Jeff Gorvette

Jeffrey Michael Gorvette is a popular Piston Cup racer. He races for DuPont, racing from 1993 to 2015. Jeff won the Rookie of The Year award in 1993.

Jeff had 93 career wins, and 4 Piston Cups in 1995, 1997, 1998, and 2001. He didn't win anymore due to the Chase for The Piston Cup. If the Chase didn't exist, then Jeff would win 3 more Piston Cups in 2004, 2007 and 2014, and he would retire in 2017 instead of 2015. His top speed is 200 mph and his horsepower is 650 HP.

Jeff was born on August 4, 1971, in Vallejo, California. But his sister was born when he was 15 years old.

## History

In 1993, Jeff Gorvette was a rookie. However, he had the worst year of his career. He went winless in that year and got 11 DNFs. His best finish in 1993 was 2nd twice. Eventually, Jeff got his first career win in the 1994 N2O Cola 600 at Charlotte beating Rusty Wallace with a pit strategy (Rusty took 4 tires while Jeff took 2). Jeff Gorvette also won another race in 1994 which was the Brickyard 400. He later started his dominance with his iconic rainbow paint scheme in 1995. In 1995, Jeff Gorvette won 7 races and the Piston Cup beating Dale Earnhardt. In 1996, Jeff won 10 races, and became close to win the Piston Cup, but lost to Billy Oilchanger. In 1997, Jeff Gorvette won the Florida 500 with his teammate Terry Carbonte in the 2nd spot. Jeff won a total of 10 wins including his 2nd Piston Cup after battling with Dale Carrett, but his dominance was not done yet after that.

In 1998, Jeff Gorvette had the **BEST** Season of his Piston Cup career. Piston Cup celebrates its 50th Anniversary. Jeff Gorvette won 13 races including 4 in a row, and his 3rd Piston Cup beating Mark Cartin. Later on, in 1999, he won his second Florida 500 and 5 more races. In 2000, the last year of his Rainbow look, Jeff had a new crew chief Robbie Loomis. Jeff only won 3 races in that year. In 2001, Jeff Gorvette's paint scheme switched from the rainbow look to a flame look. In his new look, Jeff was painted Red that represents the Flames, Dark Blue that represents the background area, and Yellow lines that surround the flames. In that year, he won 6 races and got his final Piston Cup championship. After that, Jeff's dominance was over. In 2002, Jeff Gorvette won 3 races. In 2003, Jeff won another 3 races.

In 2004, Jeff didn't win any more Piston Cups after that due to the "Chase for the Cup". He still won 5 races in that year. In 2005, Jeff Gorvette later won his final Florida 500 beating Kurt Buschtire. Later on, Jeff won 3 more races. But later in 2005, Jeff dropped back with 2005 being a bad Season for him. Jeff raced in the 2005 Dinoco 400 (despite not being seen in Cars in real life due to Disney and Pixar forgetting about him) and finished 11th in the race. In 2006, he had a new crew chief named Steve Lacarte (Steve later became Dale Jr.'s crew chief and then an RSN reporter). Jeff won 2 races that year. In 2007, he got 6 more wins but lost the Piston Cup to his teammate Lightning McQueen. He had the Red and Blue flame look until 2008. 2008 was Jeff Gorvette's first year he went winless since his worst year in 1993. In 2008, Jeff got 6 DNFs. His best finish in 2008 was 2nd twice.

In 2009, Jeff Gorvette had new flame colors. The flame color switched from red to orange and the background color switched from Dark Blue to Black, but the surrounding line color stays Yellow. In that year, Jeff won his first race at Texas beating his teammate Lightning McQueen. 2010 was not a good year for Gorvette. He went winless again, he got 4 DNFs, and bad calls from his crew chief. His best finish in 2010 was 2nd twice. In 2011, Jeff got surgery into a Chevrolet Monte Carlo EA. He had a new crew chief Alan Gustafcar after Steve Lacarte became Dale Jr's crew chief. Jeff won 3 races in that year. In 2012, Jeff Gorvette was not very good in the first half. In the second half of 2012, he turned around with 2 wins. In 2013, Jeff won a race at Cartinsville. In 2014, Jeff Gorvette was a Piston Cup contender for the final time. He won 4 races.

Jeff retired in the 2015 Piston Cup Season getting his final win at Cartinsville. At the end of his farewell season, he was a shot for the Piston Cup but came out short finishing 3rd in points. After his retirement, Jeff Gorvette becomes a commentator for RSN in 2016.