S1 Ep128: Jeff Gordon’s Legacy Was Tested By Tragedy...and the Tabloids
Past Gas
Donut Media
4.9 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Jeff Gordon’s career thus far was as close to a fairytale as one can get. Before the age of 30 he had won three championships, barely missing out on a fourth, while becoming the face of NASCAR. With the joy of his early success came also the burden of high expectations. Today on Past Gas: Could Jeff Gordon continue to meet sky high expectations and become the greatest driver of all time?
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| 1:30.4 | It was February 18, 2001, and the annual Daytona 500 NASCAR's Super Bowl was underway. |
| 1:42.0 | The stakes could not be higher. The near mythological event could slay you or cement your status |
| 1:48.1 | as a racing god. As he sat in the rainbow warrior waiting for the green flag, Jeff Gordon |
| 1:54.2 | scanned the other cars around him, attempting to locate his stiffest competition. The last |
| 1:59.2 | car he glanced at belonged to his rival, the legend, Dale Earnhardt. After Iraqi start |
| 2:05.1 | to their relationship, Gordon and Earnhardt had become good friends, gaining a new |
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