25 NASCAR drivers to consider for that one last heist

25 NASCAR drivers to consider as getaway drivers for that one last heist

BROOKLYN, MI - JUNE 16: Brad Keselowski, driver of the #22 Discount Tire Ford, looks on during practice for the NASCAR XFINITY Series Irish Hills 250 at Michigan International Speedway on June 16, 2017 in Brooklyn, Michigan. (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images) /

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MARTINSVILLE, VA – OCTOBER 28: Jeff Gordon, driver of the #88 Nationwide Chevrolet, stands on the grid prior to qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Goody’s Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway on October 28, 2016 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images) /

Jeff Gordon

Oh hi there, Jeff Gordon. Yes, we know you’re retired, but you’re not just going to stay in that FOX Sports booth forever, right? We could possibly coax you out of retirement for one more drive?

That would be the perfect storyline for a getaway driver. The legendary veteran, he of the multiple Cup Series championships and the other guy to win both the Daytona 500 and the Rolex 24 at Daytona, is convinced to come out of his happy retirement to pull off one last job. That’s a plot we’ve seen in movies (not Baby Driver, but we digress).

And with Jeff Gordon it’s completely plausible, considering that he already interrupted his retirement once last year to become the substitute driver for his friend Dale Earnhardt Jr. when Junior was out for the remainder of the 2016 NASCAR season. Gordon’s shown he’s willing to come out and race again, so with everything he’s done in his career, it’s a no-brainer to consider him as your getaway driver. He’s already been in a police chase!

There is a downside here, though, and it’s not a small one. Everybody loves Jeff Gordon, so that means everybody knows Jeff Gordon. He’d have to go undercover to pull off your heist. But he’s done that too: there was that time he worked at an Autozone for CBS’s reality series I Get That A Lot and of course that Pepsi Max commercial where he pranked a car salesman. Gordon would need to disguise himself again to join your crew, but that’d be a minor quibble if you could hire one of the winningest drivers in the Cup Series to be your wheelman.

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