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Some of the most famous NASCAR drivers include Dale Earnhardt Jr., Dale Earnhardt, Tony Stewart, and Jeff Gordon.
In international releases the Cars 2 scene in which Lightning McQueen meets Lewis Hamilton and Jeff Gordon, Gordon is replaced by drivers more well known in their respective countries including Fernando Alonso in the Spanish and Sebastian Vettel in the German.
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In 2003 WB approached Tony Hawk to make Skate Jam, a skater-themed sequel to Space Jam, but it was cancelled after Looney Tunes: Back in Action bombed. It was one of several sequel ideas, including Spy Jam (starring Jackie Chan), Race Jam (starring Jeff Gordon), and a film with Tiger Woods.
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The five sons of Jeff Tracy in Thunderbirds were named after the first 5 American astronauts into space, via the Mercury space project (Scott Carpenter, Virgil Grissom, Alan Shepard, Gordon Cooper and John Glenn).
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Jeff Gordon was so dominant in the late 90s that he was told by NASCAR not to pull out more than four seconds in front of second place to keep the race entertaining.
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Jeff Gordon sand the 7th inning stretch at a Chicago Cubs game and got booed.
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If it hadn't been for the movie 'Days of Thunder,' NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon would have used #46 instead of the famous #24
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The spokesman for the NC State Highway Patrol is Lt. Jeff Gordon..
