Jeffery Michael "Jeff" Gordon is an American professional stock car racing driver. He drives the No. 24 Chevrolet SS for Hendrick Motorsports in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Gordon started his racing career in the Busch Series with Hugh Connerty Racing, followed by Bill Davis Racing, winning three races, and began racing full-time in the Cup Series for Hendrick Motorsports in 1993. From 1995 to 2001, he has been a four-time Sprint Cup champion, and has won the Daytona 500 three times. He is third on the all-time Cup wins list, with 92 career wins, and has the most wins in NASCAR's modern era. Gordon's 76 pole positions lead all active drivers, and is third all-time; Gordon won at least one pole in 22 consecutive seasons, a NASCAR record. He is also the active iron man leader for consecutive races participated in with 756 as of the 2014 Bank of America 500. In 2009, Gordon became the first NASCAR driver to reach $100 million USD in career winnings. In 1998, NASCAR named Gordon to its 50 Greatest Drivers list. Ten years later, in 2008, Terry Blount of ESPN ranked him tenth in the 25 greatest drivers of all-time. Foxsports.com named Gordon as the fifth-best NASCAR driver of all time. [More at Wikipedia]

August 4th, 1971 in Vallejo (Age 52)