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Eric Gordon (born November 17, 1967) is an American professional race car driver. Gordon raced primarily in the United States Auto Club (USAC) open wheel sprint cars and Silver Crown cars. He finished second in both USAC Sprint and Silver Crown championships in the 1980s and 1990s. Gordon made one NASCAR Busch Series start at Indianapolis Raceway Park. He most recently raced for the full 2021 Silver Crown championship season in the No. 99 car for Brad & Tara Armstrong.[1]
Racing career[edit | edit source]
Open wheel[edit | edit source]
Gordon has finished second in the United States Auto Club (USAC) Sprint car points three times (1989, 1990, 1998)[2] and second in the USAC Silver Crown series once (1990).[3][2] Gordon won the Little 500 Sprint car race at Anderson Speedway a record nine times in 22 starts.[4] Gordon retired from racing and helped his son to do racing.[1] He didn't race Silver Crown cars from 2012 until resuming in 2018.[1] As of the start of the 2022 season, he has won 13 total USAC Sprint car features.[4]
He also has an Indy Lights start.[3]
Stock car[edit | edit source]
He made one NASCAR Busch Series start at Indianapolis Raceway Park in 1993.[5] He has not attempted another NASCAR race since.[6]
Legacy[edit | edit source]
He was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 2022.[7]
Motorsports career results[edit | edit source]
NASCAR[edit | edit source]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Busch Series[edit | edit source]
| NASCAR Busch Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | NBSC | Pts | Ref | |||||||
| 1993 | Ingram Racing | 10 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | RCH | DAR | BRI | HCY | ROU | MAR | NZH | CLT | DOV | MYB | GLN | MLW | TAL | IRP 33 |
MCH | NHA | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | ROU | CLT | MAR | CAR | HCY | ATL | 103rd | 64 | [8] | |||||||
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Murray, Richie (24 March 2021). "GORDON TO CHASE USAC SILVER CROWN TITLE WITH THE ARMSTRONGS". TJSlideways.com. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedLittle500Pursuit - ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Tony Stewart Headlines National Sprint Car Hall Of Fame Class". Speed Sport. January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
- ↑ "Driver Eric Gordon Career Statistics". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
- ↑ "Driver Statistics". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
- ↑ "2022 Chili Bowl - Tuesday". Chili Bowl Nationals. FloRacing. Event occurs at 18:40.
- ↑ "Eric Gordon – 1993 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
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