Four time Cup series champion Jeff Gordon announced plans of retirement on Thursday, saying that 2015 would be his last year in NASCAR.
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The 43-year-old driver announced the news of his decision to his team, before alerting fans on Twitter thereafter.
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“Today’s announcement is a bittersweet one," said NASCAR CEO Brian France, via The Washington Post. "I’ll miss his competitive fire on a weekly basis, but I am also happy for Jeff and his family as they start a new chapter."
If this truly is the end of the road for Gordon, he will go down in history as both one of the most famous and most accomplished drivers in NASCAR history. He won four Sprint Cups (then referred to as Winston Cups) in 1995, 1997, 1998, and 2001, and holds the all time record for most consecutive Cups series with a pole, at 22 straight.
Gordon, who's No. 24 car is one of the most recognizable and iconic images in NASCAR, has won 76 races total in his career, including five at the Brickyard and three at Daytona. In 2012 FoxSports named him the fifth-best racer in the history of the sport.
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