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For Jeff Gordon, Crucial, Unlikely Piece of History Still Missing

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during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500 at Phoenix International Raceway on November 14, 2015 in Avondale, Arizona.

Jeff Gross

Jeff Gordon’s final race before retirement on Sunday will be for a championship.

Some 35-plus years after he got his start in racing, Gordon is still searching for his first car, a crucial piece of history suspected to be in a small town in northern California.

NASCAR Talk’s Nate Ryan gives an in-depth look at that car and why it means so much to the retiring four-time (and potentially five-time) champion on NBCSportsworld.com.

Click here to read this fascinating tale.