Jeff Gordon, California 500, Fontana, California, June 22, 1997
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Jeff Gordon debuted in NASCAR's top-level Cup Series in 1992, earning Rookie of the Year honors for his first season. Gordon won his first Cup Series championship in 1995. He earned three more championships -- in 1997, 1998 and 2001 -- before stepping back from his full-time driving career after 2015. Gordon was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2019.
Jeff Gordon debuted in NASCAR's top-level Cup Series in 1992, earning Rookie of the Year honors for his first season. Gordon won his first Cup Series championship in 1995. He earned three more championships -- in 1997, 1998 and 2001 -- before stepping back from his full-time driving career after 2015. Gordon was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2019.
Artifact
Slide (Photograph)
Subject Date
22 June 1997
Creators
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2011.125.19
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Photographs Gift of John G. Clark.
Material
Film Phototransparency
Technique
Photographic processes
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 2 in
Width: 2 in
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