Jeff Gordon’s Unparalleled NASCAR Legacy Has Been Forged on and off the Track

Jeff Gordon will no doubt be remembered for his four NASCAR Sprint Cup championships and his 92 career wins, including three in the Daytona 500 and a record five in the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. But peel away the obvious, and there is so much more to Gordon's NASCAR legacy than the staggering, impressive numbers. Gordon, 43, announced Thursday that 2015 will be his final Sprint Cup season as a full-time driver. It came as no great surprise, as Gordon had hinted at the possibility of retirement more than once last season when a chronic back injury kept flaring up. Still, Gordon's pending retirement mandates a complete examination of his remarkable, wide-ranging legacy. No one will forget the career victories and 77 p...

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