Benny Gordon

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Benny Gordon
Benny Gordon at Thunder Valley.jpg
Gordon (right) at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2015
Born (1970-11-29) November 29, 1970 (age 53)
DuBois, Pennsylvania, United States
Achievements 2005, 2008 USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series Champion
2004, 2006 USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series Northern Division Champion
Awards 2003 USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
23 races run over 4 years
Car no., team No. 17 (Vision Racing)
No. 66 (PEG Racing)
2015 position 50th
Best finish 34th (2012)
First race 2009 Nashville 300 (Nashville)
Last race 2015 Furious 7 300 (Joliet)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
2 races run over 2 years
2008 position 99th
Best finish 85th (2007)
First race 2007 Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 (Milwaukee)
Last race 2008 Ohio 250 (Mansfield)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of September 19, 2015.

Benny Gordon (born November 29, 1970 in DuBois, Pennsylvania) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently drives the No. 17 Toyota Camry for Vision Racing, and also drives the No. 66 Toyota Camry for PEG Racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.

Racing career

Early career

Prior to moving up to NASCAR's big leagues, Gordon competed in the NASCAR-sanctioned Slim Jim All Pro Series in the late 1990s and early 2000s.[1] Good runs in the series allowed him to move up to the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series,[1] where he was Rookie of the Year in 2003. He went on to win the Northern Division in four of the following five seasons, except for 2007 where he finished second. He would add overall series championships in 2005 and 2008.

NASCAR

Gordon's first NASCAR national touring series race was in the Camping World Truck Series (then Craftsman Truck Series) in 2007 at the Milwaukee Mile, where he finished 15th. It was his only Truck Series start that season. He returned for one more Truck Series start the following year, finishing 31st at Mansfield Motorsports Park, a track where he has won multiple USAR races.

In 2009, Gordon left USARacing full-time to enter his own team in the Nationwide Series. Driving the #72 Ford Fusion, he has made six starts and finished in the top 20 twice, with a best finish of 12th at Iowa Speedway.

After making one start in the series in 2011, Gordon returned to the Nationwide Series in 2012, driving the No. 24 SR² Motorsports Toyota on a part-time basis.[2] He finished 12th in the series' season-opening race at Daytona International Speedway;[3] he filed to run for Rookie of the Year in the series shortly thereafter.[4] However, without sponsorship, Gordon moved to the position of crew chief, hiring other sponsored drivers to drive the #24; for 2013, he was promoted to team manager and lead crew chief for the SR² team.[5]

SR² Motorsports shut down after 2013, leaving Gordon without work. He made one attempt in the Nationwide Series in 2014, failing to qualify the TriStar Motorsports #91 car at Daytona in July. In 2015, Gordon entered the season without a ride, but with the closure of Vision Racing, Gordon bought the team's assets and rebranded the team as VSI Racing. Gordon finished 13th in his first attempt at Talladega. Gordon also finished in the top 5 at the Subway Firecracker 250 at Daytona in the same year. It was Gordon's best finish since Daytona in 2012. It was also Gordon's first top 5 and Top 10 finish.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series

Craftsman Truck Series

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References

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Sporting positions
Preceded by USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series Champion
2005
Succeeded by
Clay Rogers
Preceded by USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series Champion
2008
Succeeded by
Clay Rogers