Sports Fact of the Day 2/16/2007

2/16/1997:
At age 25, Jeff Gordon (right, with crew chief) beomces the youngest winner of the Daytona 500, surviving an accident-marred competition including a 12-car pileup near the end of the race that caused drivers to finish in serpentine fashion under a yellow flag. With Terry Labonte and Ricky Craven finishing second and third, it's a sweet 1-2-3 sweep for popular owner Rick Hendrick, who on this special day is confined to his home in North Carolina while being treated for leukemia.

Birthdays:
Bernie Geoffrion b. 1931 (how sad, he died last year!)
John McEnroe b. 1959
Kelly Tripucka b. 1959
Mark Price b. 1964
Jerome Bettis b. 1972