Jeff Gordon: ‘If I win the Sprint Cup championship this year, I’m retiring’

Jeff Gordon was available to the media today, and answered questions about his thoughts on the rule changes, and his goals for the new season. Just to backtrack a bit, 2 weeks ago at the Sprint Media Tour in Charlotte, Jeff Gordon mentioned that if he could win a Cup championship this year, he would retire, but said it with a laugh, so it seemed as though he was joking. After, he said that he was half-serious about his comments.

Not much was thought of it, until today, when Gordon confirmed his statement from two weeks ago, saying “If I win the championship this season, I will retire at the season finale. Winning another Cup title would allow me to go out on a high note.”

He mentioned that even though his career has spanned 20+ years, he’s still in love with racing, but with a family at home, another title would persuade him to call it a career.

Gordon, now 42 years old won championships in 1995, 1997, 1998 and 2001. He’s had 88 career Cup wins and has only gone winless in two seasons since 1993.

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