---
title: "Jeff Gordon’s Former NASCAR Chevy Monte Carlo Would Make a Top-Shelf Track Toy"
description: "There's no track-day flex like whipping a NASCAR Cup Car that won a race in the hands of a champ."
date: "2021-01-18"
modified: "2021-01-18"
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url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/38754/jeff-gordons-former-nascar-chevy-monte-carlo-would-make-a-top-shelf-track-toy"
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---

# Jeff Gordon’s Former NASCAR Chevy Monte Carlo Would Make a Top-Shelf Track Toy

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Grassroots racers have their ratty Mazda Miatas and gentleman drivers their spec Porsches. But nothing says Track Day Playboy like showing up in a retired race car with winning provenance, like Bud Moeller sometimes does with [his privately-owned, track record-breaking Ferrari Formula 1 car](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/19372/watch-the-ferrari-f2003-ga-blitz-road-atlantas-lap-record>). And you can strut like Moeller too, if you buy the race-winning, Jeff Gordon-driven Chevrolet Monte Carlo stock car that just landed on [Bring A Trailer](<https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1997-chevrolet-monte-carlo/>).

As outlined in the Chevy's listing, the car in question is chassis 2421, nicknamed "Brewser." Gordon captained it to a race win at Martinsville Speedway and multiple lesser points finishes during his 1997 Winston Cup campaign, which proved to be the second of his four successful title bids.

![message-editor%2F1610733547685-1997\_chevrolet\_monte\_carlo\_160937824611b920a492f3b2253epatrick-ernzen-img\_2486-scaled-2.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1610733547685-1997_chevrolet_monte_carlo_160937824611b920a492f3b2253epatrick-ernzen-img_2486-scaled-2.jpg>)
*1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Chevrolet Monte Carlo #2141 raced by Jeff Gordon, *Bring A Trailer**

Like all NASCAR Cup cars, Brewser is based on a fully caged control chassis, one adorned in model-specific bodywork, in this case that of a Monte Carlo. Power comes from a spec 5.9-liter carbureted V8 from [Hendrick Motorsports](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/31758/hendrick-motorsports-wants-you-yes-you-in-a-725-hp-road-course-nascar>), which sends its several hundred horsepower through a Tex Racing T101 four-speed manual to a solid rear axle. Having been run for under an hour since its refurbishment in 1999, which included a new clutch, this powertrain is undoubtedly in good enough shape to trust on the track.

![message-editor%2F1610733576678-1997\_chevrolet\_monte\_carlo\_16093778460a492f3b2253e7patrick-ernzen-img\_2109-scaled.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1610733576678-1997_chevrolet_monte_carlo_16093778460a492f3b2253e7patrick-ernzen-img_2109-scaled.jpg>)
*1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Chevrolet Monte Carlo #2141 raced by Jeff Gordon, *Bring A Trailer**

![message-editor%2F1610733594852-1997\_chevrolet\_monte\_carlo\_16093783902f3b2253e7patrick-ernzen-img\_2570-scaled.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1610733594852-1997_chevrolet_monte_carlo_16093783902f3b2253e7patrick-ernzen-img_2570-scaled.jpg>)
*1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Chevrolet Monte Carlo #2141 raced by Jeff Gordon, *Bring A Trailer**

![message-editor%2F1610733612902-1997\_chevrolet\_monte\_carlo\_1609378100401f0611b920patrick-ernzen-img\_2350-scaled.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1610733612902-1997_chevrolet_monte_carlo_1609378100401f0611b920patrick-ernzen-img_2350-scaled.jpg>)
*1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Chevrolet Monte Carlo #2141 raced by Jeff Gordon, *Bring A Trailer**

Trailering this retired stock car out to a track day, however, isn't advisable. Not because *hyuk hyuk right turns*—Gordon won at the clockwise [Watkins Glen](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/31542/let-it-snow-watch-an-onboard-lap-of-watkins-glen-international-in-fresh-powder>) in a sister chassis—but because this is a race-winning car from a championship-winning season, and that kind of provenance demands a huge premium. Even with six days left on its auction, bidders have pushed this car's hammer price to $110,000; a cost you don't necessarily have to pay for an ex-Cup car. There are numerous [used Cup cars listed for $35,000 or less](<https://www.race-cars.com/carsales/nascars.htm>) across the web, so if like Ricky Bobby, you *wanna go fast*, there are cheaper ways of doing it.

Instead, this car is best treated like the historical artifact that it is, and kept in a museum. As for track days, they're probably best left to less distinguished, but equally capable chassis.

https://youtube.com/embed/HOZDyD1SW0M

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## Author
James is a former staff writer for The Drive. He has changed the conversation around electrification, debunked misinformation online, and become a prominent hunter of what he calls "automotive cryptids."

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