jeff was definitely sponsored by coke for the first few years he was in cup, this wasnt just nascar choosing him to be in the commercial. the problem was jeff got caught on camera drinking a pepsi while he was still under contract to coke, i havent been able to find the footage on youtube, cant remember what race it was, but i remember watching it live, no one made a big deal about it, but the next year coke was off the car and pepsi was on it
To clear things up, Gordon was sponsored by Coke before the 97 season, since I have an old diecast of Gordon's car with the whole rear decklid with Coke sponsorship.
boy that's weird, it's like i've never seen Jeff advertise anything else than Pepsi.....so it's quite a surprise to see him in a Coke ad....and btw i hate to quote Tony Stewart, but Coke really tastes a hell of a lot better than Pepsi ;)
No i know why he was plugging Coke. This was a commercial from 1996. Pepsi started being his sponsor from 1997 and on so maybe it was just a commercial that Coke needed for NASCAR and decided to use Jeff, but it does look hella weird that Gordon is plugging Coke soda. Just like rustyshackledford said, almost like when you see that he drove a Ford in the Busch Series.
anyone who thinks pepsi is better then coke is obviously a northerner
PennyWisee14 6 months ago
It's amazing how different Benny sounds when he minimizes his southern accent.
GetchaPullOff 1 year ago
jeff was definitely sponsored by coke for the first few years he was in cup, this wasnt just nascar choosing him to be in the commercial. the problem was jeff got caught on camera drinking a pepsi while he was still under contract to coke, i havent been able to find the footage on youtube, cant remember what race it was, but i remember watching it live, no one made a big deal about it, but the next year coke was off the car and pepsi was on it
grungyflannel 1 year ago
Jeff Gordon drinking Coke!?? :O
kylekage13 1 year ago
To clear things up, Gordon was sponsored by Coke before the 97 season, since I have an old diecast of Gordon's car with the whole rear decklid with Coke sponsorship.
BMB5150 1 year ago 7
boy that's weird, it's like i've never seen Jeff advertise anything else than Pepsi.....so it's quite a surprise to see him in a Coke ad....and btw i hate to quote Tony Stewart, but Coke really tastes a hell of a lot better than Pepsi ;)
Dimage25 1 year ago 2
love Benny Parsons narrating
pathicks28 2 years ago
Those were the days. Even better was when he drove a Ford.
The98corvette 2 years ago
1997!!!
rig48 2 years ago
97 was the first year with pepsi
miles24fig 2 years ago
99 was his 1st year w pepsi cuz in the 1998 season nascar game, he had coke on his car
paulsack21 2 years ago
it was 97 cuz the 1998 season game came out in 97
SThoogie 2 years ago
I believe 97 was jeffs first year with pepsi but he was definitly pepsi in 98.
ReDRuM868 2 years ago
Jeez, he chugged 1L (I know, it's just a commercial)...
What happens when you shake a bottle of soda and open it? Okay, now JG is the bottle, and his car does the shaking... result? :P
missliss312a 2 years ago
Thats probably before jeff was sponsored by pepsi.
llama62 2 years ago
Jeff Gordon drinking Coke and Benny Parsons providing the voice....I miss those days of NASCAR!
nWo24life 2 years ago
he could have just tilted the bottle, not the car lol
carmgn56 3 years ago
I think this comercial was made before Jeff was sponsored by Pepsi. It does make sense, after all, because Coke's the official soft drink of NASCAR.
nascarfanatic24 3 years ago
Pepsi's Better Than Coke!!!!!
jamespic 3 years ago 15
no way coke is so much better it not funny
19duhart 3 years ago
wow pepsi was all over his ass even way back then
e521soediv 3 years ago
No i know why he was plugging Coke. This was a commercial from 1996. Pepsi started being his sponsor from 1997 and on so maybe it was just a commercial that Coke needed for NASCAR and decided to use Jeff, but it does look hella weird that Gordon is plugging Coke soda. Just like rustyshackledford said, almost like when you see that he drove a Ford in the Busch Series.
KKFan9 3 years ago
oh and is that the late Benny Parsons commentating?
rustyshackleford01 3 years ago
lol its funny to see Jeff plugging Coke. Almost as good as when he drove a Ford in the Busch Series
rustyshackleford01 3 years ago