I gathered all of this information from places on the Internet, News Paper Articles, Magazine Articles, Post Race Interviews, and from NASCAR Online. As I come across more information about Jeff I will add it here, so be sure to check back every so often.
Here are some of my favorite Quotes from Jeff's Crew Chief, himself, and other drivers.
When Jeff won the 1998 Coca-Cola 600. His third Coca-Cola 600 win, 2 consecutive wins, and 2 from the pole. Ray Evernham was quoted to say, "He's the man, there's no doubt about it. No slam to anybody else, but that kid's about the greatest driver I've ever seen."After being beaten by Jeff in the 1998 Pocono 500, Mark Martin was quoted saying, "Tell you what. I got in front of Jeff once and I was totally in his way man and I just couldn't get out of his way fast enough, he was so fast. They found a lot of straight away speed in that car from last time here. That's what they got beat on, they found it this time and they put a whoopin' on us."
After being beaten by Jeff in the 1999 California 500, Jeff Burton, still seems to have a good sense of humor when quoting this. "I was way too far back to reel him in," Burton said. "He was driving conservatively and I was driving hard to catch him. I was starting to catch him and then he drove harder and got away. So I knew then he was just playing with us."
Jeff is always first to praise his team. When they got him out in front of the race leader after a caution flag came out and kept him from going a lap down, he did just that. "That was because of great pit work by the guys," Gordon said. "I've said all along that this year, we have better cars, better engines and a better pit crew. The guys proved that today." (California 500 1999)
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