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Angry NASCAR Star Gordon Stranded At Local Airport
Racing Icon: 'Your Job Sucks'
CINCINNATI -- Jeff Gordon was in the Tri-State Thursday night, apparently for a business dinner, but it was a WLWT Eyewitness News 5 photographer who was on the business end of the NASCAR star's anger.
The small plane he was in had some engine trouble as it was trying to land at Lunken Airport at about 6 p.m. Thursday, WLWT Eyewitness News 5's Jonathan Hawgood reported. Hawgood and photographer Pat Story went to the airport to cover that aspect of the story.
But when they got there, the plane already had landed safely and Gordon made it to his dinner. A short time later, he emerged from the airport restaurant. And if you think Gordon is an aggressive racer on the NASCAR circuit, try talking to him a couple hours after a few tense moments in the air, Hawgood reported.
"Apparently, they had a light come on that indicated an engine fire," Cincinnati Fire Department spokesman Mike Fehring said.
Fehring was among the crew called to meet the plane after pilots made an emergency landing. He said if there was a fire, it was deep in the engine, and wasn't throwing out smoke.
"(Gordon) is probably a little bit out of his control, but he'll live to race another day," Fehring said.
When Hawgood tried to talk to Gordon after his dinner, he wasn't interested. But then he took disinterest to an interesting level:
Gordon: "What the (expletive) is wrong with you?"
Story: "I'm just doing my job."
Gordon: "Well, your job sucks."
Fehring added that Gordon wasn't only in a foul mood toward local media.
"We tried to talk to him, but he seemed a little bit irritated," he said. "I imagine he had a big day. He was in town for obviously some business, and that's not a good way to end the day."
Gordon got on a different plane and headed out of town after his dinner, Hawgood reported.
Angry NASCAR Star Gordon Stranded At Local Airport
Racing Icon: 'Your Job Sucks'
CINCINNATI -- Jeff Gordon was in the Tri-State Thursday night, apparently for a business dinner, but it was a WLWT Eyewitness News 5 photographer who was on the business end of the NASCAR star's anger.
The small plane he was in had some engine trouble as it was trying to land at Lunken Airport at about 6 p.m. Thursday, WLWT Eyewitness News 5's Jonathan Hawgood reported. Hawgood and photographer Pat Story went to the airport to cover that aspect of the story.
But when they got there, the plane already had landed safely and Gordon made it to his dinner. A short time later, he emerged from the airport restaurant. And if you think Gordon is an aggressive racer on the NASCAR circuit, try talking to him a couple hours after a few tense moments in the air, Hawgood reported.
"Apparently, they had a light come on that indicated an engine fire," Cincinnati Fire Department spokesman Mike Fehring said.
Fehring was among the crew called to meet the plane after pilots made an emergency landing. He said if there was a fire, it was deep in the engine, and wasn't throwing out smoke.
"(Gordon) is probably a little bit out of his control, but he'll live to race another day," Fehring said.
When Hawgood tried to talk to Gordon after his dinner, he wasn't interested. But then he took disinterest to an interesting level:
Gordon: "What the (expletive) is wrong with you?"
Story: "I'm just doing my job."
Gordon: "Well, your job sucks."
Fehring added that Gordon wasn't only in a foul mood toward local media.
"We tried to talk to him, but he seemed a little bit irritated," he said. "I imagine he had a big day. He was in town for obviously some business, and that's not a good way to end the day."
Gordon got on a different plane and headed out of town after his dinner, Hawgood reported.