33 Results for jeff gordon

The Hard Sell

Ryan McGee

Down at the local GM dealership the boys are nervous. In the shadow of downtown Charlotte, a group of car salesman sat in the shade outside their sho...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 03, 2009

Bring Back Double Duty

Ryan McGee

...Charlotte? What else would a racer want?" These days they just want a chance. In 2004, Robby Gordon made his fifth and final attempt at the double. The following year, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway made...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 19, 2009

Why NASCAR Should Be At Churchill

Ryan McGee

...better. Just ask the racers. Most of these guys came up racing on dirt. Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Carl Edwards, Ryan Newman, Kasey Kahne, you name them, they've all crossed it up sideways...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 05, 2009

The NASCAR Advice Columnist

Ryan McGee

...Dale Earnhardt is the greatest NASCAR driver of all time and I say that it is Jeff Gordon. She says that until one of us is proven right I am banished to the couch...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 21, 2009

The Timeless Victory

Ryan McGee

...he had snapped a long, frustrating losing streak or that he'd outrun a still-living Jeff Gordon to the finish line. "The first thing I thought," the Virginia native admits with a laugh...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 24, 2009

Hairpocalypse Now

Ryan McGee

Every Monday on ESPN.com, I do a live NASCAR chat (join us at 2 pm ET for the biggest gearhead block party in cyberspace!). And each week, it never fa...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 10, 2009

Racy Ryan's NASCAR Advice Column

Ryan McGee

In today's world, racing and otherwise, we all seem like little lambs lost in the emotional and economical woods. Well, help is here, my axle grease-...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 03, 2009

Best and Worst of NASCAR So Far

Ryan McGee

...most exciting Shootout I've seen here at Daytona in long time," said fourth place finisher Jeff Gordon. As usual, Mr. Four-Time, we agree with you. Best Race, Runner-Up Ever since the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 18, 2009

Even Better Than You Think He Is

Ryan McGee

How good is Jimmie Johnson? Just listen to his rivals.

Story | Conversation | February 10, 2009

Ryan McGee's Blog: End of an era

Ryan McGee

Petty Enterprises is gone. Like totally gone. Like joined-the-T-Rex-Edsel-and-D.B.-Cooper-in-the-ether gone. So why aren't people making a bigger deal...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 12, 2009

Ryan McGee's Blog: Driving a red pickup at Lowe's Motor Speedway ... for charity

Ryan McGee

...specifically for this chance to let them follow in the tire tracks of Petty, Pearson, Earnhardt and Gordon. Tara sat mesmerized as they went by in groups of twenty, some driving way up on the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 01, 2008

Everyone But Jimmie Johnson

Ryan McGee

I thought Jeff Gordon was nuts. It was the late summer of 2000 at the Dover Downs International Speedway and...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 2008

Nigel Marlin No More

Ryan McGee

...They nearly won the Winston Cup in '95, coming in third behind the legendary duel between Jeff Gordon and Earnhardt. The car was so fast on the superspeedways of Daytona and Talladega, it made...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 04, 2008

Joey Logano for NEXT

Ryan McGee

...and I approved this message. Need more? Well, so did Tony Stewart, and Mark Martin, and Jeff Gordon…and pretty much everyone else who has made their living around racecars over the last...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 03, 2008

Hate Not the Player

Ryan McGee

...stunning pile of stats since the late '90's heyday of the team's co-owner, Jeff Gordon. And don't tell anyone, but they might even be a little better. So let's...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 27, 2008