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Jeff Gordon vs. Dale Earnhardt Jr.: Tale of the Tape



In today's Pure Michigan 400, Jeff Gordon erupted on the radio Kurt Busch-style on Dale Earnhardt Jr. for taking him four-wide so early.  What if these two "take it outside" on Tuesday back at the Hendrick compound?  Well, assuming that the engines on their personal cars don't blow up, here's how they stack up against each other:

Height
Dale Jr: About average
Gordon: "MAN is he short!"

Weight
Dale Jr: Depends on presence of beard
Gordon: "MAN is he tiny!"

Personal Life
Dale Jr: Everybody wants to know about it
Gordon: Everybody already knows about it

Sponsor Support
Dale Jr: Army National Guard soliders
Gordon: Old people

Connection to Danica Patrick
Dale Jr: Co-owns her Nationwide team
Gordon: About the same size

Baseball
Dale Jr: Casual Braves fan
Gordon: "Wrigley Stadium"

Shares a Last Name With
Dale Jr: One of the sport's all-time greats
Gordon: One of the sport's all-time knuckleheads

Personal Superhero
Dale Jr: Batman
Gordon: DuPont Bio-Engineered Super-Soldier X-318

After the Fight, He'd…
Dale Jr: Go back to his house and play video games
Gordon: Go back to his house and play with his supermodel wife