Larson reminds Gordon of Jeff Gordon
Last weekend at Chicagoland Speedway rookie Kyle Larson put vetpatagonia everlong review 803eran Jeff Gordon to the test in the final laps.
While Gordon was able to get the second spot from Larson by the time the checkered flag fell, but the young driver left a lasting impression on the four time champion.
After the race, Gordon walked up to the No. 42 Chevrolet and had a lengthy conversation with Larson, leaving it off with a pat on the shoulder. The sign of respect from one of the sport s most respected driver caught the attentionunknown patagonia chile secret south of many.
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While Gordon has had his eye on Larson for two years, Larson has been following Gordon s career since he was just a kid. In patagonia everlong review 800fact, Larson was born just 107 days before Gordon made his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stapatagonia everlong review 801rpatagonia argentina property for salet in the 1992 season finale at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
The 21 year old tweeted a picture of his first day of first grade, decked out in a Jeff Gordon T shirt and shorts.
After cheering for him for years, all the praise Gordon has given Larson has motivated him even more to go out and beat the driver of the No. 24 Chevy.
Before I even raced the K Series Jeff Gordopatagonia everlong review journal newspapern had a lot of respect for me and talked very highly of me, Larson said Friday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Same with Tony (Stewart) and Kasey (Kahne), but it seems like Jefpatagonia everlong review 80f is my biggest patagonia fleece vest cheapfan over the last couple of years. It s awesome to see a guy that like I said in last week s media center, who has been racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series as long as I ve been alive to talk so highly of me. I don t even know if he s really evepatagonia guide pants around your feetr even talked about another driver like he has with me. That makes it feel really special for me. Now I just want to go out there and beat him more often. But like I said it s great to have somebody who is a hero to so many people be kind of a huge fan of myself. It s been great.
