- The night after winning the first-ever Brickyard 400 in Indianapolis in 1994, he called a pizza delivery place from his hotel room and was told it would be an hour or two before he got his food because of the race. His reply to the pizza delivery worker was, "Well, will it help any if I'm the *winner* of that race?" He got his delivery within minutes.
- Won 2 Daytona 500's
- Became the youngest driver in Winston Cup history to achieve 50 career wins.
- Was the first driver ever to win Rookie Of The Year in both the Busch Series and the Winston Cup Series.
- Has starred in several Pepsi commercials and has his own car dealership in Charlotte, NC, called Jeff Gordon Chevrolet. Has his own book out entitled "Portrait of a Champion" that highlights his phenomenal 1997 Championship. Also has been in several Frito Lay commercials, some featuring his wife. Has a leukemia patient down in the pits at every race.
- Has countersued his wife, the former Jennifer Brooke Sealey, for divorce in Palm Beach County (FL) Circuit Court, saying he should not have to equally split the couple's estate, as per her request, because he risked his life to collect it. (April 10, 2002)
- Raced the Busch Grand National Carquest Auto Parts 300 in a car painted to promote Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). His "copilots" were Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Maul. (May 26, 1999)
- Made "People" Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 1997.
- Won his third career Daytona 500 in 2005 for his 70th career win in the Nextel Cup Series.
- Won 2005 Daytona 500
- In 2004, his net worth was estimated to be $155 million.
- Shares first and nicknames with another sports celebrity, WWE's Jeff "The Rainbow-Haired Warrior" Hardy (Jeff Hardy).
- Co-owner, with fellow racers Richard Petty, John Force and Michael Andretti, of "Race Rock", a chain of race-themed restaurants.
- Pit Crew nicknamed "The Rainbow Warriors"
- Scored Hendrick Motorsports 100th Victory.
- Won 4 NASCAR Winston Cup Championships (1995, 1997, 1998, 2001), joining Richard Petty & Dale Earnhardt as one of only three drivers to win more than three championships.
- Won his 68th career race, giving him a comfortable lead of thirteen races in first place of the active win list. (July 2004)
- Won 60+ NASCAR Nextel Cup Races
- Reached a settlement that guarantees his now-former wife, Jennifer Brooke Sealy, at least $15.3 million. Sealy filed for divorce on 17 March 2002 after seven years of marriage, citing marital discord. (13 June 2003)
- The driver who holds the most second place finishes when he wins is Bobby Labonte.
- Together with Casey Mears and Jamie McMurray, had a small, non-credited part in a The West Wing (1999) episode: "365 Days". His picture for 2004's Chase for the Nextel Cup was shown to the first lady (Stockard Channing) as one of the reasons women love NASCAR.
- Engaged to Ingrid Vandebosch [August 30, 2006].
- Daughter, Ella Sofia, born 20 June 2007. She weighed 7 lbs, 1 oz, and was 20 inches long.
- Continuing to Race in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Circuit (November 2004)
- Nicknamed Wonderboy by the late Dale Earnhardt.
- Briefly dated model Amanda Church after his divorce from his 1st wife Brooke Sealey.
- Owned a home in North Carolina's Lake Norman early in his NASCAR career even though many fellow drivers cautioned him not to buy a house there due to easy access by fans in motorboats. He and first wife Brooke eventually sold and evacuated the home after fan intrusions got too frequent.
- Raced the Brickyard 400 in a car painted as a tribute to the 50th anniversary of Peanuts. Gordon's "copilots" were Woodstock, Joe Cool and Snoopy's WWI Flying Ace. (August 5, 2000)
- As of March, 2000, Gordon has won four Winston Cup championships, 58 races and more than $45 million in prize money.
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