Nights In The Big Town
December 17 - - Jeff Gordon and Ingrid Vandebosch attended the New York
premiere of Valkyrie on December 15 in New York City. Valkyrie is a World War II-era movie starring Tom Cruise.
The film portrays the seldom-recalled German resistance to Adolf Hitler. Cruise plays would-be Hitler assassin Col.
Claus von Stauffenberg. On July 20, 1944 (six weeks after D-Day), Stauffenberg's ill-fated plan involved
killing Hitler with a bomb and installing a change-of-power scheme called Operation Valkyrie.
December 13 - - People often say that Jeff Gordon looks more like a stock
broker than a race car driver. On Wednesday, December 10, Gordon got a firsthand look
at the financial trading environment. He spend a few hours on the trading floor of ICAP, an international broker in financial markets,
at the company's offices in Jersey City, N.J. Gordon and other celebrities joined ICAP brokers for the day when all company revenues were
donated to more than 100 different charities around the world. ICAP raised $16.3 million on its 16th annual Charity Day, beating the $13.7 million raised in 2007 and bringing the
total raised to $79.2 million since 1993.
December 12 - - Jeff Gordon's Chevrolet will feature three different
primary paint schemes in 2009. DuPont will be the primary sponsor for 28 races, National Guard signs on for 8
events, while Pepsi will sponsor Gordon in two races. The DuPont paint scheme was unveiled in early-October. The blue
Pepsi scheme features the company's redesigned logo on the hood with a fade to black beyond the hood and will be raced
in October 2009 at California Speedway. The National
Guard paint scheme is silver and black, and will debut at Atlanta in March.
December 6 - - Jeff Gordon accepted a points fund check and a trophy at the NASCAR awards banquet in New York City
for his 7th place finish in the standings. For the seventh straight season, Gordon
watched the festivities from the floor, vowing that "next year" would be his. Gordon's schedule was relatively light leading up to the banquet. He attended a breakfast on Thursday
with the other drivers who qualified for the chase for the championship. During his five-minute speech on Friday night, Gordon
thanked his race team and fans, and then ran through a litany of sponsors.
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