Jeff Gordon will be 37 years old in early August and he is the top dog with 81 victories and 4 Championships.

Will Jeff hang on doing this to the age of 50 ? Probably not,  doesnt have to. Surely he will pass Darrell Waltrip, Cale Yarbrough and Bobby Aliison in all time wins, getting past David Pearsons mark of 105 will not will not be easy.

Of course Pearson, Petty and those guys drove in an era with seasons having 40, 50 plus races in a season to pad their totals.

Gordon has finished over 40 percent of his races in the top 5 and 2/3rds in the top ten which is comparable to Richard Petty, actually nearly 50 percent of Petty's starts resulted in top 5 finishes.

Jeff took the mantle from Dale Earnhardt and brought in the current era which we see now. This ultra comptetitive series is living up to it's name averaging 10 or more different winners for many years. Other racing sanctions envy the this kind of competition with so many different winners in a year.

Gordon's first race was Richard Petty's last at Atlanta in November of 1992. Four different drivers had a shot at the title that day with Alan Kulwicki taking the crown in a thrilling event to end the season.

Tragically in 1993 Alan Kulwicki and Davey Allison were lost, we will never know what these two would have done.

Now it was Jeff's time to make his mark and few have been where he has in winning 4 titles, the first Brickyard race, Daytona and many other special moments.

Jeff Gordon has always been a gentleman and rarely loses his cool on the track or in front of the camera's. He represents Nascar racing at the highest level in a very classy way. Jeff knows where he came from and we know that he is on top of the mountain deservedly so.

If Alan and Davey were still here they would have picked Jeff's pockets just a little bit.