DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Everything seemed to come easy for Jeff Gordon, including his first Daytona 500 win. In 1997, NASCAR’s 25-year-old superstar became the youngest champion ever. A year later, fan ...

But as the 1997 season came around, Gordon's Hendrick Motorsports team was facing a number of off-track distractions. In December 1996, team owner Rick Hendrick was indicted on federal charges that ...

More than 25 years after Jeff Gordon earned his second Daytona 500 win in 1999, he sat inside the media center at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday, preparing to take questions. Gordon, now the ...

As it turned out, Earnhardt found just enough speed to scare Gordon, not to beat him. Gordon grabbed the lead from Earnhardt three laps from the scheduled end, then held off Kurt Busch and Earnhardt ...