{"id":63644,"date":"2015-01-22T10:00:17","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T16:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=63644"},"modified":"2015-01-22T14:55:55","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T20:55:55","slug":"j-gordon-to-retire-after-15-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=63644","title":{"rendered":"J. Gordon to retire from Nascar after &#8217;15 season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gordonjeff.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-27360\" alt=\"Gordonjeff\" src=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Gordonjeff.jpg\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a>.By JENNA FRYER<br \/>\n\u00a0AP Auto Racing Writer<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jeff Gordon tells The Associated Press that he decided in the middle of last season that 2015 would be his last as a full-time NASCAR driver.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The four-time champion says he was in talks with team owner Rick Hendrick when he came to the conclusion to race a 23rd and final season in the No. 24 Chevrolet. Gordon says the timing is just right both personally and professionally.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He delayed announcing his decision until Thursday, when he first told his two young children at home in Charlotte, North Carolina. Gordon says that&#8217;s when his decision became a reality, and he broke down in tears.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gordon sobbed the entire 30-minute drive to Hendrick Motorsports, and again lost his composure as he informed his team and his longtime employees.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The 43-year-old Gordon trails only Hall of Fame drivers Richard Petty (200) and David Pearson (105) in wins.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/racing\/nascar\/cup\/story\/_\/id\/12210437\/jeff-gordon-announces-2015-nascar-sprint-cup-season-last\">http:\/\/espn.go.com\/racing\/nascar\/cup\/story\/_\/id\/12210437\/jeff-gordon-announces-2015-nascar-sprint-cup-season-last<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>.By JENNA FRYER \u00a0AP Auto Racing Writer \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jeff Gordon tells The Associated Press that he decided in the middle of last season that 2015 would be his last as a full-time NASCAR driver. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The four-time champion says he was in talks with team owner Rick Hendrick when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":63692,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63644"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63702,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63644\/revisions\/63702"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}