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was a NASCAR driver from Horse shoe, NC.  He was the first "Gordon" to regularly race the #24 car.  He began in the NASCAR Cup series in 1968 and raced until 1985.  His first start came at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in 1968.  He started 15th and finished 19th after having break issues just before half way.  His first top 5 finish came in 1969 at Bristol where he started 24th and worked his way up to a fifth place finish.  His best finish was second and that would only occur once.  It happened at Dover International Speedway in the Mason-Dixon 500. Gordon would start 11th; but David Pearson was the class of the field leading 348 of the 500 laps. Cecil finished second seven laps behind.  1985 saw Gordon race the final time in his career at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway.  Gordon started 30th but only ran seven laps before retiring with steering issues.  He started racing in Henley Gray's and Bill Seifert's cars.  He generally raced in his own equipment beginning in 1970.  He had a few other drivers make an occasional start for him.  He raced GM products (mostly Chevrolet vehicles) until the end of 1982 when he crashed out his Buick Regal.  He purchased a Chrysler Imperial at the beginning of 1983 from the defunct Negre Brothers Racing team and managed to qualify for eight races during that season, though he only finished five of them.  His best finish was 15th that year in the Imperial.  He also had Jim VanDiver drive the car in two races.  At the end 1983 he sold the Imperial to Buddy Arrington and drove