"He's already trying to take my job" - When $200M-worth Jeff Gordon was surprised by Tony Stewart’s playful appearance during car interview

Veteran NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon shared a comic moment with Tony Stewart during the 2017 Daytona 500. This happened when the latter photobombed Gordon during an interview.

The $200 million-worth Gordon (according to Celebrity Net Worth) was set to be the official driver for the pace car during the 2017 season-opener at Daytona. Prior to the start of the race, he was being interviewed as he shared his opinion on the starting grid and being the pace car driver.

In the midst of the interview, Stewart-Haas Racing co-owner Tony Stewart popped up on Jeff Gordon's window. As the latter was speaking, Stewart made some comical gestures and tried to mouth something. After noticing him, Gordon sarcastically claimed that he was trying to take his job.

"Hey, Tony Stewart just came! He's already trying to take my job!" Gordon claimed (at 0:30).

Gordon also invited Stewart to sit in the back seat of the pace car.

"Hop in! Two-hundred miles per hour!"

The race marked a front-row lockout by Hendrick Motorsports as Chase Elliott took pole position, with Dale Earnhardt Jr. in P2. However, it was the #41 Ford of SHR driven by Kurt Busch that emerged victorious in the race.

Despite the results, this moment between Gordon and Stewart remains one of the silliest ones in the history of Daytona and is loved by fans to date.

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Kyle Busch compares the driving style of NASCAR back in the day with Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart

Having made his Cup Series debut back in 2004, Kyle Busch is one of the most experienced drivers on the track. Celebrating 20 years of racing in the championship, he claimed that the racing style back in the day was much different than it is today.

The #8 Chevrolet driver stated that the racing style has changed largely within the last decade. Taking the examples of Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart, Busch stated that these drivers were extremely competitive and took racing very seriously.

"Racing has undoubtedly changed in the last five or six years," Busch claimed last month on the Pat McAfee show (at 0:17). "It's changed, it's changed a lot. The older generation, the Jeff Gordons, the Tony Stewarts, the Mark Martins, the Rusty Wallaces, Bobby Labontes, like those guys, they would bust your a**. If you didn't race and have proper race etiquette, they would wreck you. Like they would shoo you out. Tony(Stewart)especially, or he would come fight you afterwards, one or the other."

Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart continue to be among the racing legends who have stepped into NASCAR and the Cup Series championship.