "But I sense a feeling of more respect in the garage area, and even outside the garage area, than when I first started winning races."
It goes beyond respect. Some compare being on the track with Gordon to being on the basketball court with Michael Jordan or the baseball field with Ted Williams.
"Absolutely," Dale Earnhardt Jr. said. "He's one of the most talented guys that's ever sat in a stock car. Sometimes you get out there and get racing with him and get so competitive that you take it for granted.
"But you're going to look back on racing with him one day and wish you hadn't taken it for granted."
Teammate Terry Labonte said what Gordon has done in a short time is incredible.
"I watched that race at Talladega," he said. "It was amazing how he got shuffled out and came back and won. He didn't knock anybody out of the way or run anybody over. He just did it.
"Maybe it's because I'm seeing it happen, but looking back on it one day, it's going to be amazing the things he's done."
Humpy Wheeler, the president of Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, was amazed the first time he saw Gordon. And it wasn't because Gordon's first pole was at his track in the fall of 1993.
"When he first came into this everybody was saying, 'What's this guy got?'" Wheeler said. "I said, 'Just go in the corner where you've got to let off the throttle and see how much further he goes in the corner than the rest of the guys.
"That's only another 50 to 150 feet, but that's the difference between being in first and being in fifth. He's still doing that."
Few have been more versatile than Gordon. He has 10 wins on the restrictor-plate tracks of Daytona and Talladega. He has 11 wins on the half-mile tracks of Bristol and Martinsville. He has eight wins on the road courses of Infineon and Watkins Glen.
He has six victories at Darlington, considered by many the toughest track on the circuit, and he might have added No. 7 in the fall had it not been for a pit-road mishap on the final stop.
"Most of the great drivers were good everywhere, but he's really great everywhere," Labonte said.
"Many people thought the next great rivalry when he came in was going to be Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt," Wheeler said. "It never happened. In fact, they became friends. Two people that are significantly different personality-wise and upbringing-wise, they ended up going into partnership on real estate deals."
Earnhardt Jr. said his father always spoke of Gordon with tremendous respect.
"It was pretty evident how he felt about Jeff," he said. "It's not a surprise he's about to eclipse his mark in wins. I wouldn't be surprised to see him get several more [championships]. I don't see him slowing down any."
This second excerpt is from an article by Darrell Waltrip, posted on FoxSports.com today. Go here to read the entire article.
Gordon on track to be the best ever
Jeff Gordon's success has come in such a short period of time that sometimes we fail to realize just what an extraordinary driver he is.
We're almost oblivious to his phenomenal success because of how quickly he's climbed to the top of the ladder. If you look at statistics, no one is in the same league with him, and he continues to add to those incredible numbers. I didn't have the good fortune to race with Jeff to be able to say he's the toughest guy that I ever raced against. But I have had the good fortune to stand up in the booth and watch him race.
He had a fast car at Talladega, and he could do about anything he wanted to do at Talladega. But that was a masterful job of driving, and he did the same thing at Daytona and Martinsville.
It looks to me like the "Drive for Five on '05" could very well happen. The Drive in 2010 will probably be for 10 the way it's looking. So I congratulate Jeff. He's a smooth operator, and he gets the job done with a lot of class. I'm glad that I'm able to stand up in the booth and watch him operate. From where I sit, there has never been a driver any better.