Edgar Alan Gordon (March 27, 1902 – January 26, 1936) was an American racing driver.[1]
A postman from Redlands, California[2] who also became a Long Beach night club owner among other things,[1] Gordon took up racing in 1925.[2]
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.[3] A regular at Legion Ascot Speedway, Gordon won the AAA Pacific Coast championship in 1933.[2][4]
While competing in another AAA non-championship race in January 1936,[3] both Gordon and his riding mechanic, Spider Matlock, were fatally injured in a crash at Ascot,[5][6] which ended racing at the Los Angeles track.[7]
Gordon was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1999.[2]
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