Jeff Gordon Announces 2015 to be last year as full time driver

[osu1991]

Jeff Gordon: 2015 will be my final year competing for a championship

http://www.cbssports.com/general/ey...be-my-final-year-competing-for-a-championship

The Associated Press reports Gordon will retire as a full-time driver after the season. Gordon said he is not officially calling his announcement a retirement because there is "always the possibility I'll compete in selected events, although I currently have no plans to do that."

The 43-year-old Gordon has 92 career wins, which includes four victories in 2014. He won the Cup Series Rookie of the Year in 1993.

 

[dfergie]

Saw that on the CBS news, interesting...

 

[osu1991]

I've been busy all day with files for the DA and just now going through the news. I'm apparently behind everyone on the news of the days

 

[dfergie]

Wonder who will get his car?

 

[Jimbo]

Wonder who will get his car?

Chase Elliot is rumored.

 

[Mr Tony]

Yeah will probably be Elliott

Hendrick can run a 5h car this year with a rookie in it (7 races max)

 

[whitewolf8214]

Hope he has a good retirement!!

 

[KE4EST]

Saw this on twitter earlier. Most likely Chase will get his car.

 

[Ramy]

Does he have some type of injury that is making him retire early?

 

[Mr Tony]

His back has been bothering him but he has been in NASCAR for 23 years already (has it been that long??)

 

[Mr Tony]

Hope he has a good retirement!!

He's not retiring. He is just not going to run cup full time in 2016.

 

[Mr Tony]

from the teleconference

Q. I'm curious. You didn't use the word retirement in your statement. With the way NASCAR's rules are as far as ownership and driving, it looks pretty difficult to see you in a car after next year if it's not -- unless something were to happen to a Hendrick driver or something like that. Can you just not mentally use that word or do you really think there is a chance you could be in a Cup car at some point after 2015?
JEFF GORDON: Well, the way I see myself in the world is that retirement means you go off to a beach somewhere and sit in a rocking chair on the front porch and drink your coffee and pet your dog. That's not me. I plan on working. I'm going to be working -- I'm actually going to have to get a real job now. So when I think of retirement, I just don't think that that's what I'm doing. I want to leave myself open, as well, to be able to get in a car. It doesn't have to be a Cup car. It could be an [XFINITY] car. It could be a truck. It could be a prototype for Le Mans or the Rolex. It might not be any of those things. Heck, I was just out in the desert driving buggies and I maybe want to do the Baja 1000. I don't plan on doing any racing, but I know I'm not going to be retiring because I have a lot on my plate already that we have plans for, and we'll be talking about in the future. And I'm excited about that. I really am.

 

[whitewolf8214]

He's not retiring. He is just not going to run cup full time in 2016.

Well Partial Retirement!!

 

[oldengineer]

Doesn't he own part of Jimmy Johnson's team or car? I think I remember Mr Hendrick giving it to him as an incentive to stay at Hendrick's Motorsports several years ago.

 

[Ramy]

Yes he is part owner.

 

[Jimbo]

No ....

He has a part of Hendricks, not Jimmy.

Almost time for the 2015 NASCAR thread ... Daytona 3 weeks away.
Speed weeks starting soon !

 

[Ramy]

No ....

He has a part of Hendricks, not Jimmy.

Almost time for the 2015 NASCAR thread ... Daytona 3 weeks away.
Speed weeks starting soon !

Yes he does.

http://www.forbes.com/profile/jeff-gordon/

 

[Jimbo]

Yes he does.

http://www.forbes.com/profile/jeff-gordon/

Intersting .... I didn't know that .

 

[Derwin0]

What a shame, the only successful female NASCAR driving is retiring...

 

[osu1991]

What a shame, the only successful female NASCAR driving is retiring...

I didn't know Kyle Busch was retiring