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Didn't he get fired from his ride as well? I remember him going on Dale Jr's podcast a few years ago talking about how his goal when he was young was WoO sprint cars and possibly running the Indy 500. He had mentioned that when he and his step dad had approached some Indycar teams they were looking for people to bring big money at that time so we are talking late 80's. I'm not really up on my Jeff Gordon pre Nascar history, but from what he had said he had torn up a lot of equipment and the owner let him go which is when he got the USAC ride and was on Thursday Night Thunder consistently winning. It was when they were able to get a TV crew to go to the Buck Baker racing school and feature him that the rides in Nascar opened up so money/production in a different way. Although he did get his ride on his talent when he impressed a Busch Series owner to let Gordon drive the car instead of himself.