“You’re an Idiot. I’m Gonna Kill You” – Hendrick Motorsports VP Jeff Gordon Was Threatened in a Commercial Prank Gone Wrong

Jeff Gordon has been one of America’s favorite NASCAR drivers and his pranks are well received by the masses. Back in 2013, Gordon paired up with Pepsi to pull off a stunt driver prank on a car salesman, which made fans laugh their hearts out.

In the video, we see Gordon dressed up in a disguise with makeup and fake facial hair on. He walks up to this car dealer and tells the salesman that his name is Mike. The salesman then sits with him for a test drive and that’s where the unsuspecting employee gets the ride of his life.

The man kept screaming and asked “mike” to stop the car, also mentioning how “mike” would wreck it. However, Gordon didn’t listen.

After the end of the drive, the salesman storms off to call the cops and yells “You’re an Idiot. I’m Gonna Kill You.”

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That’s when Gordon steps out, and tells the man, “no no you don’t understand, it’s not what you think. It’s just a prank, we are just having fun, look here’s a camera, there’s a camera. Look and it’s all just fan, look I’m Jeff Gordon.”

NASCAR fans react to the Jeff Gordon car salesman prank

Fans seemed to have enjoyed watching the prank, but some stated that the salesman would have been notified well in advance of what was about to happen, calling it to be staged.

Overall, fans seemed to be saying that they laughed a lot at the video and the situation the salesman was thrown into, although a few were also concerned and asked what would happen if the guy suffered a heart attack.

We are certain it was all staged for the Pepsi ad shoot, but it indeed was a fun thing to watch.

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Moreover, this wasn’t the only time Jeff Gordon set up a prank, there was previously an ad for FOX studios, where they showed Gordon driving his Cup Series car all the way to his office with cops and a helicopter chasing him.

When the cops finally catch onto him, the former Hendrick Motorsports driver says that he was only coming to work. The cops respond that they know that and only wished to take a selfie with him.