Nascar Hall of Famer Jeff Gordon saib thaum lub sijhawm Blue Jacket Ceremony ntawm Nascar Hall of Fame hauv … [+]
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Jeff Gordon tsis tau sib tw hauv Nascar kev sib tw txij li xyoo 2016. Txawm li cas los xij, Rainbow Warrior tseem yog tus txiv neej Nascar hu kom txhawb kev ua kis las ua ntej nws hnub nyoog 75 xyoos.
Gordon, 51, tseem nyiam cov neeg tuaj saib txhua yam thoob plaws Asmeskas. Lub lim tiam dhau los, tus lwm thawj ntawm Hendrick Motorsports tau nyob Lub Hmo no Qhia Starring Jimmy Fallon, yog ib lub cim qhia tias nws tseem nyob li qub li qub.
Plaub lub sij hawm Nascar Cup Series tau txais kev vam meej hauv nws lub luag haujlwm tshiab ntawm Hendrick Motorsports, ua tus thib 2 tus txiv neej tom qab tus tswv pab pawg Rick Hendrick. Raws li Gordon nkag mus rau xyoo thib ob ntawm nws txoj haujlwm, nws txoj kev taug kev tshiab ntawm kev sib tw tshiab sab nraud ntawm nws qhov kev nplij siab tiag tiag ua rau nws zoo siab.
Gordon tau hais hauv New York City lub lim tiam dhau los tias "Nws zoo heev kom tau txais xyoo ntawd los ntawm kuv txoj siv tawv thiab tau txais kev nkag siab zoo ntawm thaj chaw hauv kev lag luam uas kuv tuaj yeem cuam tshuam ntau tshaj plaws," Gordon tau hais hauv New York City lub lim tiam dhau los. “Kuv nyiam ua kom paub cov neeg, sib tham nrog lawv nyob rau theem tshiab. Ntawm kev lag luam, kuv zoo siab rau qee yam ntawm kev ua kis las tau tshwm sim, thiab Hendrick Motorsports tshwj xeeb. "
Hendrick Motorsports yog tshiab tawm ntawm cov lus tshaj tawm tseem ceeb, qee qhov uas tau ua rau lub cev muaj zog kev lag luam. Ntawm cov kev txav mus rau Hendrick yog fielding Chaw nres tsheb 56 nkag rau Nascar hauv 24 Teev ntawm Le Mans, uas nyuam qhuav tshaj tawm nws cov neeg tsav tsheb lineup lub lim tiam dhau los.
Rau Gordon, qhov no ntau dua li nkag mus rau lwm haiv neeg hauv qab HMS chij. Nws yog ib qho qub txeeg qub teg.
Gordon tau hais tias "Muaj cov khoom lag luam thoob ntiaj teb thiab cov npe khoom qub qub rau Hendrick Motorsports thiab Rick Hendrick," Gordon tau hais. "Peb pib nrog lub tswv yim no uas [Nascar Thawj Tswj Hwm thiab CEO] Jim France muaj nrog Garage 56. Kuv zoo siab heev rau peb txoj kev siv zog thiab kev sib koom tes uas tau mus ua kom muaj sia nyob. Nws yog kev ua haujlwm ntau thiab nws nyuaj heev. Tej zaum neeg yuav tsis to taub qhov ntawd. Txawm hais tias peb nyob hauv ib chav kawm ntawm peb tus kheej, tseem muaj lub hom phiaj nrog kev cia siab siab uas peb xav tau. Qhov ntawd pib nrog 24 teev, tsuas yog ua tiav.
"Lub tsheb hnyav dua thiab siab dua nrog qis qis dua li koj li GT
Tsis tas li ntawd, Hendrick Motorsports tshaj tawm tias nws yuav koom tes nrog McLaren Kev Sib Tw los ua 2024 Indianapolis 500 nkag rau Kyle Larson. Larson, uas feem ntau piv rau Gordon, yuav rub tawm "Qhov Ob," uas nws yuav sib tw hauv 500 thiab Coca-Cola 600 hauv Charlotte tom qab hnub ntawd. Kurt Busch, Tony Stewart, Robby Gordon thiab John Andretti yog tib tus neeg tsav tsheb uas tau ua 575-mais trek ntawm ob haiv neeg.
Thoob plaws hauv nws tag nrho, Gordon tau ua tus thawj coj sib tham rau Hendrick Motorsports. Raws li nws muab tso rau, nws "tso txaus siab rau kaw deals."
Gordon tau hais tias "Nws yog ib qho kev tshwm sim loj rau kuv thaum nws tseem yog menyuam yaus - kuv nyiam tsav tsheb yog Rick Mears thiab AJ Foyt," Gordon hais. “Thaum kuv mus txog Nascar, nws tsis yog ib yam uas kuv tau nrhiav lossis xav tias yog qhov tseeb. Tab sis Kyle Larson tuaj nrog thiab ntawm no yog ib tug txiv neej uas nyiam tsav txhua yam thiab txhua yam. Nws hais tias nws xav sim Indy 500 thiab kuv tau khiav los ntawm Rick Hendrick. Nws hais tias, 'Nws yog ib lub thoob rau kuv thiab.' Nws yeej tsis tau mus lawm. Peb xav ua nws nrog pab neeg zoo thiab ntau txoj kev npaj. Tias yog vim li cas nws yog ib qho kev tshaj tawm uas tau tawm ntxov. "
Nyob rau sab saum toj ntawm kev sib tw ntxiv sab nraud ntawm Nascar, Hendrick Motorsports tau txiav txim siab los sib tw rau nws lub npe 15th Cup Series. Tom qab Chase Elliott thiab Larson tau ntes rov qab-rau-rov qab kev sib tw hauv 2020 thiab 2021, raws li, pab pawg tau poob qis hauv thawj xyoo ntawm Lub Tsheb Tom ntej. Elliott tau ua nws mus rau Championship 4 rau peb lub caij sib law liag.
Tam sim no, Gordon xav kom pab pawg plaub tus tsav tsheb thawb ib leeg zoo li xya tus yeej Jimmie Johnson thiab nws tau ua.
Gordon tau hais tias, "Kuv zoo siab heev rau xyoo thib ob ntawm Lub Tsheb Tom Ntej Gen, hnov peb pab pawg - cov thawj coj ua haujlwm, cov kws ua haujlwm thiab txhua tus neeg - ua haujlwm ntawm lawv cov npe uas lawv tuaj yeem ua kom lawv lub tsheb zoo dua. Peb qhov kev cia siab yog siab heev. "
Nws kuj ntseeg tias Hendrick tus neeg tsav tsheb tam sim no thiab cov neeg coob coob yog cov muaj zog npaum li nws tau ua.
Gordon tau hais tias "Peb muaj tus thawj coj tshiab los nrog Alex Bowman, ib tus neeg raug xaiv thaum peb paub tias Greg Ives yuav hloov pauv," Gordon tau hais. "Kuv zoo siab pom Alex Bowman thiab Blake Harris nyem li cas. Peb nyob rau xyoo peb ntawm Rudy Fugle thiab William Byron, thiab lawv tau zoo zuj zus txhua xyoo. Tom qab ntawd, koj muaj Chase thiab Kyle, pab pawg ua haujlwm ntawm qib siab tshaj hauv tuam txhab. Lawv txhua tus ua haujlwm ua ke los ua tus dev saum toj kawg nkaus. Kuv nyiam qhov kev sib tw sab hauv. Nws yog yam uas tau tsav kuv thiab Jimmie Johnson, thiab nws yog yam uas tau tsav lwm tus ntawm Hendrick tau ntau xyoo. "
Thiab raws li kev xam phaj los txog ze, Gordon dov nws lub tes tsho me ntsis. Nws qhia tawm Rolex nws tau txais los ntawm nws qhov kev yeej 2017 hauv Rolex 24. Nws yog lub cim uas txawm tias nws hnub tsav tsheb tom qab nws tab tom tos ntsoov rau kev sib tw ntau ntxiv tom ntej.
Lub sijhawm no, es tsis txhob hla lub log ntawm lub tsheb sib tw, Gordon yog tus kos npe rau daim ntawv cog lus.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/josephwolkin/2023/02/02/jeff-gordons-second-year-as-vice-chairman-of-hendrick-motorsports-boasts-high-expectations-and- kaw-deals/