A star is born at Darlington! Jeff Gordon captures the first of many wins at Darlington Raceway with the 1995 Southern 500! By 1998, he wins his 4th consecutive Southern 500 - the first driver to ever do it! #Darlington75 | Darlington Raceway

Jeff Gordon’s 76th career NASCAR Cup Series win came at Talladega in April 2007, tying him with the late Dale Earnhardt on the all-time wins list. To mark the occasion, Gordon paid tribute by taking a victory lap with a No. 3 flag, honoring Earnhardt’s iconic car number. The gesture was emotional for fans, as it symbolized respect between two of the sport’s fiercest rivals whose battles defined NASCAR through the 1990s. Earnhardt had passed away six years earlier at the 2001 Daytona 500, and Gor