A competitor in the nascar winston cup series between 1968 and 1985, he. Cecil gordon born june 21, 1941 in horse shoe, north carolina was a nascar driver. Gordon spent 40 years in nascar, first as an independent driver and team owner. With donations and sales of parts and items they deemed unfit for racing, they kept buddy in the driver s seat. Raced mostly at skagit speedway, ran a little at sky valley speedway and even ran some races on pavement with the wra. Afterwards, his plans were to become an executive for the captains racing organization. Cecil gordon nascar results, statistics and car numbers. Though he never won a race, he had 29 topfive and 111 top10 finishes. Bobby waddell buddie boys bunkie blackburn butch gilliland cecil gordon chase elliott curtis turner darel dieringer dick clothier dick. Cecil gordon, a former nascar driver and team owner, died thursday in lexington after a short battle with cancer, sporting news reported. Interview with nascar driver cecil gordon 19710519 uva.
Cecil gordon was an american stock car racing driver. Rest in peace cecil, what a great person and driver back in the day when racing was real and lots of fun. He began in the grand national now sprint cup series in 1968 and raced until 1985. Cecil gordon project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Cecil gordon born june 21 1941 september 19 2012 in horse shoe, north carolina was a nascar driver. Cecil gordon cecil gordon born june 21 1941 september 19 2012 in horse shoe, north carolina was a nascar driver. Credit for postponed andor cancelled races will be added on to the race length of your subscription.
I worked on cecil s pit crew helping the gas man 1972 and 1973. Nascar gander outdoors truck series results martinsville speedway click on the race to see the complete results for that race. Dale earnhardt, richard childress, kirk shelmerdine, hank jones, david smith, danny lawrence, cecil gordon, eddie. There will be a special autograph session for the racers reunion legend drivers on saturday during the reunion. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. He is not related to sprint cup driver jeff gordon he began in the grand national now sprint cup series in 1968 and raced until 1985. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. In the 1969 firecracker 400 cecil gordon spun out and left a wake of wrecked cars behind him. In 449 starts, he earned 29 top fives and 111 top 10s with a best finish of second at dover del. Bud moore buddy baker cale yarborough carl long cecil gordon dave mader david reutimann derrike cope dick getty dick guldstrand. Click on the site to see all races run at that track view career statistics for cecil gordon. A competitor in the nascar winston cup series between 1968 and 1985, he competed in 449 events without winning a race. Racing champions mercury diecast racing cars for sale ebay. Cecil gordon interesting stories about famous people.
Great deals on racing champions mercury diecast racing cars. Photo by mike traverse view photo of cecil gordon at the 1983 van scoy 500 408kb. Cecil gordon race results in the 1975 nascar winston cup series. Henley gray also drove the car for one race in 1970. Gordon drove in the nascar grand national and winston cup series for 17 years and drove in a total of 449 races. The nascar logo and driver images are owned and of nascar, respective nascar teams and owners. A competitor in the nascar winston cup series between 1968. Eventual season champion richard petty finished 25th after an engine. Cecil gordon june 21, 1941 september 19, 2012 was an american stock car racing driver. Cecil gordon racing career profile driver database.
He is not related to sprint cup driver jeff gordon. Racing history minute 1974 daytona 500 racersreunion. Gordon racing had 29 top 5s, 108 top 10s, 280 top 20s, and 115 did not finishes. The accomplished penske driver prepared to run his final competitive event as a driver in the iroc race. Nascar autos nascar race cars monster energy girls american sports vintage race car car and driver dale earnhardt car humor drag racing. Gordon and evernham were signed away from bill davis racing after rick hendrick watched gordon s first busch series victory at atlanta motor speedway in march of 1992. Davey allison and the number 28 hit this list for a sad reason. Expand your options of fun home activities with the largest online selection at. The youngster was jerry cook who, after learning around the gagliardi garage, proceeded to build his own, first race car at age thirteen. The currently active driver with the most starts without a win is dave blaney 431. Gordon, who was 71, ran 449 cup races as a driver, most of them with his own independent team. The closest the number had been to victory lane prior to gordon s assuming the number was at a race in dover in 1975, with cecil gordon no relation behind the wheel finishing in second place behind david pearson, seven laps down. The race 1974 tuborg 400 was a winston cup now sprint cup winston west series now camping world west series event held at trackriverside international raceway on june 9, 1974. A competitor in the nascar winston cup series between 1968 and 1985, he competed in 449 events without winning a race nascar career as driver.
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Cale yarborough completed a season sweep at the road course, leading 89 of the 8 laps in route to a 2. The racing expo is a twoday event, friday and saturday, january 17 18. Next in line are buddy arrington 563, neil castles 501, johnny means 455 and cecil gordon 449. Shop from the worlds largest selection and best deals for cars. The nascar logo and driver images are owned and of nascar, respective nascar teams and. Cecil gordon never did win a sprint cup race bit did finish in the top ten 111 times and finished as high as third in the sprint cup standings. Eric cecil gordon england 5 april 1891 february 1976 afraes, fimt, was a british aviator, racing driver and engineer. Cecil gordon 1979 nascar cars, nascar, stock car racing. It features a shorttrack trade show with over 40 vendors ranging from racing parts and accessory distributors to area speedways discussing new rules and schedules. Jeff gordon isnt the only driver to ever race with the no.
I talked with him for the last time about two years ago by telephone on the racers reunion radio show interview. View cecil gordons nascar cup series results by track. Gordon england was born in argentina in 1891, the son of british parents george and amy england. Gordon england was one of the early pioneers of gliding, and his glider flight in 1909 is considered to be the birth of the sport of soaring early years.
He drove for 17 years and drove in a total of 450 races. Complete nascar cup series history of every car number. Click on the race name to see the results of that race. Cecil gordon, a veteran of 449 nascar sprint cup series starts, died wednesday after a short battle with cancer. Jeff gordons top 10 moments of his hall of fame nascar career motorsports on nbc duration. Gordon, who was 71, ran 449 cup races as a driver, most of. Cecil gordon nascar race cars, stock car racing, nascar cars. By far his best season was 1982 where he won the 410 skagit speedway sprint track championship and finished 2nd to the hall of famer jimmy boyd at dirt cup. Get the latest race results, news, videos, pictures, win record and more for cecil gordon on. His career was also tragically cut short when he was killed in a racing accident. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. The team ran 416 races without winning a single one of them.