Cecil Gordon
Cecil Gordon | |||||||
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Born | Cecil Owen Gordon June 21, 1941 Horse Shoe, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||
Died | September 19, 2012 Lexington, North Carolina, U.S. | (aged 71)||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
449 races run over 17 years | |||||||
Best finish | 3rd (1971, 1973) | ||||||
First race | 1968 Pickens 200 (Greenville-Pickens Speedway) | ||||||
Last race | 1985 Miller High Life 400 (Richmond) | ||||||
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NASCAR Grand National East Series career | |||||||
29 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Best finish | 29th (1973) | ||||||
First race | 1972 Greenville 200 (Greenville-Pickens Speedway) | ||||||
Last race | 1973 Tar Heel 200 (Fayetteville) | ||||||
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Cecil Gordon (June 21, 1941 – September 19, 2012) was an American stock car racing driver. A competitor in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series between 1968 and 1985, he competed in 449 events without winning a race.
NASCAR
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Career as driver
Gordon drove in the NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series for 17 years and drove in a total of 449 races. He never won and never got a pole, he did not even finish a race on the lead lap, but got 29 top fives and 111 top tens.[1] He finished third in points in 1971 and 1973.[1] He completed 112,908 laps and only led 23 of them.[1] By the end of his career, he had earned $940,000.[1] His average finish for his entire career was 17.3.[1] Racing Champions released a replica of 1969 Mercury Cyclone in 1992 and later in 1998 in honor of NASCAR's 50th anniversary.
Career as owner
He started racing in Henley Gray and Bill Seifert cars. He generally raced in his own car beginning in 1970.[2] He had a few other racers make an occasional start for him.[2] He raced GM products (mostly Chevrolet vehicles) until the end of 1982 when he crashed out his Buick Regal.[2] He purchased a Chrysler Imperial at the beginning of 1983 from the defunct Negre Bros. Racing team and managed to qualify for eight races during that season, though he only finished five of them.[2] His best finish was 15th that year in the Imperial. He also had Jim VanDiver drive the car in two races.[2] At the end of that year he sold the Imperial to Buddy Arrington. Gordon returned for one more race in 1985 for the family-owned team of Greg Sacks.
Career as crewman
Following the end of his career as a driver and owner, Gordon worked for other racing teams as a crewman, first for Richard Childress Racing, and then later for Travis Carter Enterprises.[3]
Personal life
Gordon is not related to four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon,[4] yet, coincidentally, they both drove the 24 car.
Gordon, who was married with four children, Charlene (who died in 2006), Douglas, Stefanie and Jonathon. Gordon died on September 19, 2012, in Lexington, North Carolina.[3]
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Grand National Series
NASCAR Grand National 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 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | NGNC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||
1968 | Gray Racing | 95 | Ford | MGR | MGY | RSD | DAY | BRI | RCH | ATL | HCY | GPS | CLB | NWS | MAR | AUG | AWS | DAR | BLV | LGY | CLT | ASH | MGR | SMR | BIR | CAR | GPS 19 |
DAY | ISP | OXF | FDA | TRN | BRI | SMR | NSV | ATL | CLB | BGS | AWS | SBO | LGY | DAR | 55th | - | [5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | HCY 19 |
RCH 17 |
BLV 13 |
HBO 20 |
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Seifert Racing | 47 | Ford | MAR 38 |
NWS 27 |
AUG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | CLT 28 |
CAR | JFC 19 |
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1969 | MGR 11 |
DAY 11 |
10th | 3002 | [6] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | MGY 9 |
RSD | DAY | DAY 27 |
CAR 32 |
AUG 18 |
BRI DNQ |
ATL 18 |
CLB 22 |
HCY 15 |
GPS 14 |
RCH 21 |
MAR 35 |
AWS 12 |
DAR 18 |
BLV 17 |
LGY 24 |
CLT 21 |
MGR 21 |
SMR 18 |
MCH 16 |
KPT 17 |
GPS 18 |
NCF 21 |
DAY 38 |
DOV 10 |
TPN 15 |
TRN 17 |
BLV 11 |
BRI 5 |
NSV 16 |
SMR 6 |
ATL 16 |
MCH 26 |
SBO 11 |
BGS 21 |
AWS 9 |
DAR 18 |
HCY 14 |
RCH 7 |
TAL DNQ |
CLB 9 |
MAR 13 |
NWS 15 |
CLT 19 |
SVH 19 |
AUG 11 |
CAR 14 |
JFC 12 |
MGR 7 |
TWS 11 | |||||||||||||||||
Larry Wehrs | 00 | Chevy | BRI 25 |
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Wayne Smith | 33 | Chevy | NWS 17 |
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1970 | Gordon Racing | 24 | Ford | RSD | DAY | DAY 15 |
DAY 40 |
RCH 19 |
CAR 12 |
SVH 12 |
ATL 35 |
BRI 8 |
TAL 21 |
NWS 9 |
CLB 27 |
DAR 29 |
BLV 17 |
LGY 18 |
CLT 37 |
SMR 8 |
MAR 10 |
MCH 32 |
RSD | HCY 22 |
KPT 12 |
GPS 26 |
DAY 19 |
AST 13 |
TPN 17 |
TRN 35 |
BRI 10 |
SMR 10 |
NSV 4 |
ATL 37 |
CLB 24 |
ONA 6 |
MCH 40 |
TAL 21 |
BGS 18 |
SBO 11 |
DAR 22 |
HCY | RCH 13 |
DOV 10 |
NWS 14 |
CLT 17 |
MAR 26 |
MGR 10 |
CAR 21 |
LGY 24 |
11th | 2514 | [7] | |||||||||||||||
97 | NCF 5 |
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1971 | 24 | RSD 10 |
ONT 19 |
RCH 9 |
3rd | 3677 | [8] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mercury | DAY 10 |
DAY | DAY 17 |
CAR 13 |
HCY 11 |
BRI 14 |
ATL 17 |
CLB 11 |
GPS 12 |
SMR 9 |
NWS 10 |
MAR 7 |
DAR 15 |
SBO 5 |
TAL 13 |
ASH 3 |
KPT 4 |
CLT 17 |
DOV 28 |
MCH 19 |
RSD 3 |
HOU 6 |
GPS 9 |
DAY 17 |
BRI 4 |
AST 8 |
ISP 8 |
TRN 11 |
NSV 16 |
ATL 12 |
BGS 24 |
ONA 5 |
MCH 6 |
TAL 38 |
CLB 13 |
HCY 12 |
DAR 9 |
MAR 12 |
CLT 15 |
DOV 11 |
CAR 11 |
MGR | RCH 9 |
NWS 9 |
TWS 7 |
Winston Cup Series
Daytona 500
Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
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1969 | Seifert Racing | Ford | 34 | 27 |
1970 | Gordon Racing | Ford | 30 | 40 |
1971 | Mercury | 19 | 17 | |
1972 | 11 | 39 | ||
1973 | Chevrolet | 31 | 21 | |
1974 | 32 | 13 | ||
1975 | 15 | 15 | ||
1976 | 17 | 18 | ||
1977 | 41 | 17 | ||
1978 | 41 | 21 | ||
1979 | Oldsmobile | DNQ | ||
1980 | 19 | 21 | ||
1981 | Buick | 42 | 37 |
References
- ^ a b c d e Cecil Gordon's Driver's Statistics at racing-reference.info
- ^ a b c d e Cecil Gordon's Owner's Statistics at racing-reference.info
- ^ a b "Cecil O. Gordon, 71". Times-News. Hendersonville, NC. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
- ^ "Your Turn: Letters from our readers". Portsmouth Daily Times. Portsmouth, OH. July 9, 1999. p. B4. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
- ^ "Cecil Gordon – 1968 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
- ^ "Cecil Gordon – 1969 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
- ^ "Cecil Gordon – 1970 NASCAR Grand National Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
- ^ "Cecil Gordon – 1971 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
- ^ "Cecil Gordon – 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
- ^ "Cecil Gordon – 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
- ^ "Cecil Gordon – 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
- ^ "Cecil Gordon – 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
- ^ "Cecil Gordon – 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
- ^ "Cecil Gordon – 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
- ^ "Cecil Gordon – 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
- ^ "Cecil Gordon – 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
- ^ "Cecil Gordon – 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
- ^ "Cecil Gordon – 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
- ^ "Cecil Gordon – 1982 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
- ^ "Cecil Gordon – 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
- ^ "Cecil Gordon – 1985 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
External links
- Cecil Gordon driver statistics at Racing-Reference