Interesting Article on the Jeff Gordon / Juan Montoya event

[mAdD INDIAN]

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Apparently, Jeff Gordon initially wanted to race in IRL - Indy500, but didn't get a chance. So he went into NASCAR.

But anyway, here's the interesting part:

"I'm very content and very happy where I am," he said. As the same question popped up again and again , Gordon's denial appeared to weaken somewhat. In fact, by the end of the press conference, he was suggesting that "I don't know ... if the right opportunity comes along ... " he might consider something other than stock cars.

I am no marketer, but I think it would be a safe bet to suggest that the major sponsor of the BMW-Williams F1 team, the U.S. company Hewlett-Packard, would perhaps like to see an American driving for that team. And if done properly, with a winter of testing behind him, Jeff Gordon would be the ideal candidate and could very well surprise a whole lot of people.

After all, he's conquered America with his racing talent, youthful good looks and charm.

Why not the world?

I'd like to see him in F1.

 

[NFS4]

F*&k yeah. Gordon's too good to be stuck in Winston Cup cars for the rest of his life. I was truly impressed with his performance a few days ago.

 

[Wah]

sounds like another michael andretti to me... F1 is a leap from Nascar.

 

[Tom]

Originally posted by: Wah
sounds like another michael andretti to me... F1 is a leap from Nascar.

Is that supposed to be a bad thing ? Michael Andretti did very well in F1, considering he didn't stay very long, was with a tyem in serious decline at the time, and was considered a very distant number 2 driver on the team, getting much less attention paid to development of the car to suit him.

 

[Angrymarshmello]

Apparently he can do more than turn left 😉

 

[SyahM]

Originally posted by: Angrymarshmello
Apparently he can do more than turn left 😉

he surely can .. i saw the event and was suprise at his handling of the F1 car. Go Gordon!

 

[ElFenix]

i dunno... jeff on williams bmw... <mr burns>excellent</mr burns>

ok... now... i'm not too up on the rules of nascar... but jeff gordon drives for one team... and owns a different team...? isn't that a conflict of interest?

 

[Angrymarshmello]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
i dunno... jeff on williams bmw... <mr burns>excellent</mr burns>

ok... now... i'm not too up on the rules of nascar... but jeff gordon drives for one team... and owns a different team...? isn't that a conflict of interest?

Rick Hendrick owns the "team" that Gordon races on. Gordon co-owns along with Hendrick car #48, driven by Jimmie Johnson, also of the same team owned by Hendrick.

http://www.jeffgordon.com/team/team1.html

 

[EngenZerO]

I would love to see that happen. It would help bring more viewers to F1 and plus Gordon would pwn, 🙂