Early career Prior to moving up to NASCAR's big leagues, Gordon competed in the NASCAR-sanctioned
Slim Jim All Pro Series in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Good runs in the series allowed him to move up to the
USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series, He finished 12th in the series' season-opening race at
Daytona International Speedway; he filed to run for
Rookie of the Year in the series shortly thereafter. However, without sponsorship, Gordon moved to the position of crew chief, hiring other sponsored drivers to drive the No. 24; for 2013, he was promoted to team manager and lead crew chief for the SR² team. SR² Motorsports shut down after 2013, leaving Gordon without work. He made one attempt in the Nationwide Series in 2014, failing to qualify the
TriStar Motorsports No. 91 car at Daytona in July. In 2015, Gordon entered the season without a ride, but with the closure of
Vision Racing, Gordon bought the team's assets and rebranded the team as PEG Racing. Gordon finished 13th in his first attempt at Talladega. Gordon also finished in the top-five at the
Subway Firecracker 250 at Daytona in the same year. It was Gordon's best finish since Daytona in 2012. It was also Gordon's first top-five and -ten finish. Gordon later made three races including Bristol, Richmond, and Chicagoland but the results were poor. In 2016, Gordon drove one race for TriStar Motorsports in the No. 14
Toyota Camry at Daytona, and finished 35th due to a transmission issue. ==Motorsports career results==