Al Gordon (racing driver)

Edgar Alan Gordon was an American racing driver.

Life and racing career

A postman from Redlands, California who also became a Long Beach night club owner among other things, Gordon took up racing in 1925.
Gordon made nine starts in the AAA-sanctioned national championship from 1932 to 1935 and entered two non-points paying races after that, scoring a win at Oakland Speedway in January 1936. He drove in the Indianapolis 500 in 1932, 1934, and 1935, but never finished the race, having qualified second in 1935. A regular at Legion Ascot Speedway, Gordon won the AAA Pacific Coast championship in 1933.

Death

While competing in another AAA non-championship race in January 1936, both Gordon and his riding mechanic, Spider Matlock, were fatally injured in a crash at Ascot, which ended racing at the Los Angeles track.

Awards and honors

Gordon was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1999.