It's been a rough day for NASCAR fans everywhere. Earlier today NASCAR media legend Al Pearce passed away and now NASCAR legend Jeff Gordon has lost a person extremely dear to his heart as well. Taking to X a short while ago,

NASCAR has been hit hard by a handful of deaths in recent days. On Thursday, Hendrick Motorsports and Jeff Gordon announced the death of Jon Edwards, the organization’s director of racing communications.

In September 2001, just days before the world changed forever, Rob Quillen boarded a flight wearing a Jeff Gordon shirt. The post “RIP”: Hendrick Motorsports Veteran’s Death Leaves Jeff Gordon & NASCAR World Devastated appeared first on EssentiallySports.