Jeff Gordon

His Dream, Drive & Destiny

By: Joe Garner

Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray

Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins

Publisher's summary

"I purposely waited until I retired from driving so the book would encompass my entire career," says Jeff Gordon. "People are going to be able to read about me like they've never read about me before."

The first-ever authorized biography of Jeff Gordon, the four-time champion racing legend. For over a year, Garner interviewed and observed Gordon at races, at special events, and at home. The book is based on extensive interviews with Gordon as well as in-depth interviews with dozens of family members, friends, competitors, and colleagues, some of whom have never gone on the record before. Jeff speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about his childhood, his much publicized divorce, those he competed against, his family, and life after racing. Gordon's meteoric rise through racing's ranks is a classic American success story. Listeners will find inspiration in Gordon's candid take on his pivotal life episodes.

About the author:

Five-time New York Times best-selling author Joe Garner has become one of the premiere chroniclers of America's popular culture. With his seminal work, We Interrupt This Broadcast, he took publishing by storm, selling nearly 700,000 copies and hitting the New York Times best-seller list in two consecutive years. He has produced several other best sellers. His most recent New York Times and USA Today best seller is 100 Yards of Glory, about the greatest moments in NFL history, with Bob Costas. Gordon and Garner first worked together in 2006 on the multimedia book Speed, Guts & Glory, about landmark moments in NASCAR history.

©2016 Jeff Gordon (P)2017 Audible, Inc.

Great Listen!

Jeff had an amazing career and it’s well documented in this book. Only criticism I have is the narration would’ve been fine without voicing the different people. Works in fiction but not so much in bios.

The Narrator

The Narrator doesn’t know how to pronounce the name of the sport or other people’s names that are involved with the sport. Little frustrating.

Hard to pause!!

Loved the book. Couldn't stop listening. I am a huge Jeff Gordon fan and this was well written and performed. Brought back many great memories of his career. Highly recommend for other real NASCAR fans.

Great Book, weird performance

The book was a great biography of Jeff, and it was fun to hear where he came from. The reader did a different voice for each person, which is fine when they’re reading fiction, but it’s really weird when they’re real people that you’ve heard speak many times and the impersonations are very inaccurate.

Good

Nor a big Jeff Gordon fan but a little bigger now. I will they did more of these.

Great book written about a great man

I have been a Jeff Gordon fan since the early 90’s but put off buying this book until now 2022. I thoroughly enjoyed the story of his childhood and his rise to the pinnacle of stock car racing. This book filled in many blanks that I had wondered about and I felt like I have a better idea of who Jeff Gordon the man is.

Event crasher!

After listening to this book and loosing interest in nascar. (After the death of dale Earnhardt)This book changed my perspective on jeff Gordon. I would have praised to be in his child hood shoes!

I have witnessed his wins to every nascar race I’ve been to. Hoping that dale Earnhardt would have won instead.

Fantastic Story told well

great emotional highs and lows! Makes me respect Jeff Gordon so much more! Thank you

There is no Z in NASCAR.

This is a good a book about Jeff Gordon’s career, but the narrator pronounces NASCAR as NAZCAR throughout the book, and it’s annoying.

GOOD

this book has a lot of good info. The narrator does a good job and the book is not to long.