Jeff Gordon To Make 750th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Start

This Saturday night at Atlanta Motor Speedway Jeff Gordon will make his 750th start in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series – 11th on the all-time list and the most of any active driver on the series – and at the very same track where he made his series debut on November 15, 1992. Since then the four-time Cup champion has become a legend in the sport and amassed amazing statistics as one of the most successful drivers ever in NASCAR.

Significant numbers in his career follow…

1 – First NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start – Atlanta Motor Speedway – November 15, 1992 – finished 21st

4 – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championships – 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001

10 – Number of seasons he has competed in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup – 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 (pending attempting to qualify for Atlanta and Richmond this year)

23 – Number of years he has competed in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

27 – Number of starts before his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Award at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 10, 1993

41 – Number of starts before his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career win at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 29, 1994

76 – Number of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Awards – he is third on the all-time list

91 – Number of wins in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series – third on all-time list, most in the modern era (1972-present)

100 – 100th start in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at North Wilkesboro Speedway on April 14, 1996 – he finished second

429 – Number of career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series top-10 finishes

500 – 500th start in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on September 14, 2008 – he finished 14th

24,126 – Number of laps led in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

214,441 – Number of laps completed in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

PHOTO GALLERY – BACK TO THE BEGINNING – JEFF GORDON’S 750TH START

: Top-ten drivers involved in the 2004 NASCAR Chase for the Nextel Cup, (L-R) Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson, Elliott Sadler, Jeremy Mayfield, Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman, and Mark Martin pose following the NASCAR Nextel Cup Chevy Rock & Roll 400 on September 11, 2004 at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia (photo – Rusty Jarrett – Getty Images for NASCAR)

: Jeff Gordon on the grid prior to the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on September 14, 2008 (photo – Jerry Markland/Getty Images for NASCAR)