Which crew chief guided Jeff Gordon to his first three Cup titles?

Ray Evernham guided Jeff Gordon to his first three NASCAR Cup titles.

Evernham was Gordon’s crew chief at Hendrick Motorsports when Gordon won the Winston Cup championship in 1995, 1997 and 1998. Their partnership produced one of NASCAR’s defining driver-and-crew-chief combinations, with Gordon driving the famous No. 24 Chevrolet.

The pair worked together from Gordon’s late-1992 Cup debut through most of the 1999 season. During that span, they won 47 Cup races and helped transform Hendrick Motorsports into the sport’s dominant organization. Gordon’s 1998 campaign was especially remarkable: he won 13 races, a modern-era record at the time, and clinched his third title.

Evernham was also known for revolutionizing pit-road preparation. His specialized “Rainbow Warriors” pit crew used athletic training, role specialization and video analysis to make stops faster and more consistent. Evernham left Gordon’s team during 1999 to pursue team ownership, and Gordon later won a fourth championship in 2001 with another crew chief.