He reportedly lost a cylinder and thus his speed dropped until the engine died, and he suffered a DNF, 2 laps down.
In the 2009 Daytona 500, Jeff Gordon finished 13th.
Yes, he was. Jeff Gordon started 16th and finished 40th in the 2012 Daytona 500.
Jeff Gordon has won 6 "point races" at Daytona, 3 of them were Daytona 500 wins, the other 3 were the 2nd Daytona race of the year. (Does not include the qualifying races) 7/1/95 - 2/16/97 - 10/17/98 - 2/14/99 - 7/3/04 - 2/20/05
Jeff Gordon won the 1999 Daytona 500. He was also the pole winner.
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Jeff Gordon is tied with Dale Jarrett and Bobby Allison, all have won three Daytona 500's.Cale Yarborough won four and Richard Petty won seven.
He has 5 wins in the Gatorade Duels.
Jeff Gordon was the winner of the 2005 Daytona 500 race. His average speed was 135.173 miles per hour. His qualifying speed for the race was 188.312 miles per hour.
Jeff Gordon ran his first Busch Series race (now known as the Nationwide Series) on October 20, 1990. His first Cup Series race was on November 15, 1992. Jeff started to race full time in the Cup Series in 1993.
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Yes, Johnson lost 25 drivers points and Jeff Gordon lost 25 owners points.
In racing Jeff Gordon had back to back Championships, 1997 & 1998.