Cecil Gordon (June 21, 1941 – September 19, 2012) was an Americanstock car racing driver. A competitor in theNASCARWinston Cup Series between 1968 and 1985, he competed in 449 events without winning a race.

Gordon drove in the NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series for seventeen years and drove in a total of 449 races. He never won and never got a pole, he did not even finish a race on the lead lap, but got 29 top-fives and 111 top-tens.^[1] He finished third in points in 1971 and 1973.^[1] He completed 112,908 laps and only led 23 of them.^[1] By the end of his career, he had earned $940,000.^[1] His average finish for his entire career was 17.3.^[1]Racing Champions released a replica of 1969 Mercury Cyclone in 1992 and later in 1998 in honor of NASCAR's 50th anniversary.

Gordon started racing inHenley Gray andBill Seifert cars. He generally raced in his own car beginning in 1970.^[2] He had a few other racers make an occasional start for him.^[2] He raced GM products (mostly Chevrolet vehicles) until the end of 1982 when he crashed out his Buick Regal.^[2] He purchased a Chrysler Imperial at the beginning of 1983 from the defunct Negre Bros. Racing team and managed to qualify for eight races during that season, though he only finished five of them.^[2] His best finish was fifteenth that year in the Imperial. He also had Jim VanDiver drive the car in two races.^[2] At the end of that year, he sold the Imperial toBuddy Arrington. Gordon returned for one more race in 1985 for the family-owned team ofGreg Sacks.

Following the end of his career as a driver and owner, Gordon worked for other racing teams as a crewman, first forRichard Childress Racing, and then later forTravis Carter Enterprises.^[3]

Gordon is not related to four-timeNASCAR championJeff Gordon,^[4] yet, coincidentally, they both drove the No. 24 car.

Gordon, who was married with four children, Charlene (who died in 2006), Douglas, Stefanie and Jonathon. Gordon died on September 19, 2012, inLexington, North Carolina.^[3]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

• Cecil Gordon driver statistics at Racing-Reference

• 1941 births
• 2012 deaths
• People from Henderson County, North Carolina
• Racing drivers from North Carolina
• NASCAR drivers
• NASCAR team owners
• Daytona 500 drivers
• Coca-Cola 600 drivers

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