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We’ve all been, at some point in our lives, seen a NASCAR car of one of our favorite drivers and wondered, ‘Damn! It’d be nice if I had that,’ haven’t we? Well, for all the Jeff Gordon fans, the opportunity to do so, to own one of his cars, one of his more iconic cars, is here.
The #24 Chevy Monterey that Gordon drove in the Bud Shootout at Daytona from 2002 to 2004 is going to be up for auction at RM Sotheby’s sometime in the middle of August.
With this car, the four-time Cup Series champion finished in the top five each time he drove it in the exhibition race. Oh, and also, the chassis 24-224 has the iconic DuPont paint scheme, so that’s a big deal.
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Dale Jr versus Ken Schrader and Jeff Gordon. Flash bulbs going off, 75,000 cheering fans, and a pack of 16 cars within a second of each other. The electric finish of the 2003 Bud Shootout. pic.twitter.com/NGcNjMRY5x
— nascarman (@nascarman_rr) January 23, 2021
As for what it’s gonna cost, the last time this car was on auction, which was in 2015 when the world was a very different place, it went for $110,000.
So to say it won’t come cheap would be a gross, disgusting understatement. But hey, it’s Gordon’s car.
For those of you who have the dollars, it’ll be worth it.
The car that Jeff Gordon drove in the Bud Shootout @Daytona from 2002-2004 will hit the @rmsothebys auction block in mid-August @MontereyConfCen. The car was previously auctioned in 2015 (sold for $110,000). Details: https://t.co/2bX6BWrp37 #NASCAR pic.twitter.com/N1PjKdImig
— Jeff Gordon Online (@JGinfo) June 30, 2022
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Jeff Gordon, who is currently serving the Vice Chairman role at Hendrick Motorsports, was also appointed on the driver’s council board as a representative. And Gordon being on that council is something that NASCAR’s Chief Operating Officer, Steve O’Donnell, feels has been the right decision.
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“Jeff’s been terrific,” O’Donnell said. “Jeff is such a well-respected guy, and it’s very tough for anyone outside of NASCAR to look at the sports as a whole.”
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DARLINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA – SEPTEMBER 05: Kyle Larson, driver of the #5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, and Jeff Gordon, Vice Chairman of Hendrick Motorsports talk on the grid prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on September 05, 2021 in Darlington, South Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
O’Donnell described how Gordon is someone who has always been able to think broadly about NASCAR and involve as many people as he can. That he brings an important element to the table, which is the things that need to be done so the sport can grow along with those who are making it grow.
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“He brings that to the driver’s group to talk about what can we do as a group? How can we sit down and really collaborate, not only on just today, but where we want the sport to go in ’23 and ’24?”