BRISTOL, AUGUST 1993 - Punted Rick Wilson into the wall.
DAYTONA 500, 1994 - Hooked Todd Bodine head on into the wall in Chicken Bone
Alley (the final quarter of backstretch); the wreck gobbled up five cars total.
WINSTON 500, 1994 - Went three wide in the tri oval and crowded Greg Sacks
into Todd Bodine; eleven cars were wrecked and Mark Martin drilled two
guardrails and a catch fence.
DIEHARD 500, 1995 - Hooked Ken Schrader into a sickening tumble down the
backstretch; eleven cars destroyed.
WINSTON 500, 1996 - Hung Mark Martin into the wall exiting the tri oval; both
spun and fourteen cars crashed; Ricky Craven ripped open the fencing atop Turn
One and was hit by a spinning Elton Sawyer.
IROC, CHARLOTTE, 1996 - Hooked Steve Kinser; both spun, Kinser T-boned in
six-car melee.
DAYTONA 500, 1997 - Crowded Dale Earnhardt into wall entering the
backstretch; Earnhardt spun into Ernie Irvan and Dale Jarrett and flipped;
Irvan's hood was disloged and injured three spectators.
PONTIAC 400, 1997 - Sideswiped Ernie Irvan under yellow; Irvan blew a tire
after the ensuing restart.
WATKINS GLEN, 1997 - Jumped the final two restarts and received no penalty.
DIEHARD 500, 1997 - Halfway down the backstretch, Gordon swerved down two
lanes and body slammed John Andretti; he then spun into Dale Earnhardt and
Sterling Marlin, wiping out 21 cars. Gordon claimed the left rear tire blew to
start the incident, though such an incident on a straightaway has never caused
cars to change lanes before; video replays are inconclusive. Sterling Marlin
disputed Gordon's account.
ATLANTA, NOVEMBER 1997 - Coming out of the garage, Gordon lost control and
blindsided the parked Pontiac of Bobby Hamilton.
IROC, DAYTONA, 1998 - Field was three wide for second. Gordon hooked Tom
Kendall into Randy LaJoie and the wall. He then jumped the final restart and
passed on the left before the stripe to win. Race caster Jack Arute told me the
following Sunday that that crash cost Gordon all respect among his fellow
drivers.
TEXAS 500, 1998 - Shoved Rick Mast and John Andretti into the first turn
wall, detonating a ten-car melee.
NAPA 500, 1998 - Slammed Morgan Shepherd into first turn wall.
IROC, DAYTONA, 1999 - Punted Rusty Wallace into Dale Earnhardt Junior and
Eddie Cheever. Wreck also involved Jeff Burton.
JIFFY LUBE 300, 1999 - Sideswiped Rusty Wallace into fourth turn wall. He
then punted Dale Jarrett throughout the final lap, leading to the now-famous
garage confrontation afterward.
