Jeff Gordon Wins at Sonoma, June 1998

[ReDRuM868]

this is back when NA$CAR was still NASCAR. Hard to believe Jeff just turned 40, but man I remember watching Jeff at this time when he was so hated, he was what got me into NASCAR. Been watching a few old NASCAR vids from this time and its nice to see the stands full still as well as classic NASCAR sponsors that mainly have to do with car products.

[TonyPizzaro]

earnhardt may have a better career, but from 1995-1999 gordon was better than anybody in history, plain and simple.

[winfir0]

hey jeff you are the man

[TrueDarkHadou]

I still love how these cars look compared the the Trash of Tomorrow.

[MrDonrob81]

Jeff Gordon won like 8 road courses in a row, or something like that. He won the big race at Bristol 5 times in a row... Won the Southern 500 at Darlington 4 years in a row... He is amazing!!!

[skankuser]

Gordon was one of the first to dedicate testing sessions just to road courses. Man, he was dominant at Sears Point and the Glen too.

[shamu247]

fikin awesome jeff gordon is by far the best road coarse and all around driver!!!!!!

[marimbaman89]

I miss Ray Evernham and the rainbow car...

[jdale287]

Dude, they were literally unstoppable!

[hamlinfanVA]

That pretty much sums up his dominating season.

[EddieMRacer86]

those cars sound really good

[ToKoMiKo]

I was at this race, was a fun track to watch! Ricky rudd made a good run, then got a good view of him going into the tires, I was grabbing a hot dog walking along the fence when the 99 Exide car spun out and hit the wall right in front of me, I forgot who it was but one car spun out and slide right into the pit lane when rudd hit the tires and had to drive all the way through the pits.

[JGFAN24IO]

Jeff Gordon, the best.

[XxRhino96xX]

did they change sonoma over the years? It looks like it.

[nadeau1064]

They have, Rhino96; good catch. :) In this race, the first year they had The Chute, Turn 7 was a wide, sweeping corner that abruptly funneled down into the very narrow Esses. However, there wasn't much passing there, so Turn 7 is now the "Budweiser Bottleneck," a much sharper and narrower turn that switches back and forth before the field enters the Esses. Tony Stewart made his winning pass in that corner on Robby Gordon in 2001.

[XxRhino96xX]

kool

[daytonafuntim]

@XxRhino96xX Also, there were 2 different pit lanes. they got rid of the other pit lane (to the right, after the final turn) in 2002 or 2003. I dont recall.

[MidniteHaze1]

Well ESPN had good calls back then, WTF HAPPENED?

[jcline87]

If Jeff and Ray Evernham were still together they'd have 100+ wins by now. It's tough in this era to remain competitive with the car changes, new talent, and new crew chiefs. Atleast he's in the top 12 that's all that matters at this point in the season.

[buddyboy55]

I wish Jeff drove like that these days. It just seems like he doesn't have the fire in his belly anymore

[CowboysForever81]

Did you miss last season? lol

[n0vaca1n3]

Gordon sucks.

[Drummin555]

I know Gordon should have 6 Trophies. 04 should of won but switched to nextel, and 07, dominated season, would of won by over 430pts. But Nextel cup messed it up. Man i hate that bs

[dragknee650]

amen. the chase sucks. hes goin for his 7th championship this year as far as im concerned.

[dragknee650]

damn straight.

[spongebelt]

@dragknee650 amen to that

[Abcdefgphelps]

@dragknee650 Agreed, he should be a 6 time champion right now. Fuck the chase and Gimmie Johnson.

[DialgaRules24]

ITS GOOD TO SEE THE #3 CAR OUT THERE.

i hate that he didnt win in 2007 because of jimmey johnson

[jamespic]

The Road Course King!!!

[combatking08]

Jeff is a road course King. He was robbed this year by Jimmie"cheater"Johnson. Jeff is still the best in the business.

[gadgefan48]

Jeff Gordon was amazing that year. Never again will we see that kind of domination. He literally had only 2 bad finishes the whole year.

[JakeTV248]

Charlotte and Michigan.

[gadgefan48]

I was thinking Texas and Richmond (May)

[JakeTV248]

In both thse races he finished in 4th place.

[gadgefan48]

That may be a different season because in 1998, he was involved in the second lap wreck at Texas and Rusty spun us with under 30 laps to go at Richmond in June.

[JakeTV248]

Oh. I thought you meant 2007.

[Drummin555]

it was Charlotte, he hit pretty hard

[ILikeCheeze24]

go jeff. man i really miss the days when there was actully 35 or so different teams and each of them would have a chance at the top 10. not like today where theres only 4 or 5 teams

[lostfreakadam]

Alright.

Thanks for the upload!

I miss Sears point designed like this.