No, I’m not saying Jeff Gordon is relinquishing his famous No. 24 for a new car number. I’m referring to how many laps the veteran driver has led in his Sprint Cup career. During all the hoopla over Kyle Busch’s remarkable come from behind win Sunday, Jeff Gordon’s accomplishment seemed to fall by the wayside.
During Sunday’s Shelby 427 Jeff Gordon led 17 laps, passing Rusty Wallace for seventh on the all-time laps led list (say that three times).
Gordon has led a total of 20,006 laps in his career. Let’s think about that number for a minute. The Daytona 500 is 200 laps. So if Gordon led every lap of every Daytona 500 for 100 years, it would equal 20,000 laps. That is staggering!
Another staggering feat is that Gordon has won over 100 million dollars in his career. Wow! I’m sure his wife, Ingrid, likes that stat better than the lap led one.
Although Gordon has hit an impressive milestone, he is still well short of Richard Petty’s mark of 52,194. Gordon is just 3,125 behind the 6th place all-time lap leader, Darrell Waltrip, who has 23,131 laps led.
Congratulations to Jeff Gordon for leading over 20,000 laps in his career.
Top 30 All-Time Lap Leaders In The Sprint Cup Series
1. Richard Petty 52,194
2. Cale Yarborough 31,676
3. Bobby Allison 27,539
4.Dale Earnhardt 25,707
5. David Pearson 25,419
6.Darrell Waltrip 23,131
7. Jeff Gordon 20,006
8. Rusty Wallace 19,972
9. Bobby Isaac 13,229
10. Junior Johnson 12,651
11. Mark Martin 11,562
12. Bill Elliott 11,417
13. Tony Stewart 10,254
14. Buddy Baker 9,748
15. Ned Jarrett 9,468
16. Geoffrey Bodine 8,683
17. Harry Gant 8,445
18. Fred Lorenzen 8,131
19. Jimmie Johnson 7,579
20. Ricky Rudd 7,874
21. Dale Jarrett 7,050
22. Terry Labonte 7,035
23. Tim Flock 6,937
24. Benny Parsons 6,866
25. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 6,384
26. Neil Bonnett 6,382
27.Herb Thomas 6,197
28. Fireball Roberts 5,970
29. Jeff Burton, 5,807
30. Matt Kenseth 5,795
31. Buck Baker 5,662
Drivers in italic are still active drivers.
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