Jeff Gordon: Why do people dislike him?
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Originally Posted by NASSTY
Another reason some people hate Gordon is because he boned Bill Davis back in 1993.In 92 Gordon drove the Baby Ruth Ford for Bill Davis Racing in the Busch series and the team was supposed to move up to Winston Cup in 93 but Gordon broke the contract and signed with Hendrick.
Ford and Bill Davis chose to let Jeff out of his Busch deal, because Ford didn't want him to cross platforms .. Once BD let him out of the Busch deal, then Rick moved him to a full time cup schedule a year earlier than planned.
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Originally Posted by Gipraw
Gordon didn't break anything .. He had no contract with Bill Davis or Ford for Winston Cup, only for Busch. everyone assumed there was a contract in place for Winston Cup, but there wasn't. Once he signed with Chevy and Hendricks for Cup, the plane qwas to allow him to run the complete Busch season for BD, and a partial cup season for RH, then go full time Cup the next year when the BD Busch contract expired.
Ford and Bill Davis chose to let Jeff out of his Busch deal, because Ford didn't want him to cross platforms .. Once BD let him out of the Busch deal, then Rick moved him to a full time cup schedule a year earlier than planned.
Ford and Bill Davis chose to let Jeff out of his Busch deal, because Ford didn't want him to cross platforms .. Once BD let him out of the Busch deal, then Rick moved him to a full time cup schedule a year earlier than planned.
Last edited by NASSTY; May 2, 2007 at 02:46 PM.
