Gordon Driver of the Year: #24-Jeff Gordon’s season convinced a panel of 16 motorsports journalists to make him the first four-time winner of the Driver of the Year (DOTY) award. Gordon received 13 first-place votes, outdistancing rookie Kevin Harvick, who received two votes. Gordon’s previous DOTY titles were in 1995, ’97 and ’98.(Arizona Republic)(12-7-2001)
