Gordon made his stock car debut in the NASCAR Busch Series on October 20, 1990, at North Carolina Motor Speedway for Hugh Connerty, crashing out on lap 23 and ending up with a 39th-place finish.
[2] Gordon made his Winston Cup debut in the season-ending race, the Hooters 500 at Atlanta, finishing 31st after a crash.
[3] During Gordon's career with Hendrick, he won his first race in 1994 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the Coca-Cola 600,[4] and later became a four-time Cup Series champion.
He was also the active "iron man" leader for consecutive races participated in, with 797 through his retirement at the end of the 2015 season.
[10] As of the end of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, Gordon's 93 wins rank third all-time behind Richard Petty (200) and David Pearson (105).