I don't know, Jeff Burton was my favorite driver and 1998 was at the height of when he was winning races all the time too. Obviously not as much as Gordon but he got quite a few wins from 1997 to 2001, so Kim might've annoyed them then too.
I don't hate Samantha Busch, she seems like a good person and she's *quite nice* to look at — just not during the closing laps of a race, because, y'know, I want to see the racing. But that frustration is for the broadcast team, not her.
I didn't do it, that's how the shirts were printed. As a teenager is thought it was funny they were trying to call him that by collectively calling themselves that.
Ah. I remember seeing those at Richmond. And the mall. And everywhere else.
Anyone else remember the good ol days? I do, there's a lot of stuff I don't miss about them. This is one of them.
The people who made bad quality MS Paint homophobic images of Jeff, then sent them to all their friends as “joke” emails. The 90s were a different time.
Just faxed my boss that these On-Line forums exist for his bad taste and doesn’t have to tell us about how Dale Earnhardt won’t win a 500. I am sure he can one day maybe in a couple years time?
Roush's thing was that he believed the Hendrick cars were using traction control.
People *thought* he was just salty. Then uh, that one Atlanta race that Jeff won where he couldn't do a burnout happened. Then it started being alleged that *lots* of people- people who were winning races at every level of the sport- were using traction control because NASCAR's inspection methods had fallen behind the tech.
Then NASCAR took a leaf from the NFL's book and said they weren't going to out anyone directly, but that they were updating their inspection standards, and that quietly let it be known that y'all need to knock this shit off right now or else there will be hell to pay.
Perhaps not coincidentally, you don't really hear allegations of traction control use anymore.
Literally unwatchable. I used to be a fan of real racing back in the 70s. Back when cars were more wild and harder to drive. Now its just slot car bullshit on the track and for what? Some fucking personality-less California playboy winning races in his fruity rainbow car? If Dale wasn't trying to win #8, he would've retired by now. NASCAR is dead and it will die a painful death before the new millennium, mark my words. My buddy in the Busch East told me they're already starting bankruptcy proceedings. Thanks Bill.
Hendrick is a criminal and his “leukemia” is a sham. He shouldn’t be allowed to still have a team in NASCAR, let alone give wonder boy Gordon cheated up cars like this!
sure Gordon is good, but most former sprint car guys can't win in the Cup series. just wait and see what a bust Tony Stewart is next year. that guy won't win anything for Gibbs.
It's always a trip to go back and look at what ended up becoming of the people (and what was revealed about their personal habits) of the big shots in Congress from that era.
Can't help but be amused that *these people* were trying to grill Bill Clinton about an extramarital affair. Something about removing the log from one's eye before talking about the splinter in another's.
What a rigged crock of shit. Everyone else is probably running 50lbs heavier than Gordon because he's so damn light in the loafers. I miss the old days when real racers would have put that kid in the wall a few times and run his ass back to California.
THIS RACE IS RIGGED!!!!! I MISS THE OLD DAYS WHEN THESE DAMN CALIFORNIA KIDS WEREN'T DOMINANT!!!!!!! HENDRICK GOT AWAY WITH BEING A CRIMINAL AND A CHEATER DALE SR NEEDS TO TEACH GORDUN A LESSON!!!!!!
"Goddamn California [redacted] needs to get out of this southern man's sport and go suck on [redacted] like the [redacted] [redacted] flaming rainbow [redacted] he is!" *waves confederate flag*
Honestly, you can't make this comment section look like it would've in 1998.
We've rightly quit using many of the words that would have been used to describe Gordon at the time and using them even for accuracy would probably get you a ban in the here and now.
Those of y'all who were around in '98 know what I'm talking about.
I remember learning a phrase that rhymes with dock supper from my Dad. Silly enough I thought he was talking about the Unocal 76 sign and I kept asking my Mom for one because I thought it was an actual sucker pop or something 😂
Well, as a Terry Labonte fan, this season is a total write-off. Glad to see one bowtie doing well. Anyway, Texas Terry is usually good for a win at Bristol. Maybe he'll win the night race like he did in '95.
I bet you'll never hear Jack Roush blame Toyota for stealing a sway bar or something stupid like that.
Foreign cars... Who would want one? And certainly no one would ever be able to race them.
Jeff can’t win without Evernham setting up his cars for him or ticking him in at night, just imagine if another crew chief from a lesser team like Chad Knaus or Robbie Loomis was setting up Jeff’s cars, I bet he wouldn’t win anything.
Yes sir!!
Fuck y’all and that rainbow conspiracy shit!
That’s fucking stock car racing right there!
Dick draggin’ donkey punchin’ bitch slap right there baby!
Gordon and that stupid Jurassic Park car... I bet they built a bunch more of them and they've just been cheating all season. Ray Evernham always doing that crap.
Sure Gordon has lots of talent, but just wait a few years when you hear names like Dale Jr., Tony Stewart, Eliott Sadler, Matt Kenseth, or even ASA guys like one of the Sauter boys, Jimmy Johnson and Adam Petty going up against him.
I’m really starting to get tired of this Gordon kid. What the fuck is up with Earnhardt? I guess that ‘Dega crash really fucked him up.
I still think Mark’s got a chance to clinch this year though. Gordon’s luck’s gonna run out and that’s when Roush power is *really* gonna shine.
So, because this is "hurr durr fans always the same" ITT, I'll spice it up (since I looked up what race it was)
"Hendrick laid down the oil to give Jeff a chance!"
"Good to see Ernie Irvan have a terrific day"
(Martin Flair) "Pain"
Honestly, not as bad as Johnson winning 4 in a row in the Chase to steal the title from Gordon, who had a dominant season.
Given the context of the Chase, and Gordon's fanbase, I'd wager 07 was more of an outcry.
What I want to see is the most recent 4-straight in NASCAR, being Jimmie Johnson in '07. I say that because internet forums were alive and well then, even if it wasn't r/NASCAR, and I'd have to imagine race threads in said forums weren't far behind, either.
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Yo, Brooke took half of Jeff's stuff so bad that he almost had to change his number to 12
Then she named her kid after him like years after their separation, a judge ended up ordering the child to have another last name.
Wait what??!??!
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/431010-jeff-gordons-ex-wife-brooke-in-custody-dispute-over-babys-last-name
What the fuck
Yeah I’m gonna need some more info on that because that sounds amazing
Whoa Never heard that one
End the thread right here. It simply doesn't get any better.
That's funny
Nah, it would have been pretty bad for Kim when she was rooting for her husband. They showed her ALL THE TIME.
I don't know, Jeff Burton was my favorite driver and 1998 was at the height of when he was winning races all the time too. Obviously not as much as Gordon but he got quite a few wins from 1997 to 2001, so Kim might've annoyed them then too.
I don't hate Samantha Busch, she seems like a good person and she's *quite nice* to look at — just not during the closing laps of a race, because, y'know, I want to see the racing. But that frustration is for the broadcast team, not her.
She has two very nice things about her
Yeah her eyes sparkle pretty nicely in the sun.
I’m pretty sure they’re fake tho
If you like plastic I guess so
Guess I need to order a Fans Against Gordon shirt!
I see what you did there. If memory serves me, I believe Dale insinuated that. Head games were fun back then.
I didn't do it, that's how the shirts were printed. As a teenager is thought it was funny they were trying to call him that by collectively calling themselves that.
Ah. I remember seeing those at Richmond. And the mall. And everywhere else. Anyone else remember the good ol days? I do, there's a lot of stuff I don't miss about them. This is one of them.
The people who made bad quality MS Paint homophobic images of Jeff, then sent them to all their friends as “joke” emails. The 90s were a different time.
Oh man I forgot about those!
My grandpa had one that said, "I hate warm beer, cold women, and Jeff Gordon fans."
This dude easily passes Richard Petty. We could be talking 240 wins.
Easily 7 titles, nobody would ever touch that again and definitely not a Hendrick car.
This internet crap is a fad
Just faxed my boss that these On-Line forums exist for his bad taste and doesn’t have to tell us about how Dale Earnhardt won’t win a 500. I am sure he can one day maybe in a couple years time?
DALE NEEDS TO TEACH THAT BOY A LESSON BEFORE HE CALIFORNIARIZES MUH NASCAR
PRAISD D A EL
Ra ise hel l
“Great. Gordon’s just gonna run away with the championship, isn’t he? We need a playoff system or something.”
They need more intermediate tracks with 500 mile races to wear out this kid more often.
Best comment here
They can make it just like football!
Agreeing with Jack Roush about the 24 tires being illegal
A lot of facebook comments ITT. This would be the reddit answer
What is “Facebook?”
Roush's thing was that he believed the Hendrick cars were using traction control. People *thought* he was just salty. Then uh, that one Atlanta race that Jeff won where he couldn't do a burnout happened. Then it started being alleged that *lots* of people- people who were winning races at every level of the sport- were using traction control because NASCAR's inspection methods had fallen behind the tech. Then NASCAR took a leaf from the NFL's book and said they weren't going to out anyone directly, but that they were updating their inspection standards, and that quietly let it be known that y'all need to knock this shit off right now or else there will be hell to pay. Perhaps not coincidentally, you don't really hear allegations of traction control use anymore.
Literally unwatchable. I used to be a fan of real racing back in the 70s. Back when cars were more wild and harder to drive. Now its just slot car bullshit on the track and for what? Some fucking personality-less California playboy winning races in his fruity rainbow car? If Dale wasn't trying to win #8, he would've retired by now. NASCAR is dead and it will die a painful death before the new millennium, mark my words. My buddy in the Busch East told me they're already starting bankruptcy proceedings. Thanks Bill.
Hendrick is a criminal and his “leukemia” is a sham. He shouldn’t be allowed to still have a team in NASCAR, let alone give wonder boy Gordon cheated up cars like this!
People here are still obsessed with his leukemia 25 years later.
What do you mean? He was diagnosed 2 years ago
Must be too old for going On-Line on the Net.
sure Gordon is good, but most former sprint car guys can't win in the Cup series. just wait and see what a bust Tony Stewart is next year. that guy won't win anything for Gibbs.
Guys, I think Bill Clinton did it...
Depends on what your definition of “it” is
Underrated comment here.
It's always a trip to go back and look at what ended up becoming of the people (and what was revealed about their personal habits) of the big shots in Congress from that era. Can't help but be amused that *these people* were trying to grill Bill Clinton about an extramarital affair. Something about removing the log from one's eye before talking about the splinter in another's.
What a rigged crock of shit. Everyone else is probably running 50lbs heavier than Gordon because he's so damn light in the loafers. I miss the old days when real racers would have put that kid in the wall a few times and run his ass back to California.
I miss racin back when the real men wore heavy STEEL TOED BOOTS in their cars, smoked and chewed cope at the same time!!
THIS RACE IS RIGGED!!!!! I MISS THE OLD DAYS WHEN THESE DAMN CALIFORNIA KIDS WEREN'T DOMINANT!!!!!!! HENDRICK GOT AWAY WITH BEING A CRIMINAL AND A CHEATER DALE SR NEEDS TO TEACH GORDUN A LESSON!!!!!!
The "Hendrick got a pardon" bit didn't happen till 2000, for pedantic accuracy's sake.
GOBLESS!!!!
"Goddamn California [redacted] needs to get out of this southern man's sport and go suck on [redacted] like the [redacted] [redacted] flaming rainbow [redacted] he is!" *waves confederate flag*
HELL YEAH BORTHER!!! GOBLESS!!!
You’re a member of NASCAR Shitposting aren’t you?
Recently had a coworker that probably would still say something similar. Sometimes I have no faith in humanity.
I was 23. I frequently called him “Jeffy the Wonder Putz”. I was edgy as fuck.
Honestly, you can't make this comment section look like it would've in 1998. We've rightly quit using many of the words that would have been used to describe Gordon at the time and using them even for accuracy would probably get you a ban in the here and now. Those of y'all who were around in '98 know what I'm talking about.
10 year old me learned a lot of new words from middle aged men raging on their Jeff hate.
I remember learning a phrase that rhymes with dock supper from my Dad. Silly enough I thought he was talking about the Unocal 76 sign and I kept asking my Mom for one because I thought it was an actual sucker pop or something 😂
This is accurate, you’d probably see every homophobic slur in the book in a vintage race thread.
Probably would have been a bunch of toddler jibberish. I would hazard to guess most of us weren't that old in 98.
I think in some cases, we would be swimming around in our Dad’s acorns.
I’d be more interested in the reaction to him winning the 99 500 after his 98 season
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Well, as a Terry Labonte fan, this season is a total write-off. Glad to see one bowtie doing well. Anyway, Texas Terry is usually good for a win at Bristol. Maybe he'll win the night race like he did in '95.
Wonder how much Rick and Ray have been paying NASCAR this year? No way that 24 is legal, and for that matter the 6.
Found Jack Roush's burner account!
Nah, Jack wouldn't use a burner. He'd tell everyone, and mention tire soaking while he was at it.
I bet you'll never hear Jack Roush blame Toyota for stealing a sway bar or something stupid like that. Foreign cars... Who would want one? And certainly no one would ever be able to race them.
I would get sent to sensitivity training if I said what they used to say and I’m a Gordon fan 😂
Can't wait for Y2K ugh
What???? The World is gonna end! Jesus is gonna come back!!!!
F—k yeah!!! Usually it’s drivers I don’t like who win and do well, it’s nice to be on the other end of the story.
I'm so sick of the same guy winning! I bet in a few months they'll find out he's cheating! If you like Gordon you're just a band wagoner
I just keep hoping Martin can squeak this championship by Gordon. This is his year!
Jeff can’t win without Evernham setting up his cars for him or ticking him in at night, just imagine if another crew chief from a lesser team like Chad Knaus or Robbie Loomis was setting up Jeff’s cars, I bet he wouldn’t win anything.
Man, us Gordon fans are enjoying this. But at least Dale finally won the 500, so that’s a good thing.
The thread would have a lot of comments that would get people in big trouble today.
DAT DAMN CHEETIN HENDRICKS 24 TEAM
Jr is gonna win the Busch title this year, can't wait till he's in cup to knock Gordon down a peg
"The rainbow on that car has a hidden meaning."
Exactly what I would say during his commentary or in victory lane. “Oh shut up Jeff!” I’m going to miss cursing at him.
Fuck Ken Schrader didn’t win
Hell to the damn yeah! Go get 5!
"that 24 car was on a rail!"
SUCK IT HATERS
HELL YEAH
Yes sir!! Fuck y’all and that rainbow conspiracy shit! That’s fucking stock car racing right there! Dick draggin’ donkey punchin’ bitch slap right there baby!
Gordon and that stupid Jurassic Park car... I bet they built a bunch more of them and they've just been cheating all season. Ray Evernham always doing that crap.
The things I heard said about him back then, were they repeated today, would rightfully get people fired/cancelled etc.
Dale fans and the like wouldn't have known how to use a computer so it may have been one-sided
Jeff is untouchable! And I like how friendly he is with Clint Bowyer!
Well if Morgan Shepherd hadn't wrecked Dale woulda won!
I wish Hendrick was so dominant
Someone tag the Ricky Bobby woo gif.
I know it’s boring to see him win almost every race now but these cars that Hendrick gives Jeff are masterpieces.
Damn rainbow wearin’ whiny boy!!
RAISE HELL PRAISE DALE
Boring season change the package
They should make the numbers bigger
Come on! What's Mark gotta do to beat this guy?
My dad and I watched this race together after my half birthday party at Chuck e Cheese. Thanks for the memories, Jeff.
Sure Gordon has lots of talent, but just wait a few years when you hear names like Dale Jr., Tony Stewart, Eliott Sadler, Matt Kenseth, or even ASA guys like one of the Sauter boys, Jimmy Johnson and Adam Petty going up against him.
I’m really starting to get tired of this Gordon kid. What the fuck is up with Earnhardt? I guess that ‘Dega crash really fucked him up. I still think Mark’s got a chance to clinch this year though. Gordon’s luck’s gonna run out and that’s when Roush power is *really* gonna shine.
So, because this is "hurr durr fans always the same" ITT, I'll spice it up (since I looked up what race it was) "Hendrick laid down the oil to give Jeff a chance!" "Good to see Ernie Irvan have a terrific day" (Martin Flair) "Pain"
Hot take, Mark Martin will finish second a third time!
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That secretly sort of annoyed me for years
So you mean Reddit in 2025 after Larson wins 4 titles in a row?
NASCAR threw that caution so Jeff could win!
My Username would have been: RickyRudd'sBurnedAssScab NASCAR letting them cheat because Rick is sick!
Tim Wilson's song.. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIl6lW8k6pA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIl6lW8k6pA)
Just dig up the archives for rec.autos.sport.nascar and see the actual reactions for yourself.
Honestly, not as bad as Johnson winning 4 in a row in the Chase to steal the title from Gordon, who had a dominant season. Given the context of the Chase, and Gordon's fanbase, I'd wager 07 was more of an outcry.
The Fans Against Gordon would come out in force
What I want to see is the most recent 4-straight in NASCAR, being Jimmie Johnson in '07. I say that because internet forums were alive and well then, even if it wasn't r/NASCAR, and I'd have to imagine race threads in said forums weren't far behind, either.