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(Redirected from Al Gordon (driver)) American racing driver (1902–1936)
Al Gordon
BornEdgar Alan Gordon
(1902-03-27)March 27, 1902
San Francisco, California, U.S.
DiedJanuary 26, 1936(1936-01-26) (aged 33)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Championship titles
AAA West Coast Big Car (1933)
Champ Car career
9 races run over 3 years
Best finish11th (1932)
First race1932 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Last race1935 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Wins Podiums Poles
0 1 0

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

Life and racing career

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

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. A regular at Legion Ascot Speedway, Gordon won the AAA Pacific Coast championship in 1933.

Death

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

Awards and honors

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

Motorsports career results

Indianapolis 500 results

Year Car Start Qual Rank Finish Laps Led Retired
1932 26 37 111.290 17 40 3 0 Crash T4
1934 51 17 116.273 5 22 66 0 Crash T1
1935 6 2 119.481 2 30 17 0 Crash T4
Totals 86 0
Starts 3
Poles 0
Front Row 1
Wins 0
Top 5 0
Top 10 0
Retired 3

References

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