Al_Gordon_(racing_driver)

Al Gordon (racing driver)

Al Gordon (racing driver)

American racing driver (1902–1936)

Edgar Alan Gordon (March 27, 1902 – January 26, 1936) was an American racing driver.[1]

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Life and racing career

A postman from Redlands, California[2] who also became a Long Beach night club owner among other things,[1] Gordon took up racing in 1925.[2]

Gordon made nine starts in the AAA-sanctioned national championship from 1932 to 1935 and entered two non-points paying races after that, scoring a win at Oakland Speedway in January 1936. He drove in the Indianapolis 500 in 1932, 1934, and 1935, but never finished the race, having qualified second in 1935.[3] A regular at Legion Ascot Speedway, Gordon won the AAA Pacific Coast championship in 1933.[2][4]

Death

While competing in another AAA non-championship race in January 1936,[3] both Gordon and his riding mechanic, Spider Matlock, were fatally injured in a crash at Ascot,[5][6] which ended racing at the Los Angeles track.[7]

Awards and honors

Gordon was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1999.[2]

Motorsports career results

Indianapolis 500 results

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References

  1. [1]
    "Al Gordon". OldRacingCars.com. Archived from the original on 2021-01-16.
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    "Al Gordon". National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum. Archived from the original on 2019-06-19.
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    "Al Gordon". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on 2022-11-27.
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    "AutoRacingRecords.com". www.autoracingrecords.com. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
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    Donnelly, Jim (September 28, 2009). "Essential racing history". Hemmings Motor News. Archived from the original on 2022-03-05.
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    "Legion Ascot Speedway 1924–1936". Lincoln Heights LA. Archived from the original on 2018-07-27.
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    "Crash ends racing at Legion Ascot". Los Angeles Times. January 27, 2006. Archived from the original on 2022-02-28.
  8. [8]
    "Al Gordon Indianapolis 500 stats". IndianapolisMotorSpeedway.com. Archived from the original on 2019-08-01.
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