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-John

Racer Jeff Gordon's wife files for divorce

By Kathryn Quigley, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Saturday, March 16, 2002

WEST PALM BEACH -- They met in victory lane, but now their love has rounded
the last lap.

Brooke Gordon, wife of NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon, filed for divorce on
Friday after more than seven years of marriage. Their marriage is
"irretrievably broken as a result of the husband's marital misconduct,"
according to the document. The couple has no children.

Jeff Gordon, 30, is a four-time Winston Cup winner and has twice won the
Daytona 500. Brooke Gordon has frequently been on hand at races to cheer her
husband.

Brooke Gordon, 30, wants exclusive use of the couple's 23,095-square-foot
oceanfront home in Highland Beach, valued at $9 million for tax purposes.

The couple also owns a second home on Palm Beach, according to the divorce
petition filed in Palm Beach County Circuit Court. She is asking that her
husband continue to pay the salaries of the daytime and evening
housekeepers, maintenance workers and the chef at the Highland Beach home.

She is also seeking alimony, the Porsche and the Mercedes 600 SL, and
periodic use of their boats and the Falcon 200 airplane owned by one of
their companies.

Georgia Newman, a lawyer for Fisher & Bendeck in West Palm Beach, one of two
firms representing Brooke Gordon, said the firm intends to "ensure that Mrs.
Gordon is treated equitably, particularly in light of the fact that he's
become such a good success during their marriage."

Jeff Gordon is temporarily living with a business associate in North
Carolina, according to the divorce suit. On Friday, he qualified for the
second starting position in Sunday's Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 at
Darlington Raceway in South Carolina.

Jeff Gordon's spokesman, Jon Edwards, declined to comment on the suit.

Jennifer Brooke Sealey, a former Miss Winston, married Jeff Gordon on Nov.
26, 1994. They had met in victory lane after a race at Daytona Speedway.

Jeff Gordon has frequently mentioned his love for his wife in interviews,
including one for People magazine in its 2000 issue on the "sexiest men
alive."

"It was love at first sight," he said at the time.

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I told my wife this and the first thing she said was "Well, he looks gay
to me." Hehehe....

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More affirmation as to why one should never get married in the first place.

big hairy ditto!

   Ok John, just this once,  I have a Rock Hudson joke...but this time
only...don't ask for more....  :)

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Q:   What do Rock Hudson and the movie 2001 Space Oddysey have in common???
 A:  when they looked in the Black Hole they gasped:  "My God it's full of
Stars!"

-John

p.s.  I wonder what the set parties were like during the filming of "Giant"
?<G>

Ah, ok, it's just for the money then, I was goint to say she was
stupid....but no she is using the US system to her advantage...nice move mrs
gordon, would you marry me so I can get a share of what you get when we
divorce in 5 years ?

the USA can be so entertaining from time to time...I would LOVE to see the
wife of Schumacher divorcing him and asking for half of the loot, she would
be killed by Willy WEBER (MS's manager) in less than 13 seconds...

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but NO WAY she can get the house(s) or the boats, planes, bank accounts and
so on.

If they are married under a "community" contract then she gets 50% of what
they have bought AFTER the date of the wedding...

In both cases the SURE winner are the lawyers (a bit like in the USA).

If they divorce maybe Frentzen will take her back cause mrs S was the former
girlfriend of HHF and Schumi "stole" the girl from his "best friend" of the
time....apparently MS was on the inside and pushed HHF in the sandbox....

-John

LOL.... now that's comedy.  :o)

Heckler

That said, I can think of NASCAR drivers who are much more likely gay
than Gordon is, assuming we're being ***s and judging him purely
on masculinity (we all know there are no butch ***s).  I wonder
why this sort of thing never comes up in other professional sports
(ex. Ken Griffey Jr is incredibly flaming).

Jason

-John