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NASCAR legend Jeff Gordon has smart advice for everyday drivers
By Ryan Gaydos
Published January 29, 2023
NASCAR legend Jeff Gordon had a message for those driving too slow in the left lane – speed up or get out of the way.
Gordon appeared on "The Tonight Show" with Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday night and the comedian asked the four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion about his driving habits.
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Chase Elliott, driver of the #9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, and Jeff Gordon, vice chairman of Hendrick Motorsports, talk before the NASCAR Cup Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway on Nov. 6, 2022, in Avondale, Arizona. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
"I feel like I’m an excellent driver," Gordon said when asked how he was driving to the mall.
Fallon then asked if he was a "left-lane guy all the way."
"I’m left lane if I’m passing. You don’t belong in the left lane unless you’re doing something," Gordon said. "I mean I don’t always hang in the left lane. If I’m not in a hurry, I’ll go in the middle lane, I’ll go in the right lane.
Jeff Gordon practices for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pocono 400 at Pocono Raceway on June 7, 2014, in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. (Patrick Smith/NASCAR via Getty Images)
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"But let’s be honest, I’m more left lane."
Gordon was one of the most influential NASCAR drivers to come up through the circuit. He was the 1993 Winston Cup Rookie of the Year after winning the Busch Series Rookie of the Year in 1991. He built a dominant race career and won the NASCAR championship in 1995, 1997, 1998 and 2001. His last win came in 2015 at the Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500 in Martinsville.
Retired NASCAR Champion Jeff Gordon before the 53rd Annual Quaker State 400 NASCAR race on July 10, 2022, at the Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. (David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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He was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2019 and is currently the vice chairman for Hendrick Motorsports.
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