Jeff Gordon 1992: In 1992, Rick Hendrick watched Gordon compete in a Busch race at Atlanta, and two days later, signed him to Hendrick Motorsports. 1993: Gordon began driving the No. 24 full-time in the 1993 Winston Cup season, with Ray Evernham as his first crew chief. 1997: Gordons philanthropy has also made Gordon a three-time recipient of the NASCAR Illustrated Person of the Year Award, winning in 1997 (shared with Darrell Waltrip), 2004 (with Hendrick Motorsports) and 2011. 1999: In 1999, Gordon along with Cup crew chief Evernham formed Gordon/Evernham Motorsports (GEM) in the Busch Series with Gordon and Rick Hendricks son Ricky Hendrick as drivers, the Rainbow Warriors as pit crew and Patrick Donahue as crew chief. 2006: Gordon and Vandebosch were married in a small, private ceremony in Mexico on November 7, 2006. 2012: Along with Jimmie Johnson who accomplished the feat in 2012, Gordon shares the title for the NASCAR driver with most Brickyard 400 victories at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with four, and one of only five drivers to have four victories at the historic track. 2012: In the 2012 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Gordon would reach a milestone by reaching the 23,000 laps led mark after leading 13 in the race, the most of the current Sprint Cup drivers and ranked 7th all-time.
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