Todd Gordon

Todd Bentley Gordon (born October 20, 1969) is an American former professional NASCAR crew chief and radio sportscaster. As a crew chief, he last worked for Legacy Motor Club as the crew chief of their No. 84 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in the NASCAR Cup Series driven by Jimmie Johnson. As a sportscaster, he works for Motor Racing Network commentating on NASCAR races and radio shows.

Gordon previously worked full-time as a crew chief for Team Penske in the NASCAR Cup Series from 2011 to 2021. He most recently crew chiefed their No. 12 Ford Mustang in the Cup Series driven by Ryan Blaney in 2020 and 2021. From 2013 to 2019, Gordon was the crew chief for Joey Logano on Team Penske's No. 22 car. The duo won the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series championship and scored 25 wins, which account for all but four of Gordon's wins as a crew chief in the Cup Series. Gordon was the crew chief for the No. 22 Cup car for one year before Logano drove it, when it was driven by A. J. Allmendinger and then Sam Hornish Jr. Prior to that, he crew chiefed Penske's No. 22 Nationwide Series car driven by Brad Keselowski, Kurt Busch, Sam Hornish Jr., Parker Kligerman and Jacques Villeneuve in 2011 where he led the team to the owner's championship.

Career Driving career Gordon began his career in racing as a driver, racing supermodifieds for three years at his home track of Oswego Speedway in New York state. He built the cars he raced in his college mechanical engineering program.

1998–2010: Pre-Penske years Gordon began working in NASCAR mid-season in 1998 after graduating from college, getting his first job with Phil Parsons' No. 10 team in what was then the Busch Series. He left PPR for Joe Gibbs Racing in 2000, where he worked as a fabricator and later a mechanic. During the 2002 season, he left JGR for ppc Racing and began in similar roles before eventually becoming an engineer during his time there, and later made his debut as a crew chief sometime in 2004 on the No. 22 Ford of Jason Keller.

For 2009, Gordon paired with Keller for the third time, this time at Baker-Curb Racing in the No. 27 car. They scored six top ten finishes and finished eighth in the points that year.

In 2010, Gordon did not crew chief any team, and joined Michael Waltrip Racing as the engineer for the team's No. 99 Toyota in the Nationwide Series that year, which was driven by Trevor Bayne and later the Truex brothers, Martin and Ryan, after Bayne left for the Roush Fenway Racing No. 17 car late in the season. like the successes Joe Gibbs Racing was having. Gordon was moved from Logano's No. 22 to the No. 12 of Ryan Blaney, arguably the weakest Penske car at the time, with Blaney's crew chief Jeremy Bullins going to from Blaney's No. 12 to the No. 2 of Brad Keselowski, and Paul Wolfe switching from Keselowski's No. 2 to Logano's No. 22, replacing Gordon.

The duo started the year off with a bang, as Blaney was in contention on the last lap to win the Daytona 500, but losing in a mostly-overlooked photo finish to Denny Hamlin due to Ryan Newman's scary flip across the finish line which injured him. Solid runs at the next two races of Las Vegas and Fontana put Blaney in the points lead for two races. Blaney would crash out at the next race at Phoenix, which dropped him to sixth in points before the two-month break of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gordon picked up his second win with Blaney in the race at Atlanta in March 2021.

On June 28, 2021, Gordon announced that he would be retiring from crew chiefing after the 2021 season.

2022–present: Broadcasting career, Legacy Motor Club On February 15, 2022, it was announced that Gordon would be joining Motor Racing Network as an analyst for select NASCAR races on the radio in 2022.

On January 23, 2023, it was announced that Gordon would join Legacy Motor Club to oversee co-owner Jimmie Johnson’s No. 84 Cup Series part-time schedule beginning with the 2023 season-opening Daytona 500. He was also the crew chief at Austin and Charlotte.

Personal life Gordon attended Clemson University where he earned a degree in mechanical engineering. He is from Camden, New York, but currently lives in Mooresville, North Carolina (near where most NASCAR teams are located) with his wife and two children.

Crew chiefing record Nationwide Series

NASCAR Cup Series

Note: Logano scored one more top five (and ten) at Charlotte in 2013, but that was when Steven Reis was the interim crew chief as a result of Gordon being suspended.