NASCAR » NASCAR Driver of the Year vote: 9th

20 December 2012
You voted Jeff Gordon into 9th place in Crash.net's NASCAR Driver of the Year poll!
NASCAR Driver of the Year vote: 9th
Top 10 NASCAR Driver of the Year 2012:
9. Jeff Gordon

Birthdate: August 4, 1971
Hometown: Vallejo, CA
Team: Hendrick Motorsports
Crew chief: Alan Gustafson
2012 starts: 36
Poles: 2
Wins: 2
Top 5: 11
Top 10: 18
Annual earnings: $6,113,130
Championship points: 2303
Championship position: 10th
Crash.net NASCAR Driver of 2011 position: 6th

Jeff Gordon is always one of the popular stars of NASCAR, but his lower position in the Crash.net poll this year compared with 2011 acknowledges the fact that this wasn't exactly a vintage season for the four-time champion. Right up to the end, it seemed like he would even miss out on the Chase altogether until a final effort at Richmond saw him pip Kyle Busch for a place at the last moment.

Unfortunately Gordon didn't have the best of starts to the Chase, and it wasn't really his fault when a stuck throttle put him into the wall at Chicago; however, his actions in the penultimate race which saw him wreck Clint Bowyer in a brazen bit of retaliation didn't exactly do him much credit.

Fortunately Gordon finished the season on a high with a terrific win at Homestead-Miami, which shows there is still plenty of life left in the old dog yet.

Top 10 NASCAR Driver of the Year 2012 results so far:

9. Jeff Gordon
10. Greg Biffle

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Jeff Gordon, driver of the #24 DuPont Chevrolet, stands in the garage during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AdvoCare 500 at Phoenix International Raceway on Nov. 9, 2012, in Avondale, Ariz. (Photo Credit: Todd Warshaw/Getty Images for NASCAR)
Jeff Gordon, driver of the #24 Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet, poses in Victory Lane after qualifying for the pole position in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on September 21, 2012 in Loudon, New Hampshire. (Photo Credit: Rainier Ehrhardt/Getty Images)
#24 Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet driven by Jeff Gordon (Photo Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images for NASCAR)
Jeff Gordon, driver of the #24 Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet, and Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M`s Toyota, lead the field to start the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series SYLVANIA 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on September 23, 2012 in Loudon, New Hampshire. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Clint Bowyer, driver of the #15 5-hour Energy Toyota, and Jeff Gordon, driver of the #24 DuPont Chevrolet, collide on track during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AdvoCare 500 at Phoenix International Raceway on November 11, 2012 in Avondale, Arizona. (Photo Credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images for NASCAR)
Hendrick Motorsports` Jeff Gordon (Photo Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images for NASCAR)
Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe`s Dover White Chevrolet, and Tony Stewart, driver of the #14 Rush Truck Centers/Mobil 1 Chevrolet, spin in front of Jeff Gordon (#24) after an on track incident during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway on April 27, 2013 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
Matt Kenseth (L), driver of the #20 Dollar General Toyota, and Jeff Gordon (R), driver of the #24 Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet, talk in the garage during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway on April 26, 2013 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/NASCAR via Getty Images)
Ray Lewis waves the American Ethanol green flag as Danica Patrick, driver of the #10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, and Jeff Gordon, driver of the #24 Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet, lead the field to start the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 24, 2013 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/NASCAR via Getty Images)
Jeff Gordon, driver of the #24 Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet, poses with crew chief Alan Gustafson after winning the Front Row Award at qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 17, 2013 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo Credit: Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
Jeff Gordon, driver of the #24 Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet, during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 16, 2013 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

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