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Jeffery Michael "Jeff" Gordon (born August 4, 1971) is an American professional stock car racing driver.
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When Sprint Cup drivers showed up at Dover International Speedway – then Dover Downs International Speedway – for its first race in 1969, most had raced only a couple of days before at Daytona.
The wackiness of the schedule that season and the appearance of a brand new superspeedway in a new market saw drivers racing July 4 at Daytona, traveling that night up the East Coast and then racing July 6 at Dover.A new track, new setups and everything that came with that on very little sleep.No one was surprised when a wily veteran, Richard Petty, won the track's first race. In fact, Petty won three of the first four races at Dover, and another star from that era, Bobby Allison, won the other two.More than 40 years later, Petty and Allison, long retired and safely sitting in the NASCAR Hall of Fame, remain the all-time kings of Dover with seven victories each.On Sunday, in the FedEx 400 Benefiting Autism Speaks, current-era superstar Jimmie Johnson can join them. Johnson is the leader in Dover ...Jeff Gordon's season didn't get any better at one of his most successful tracks.Gordon twice had to pit because of flat tires, continuing a host of struggles that ha...
Kasey Kahne won a Sprint Cup Series race for the first time as a Hendrick Motorsports driver on Sunday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway.Kahne put on a dominating pe...
When Jimmie Johnson left his pit stall with his gas can — and his gas man — still attached to his No. 48 Chevrolet it cost the five-time Sprint Cup champion a chance...
Kasey Kahne stormed to the front in the second half of the race and cruised to victory Sunday night in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.The win was the ...
After months of wondering when any Hendrick Motorsports car would win again, NASCAR's powerhouse program is on a major roll heading into the Coca-Cola 600.Five-time ...
With only a lap left in the 402 that made up the Coca-Cola 600 last year, Dale Earnhardt Jr., with the lead, could see the beginning of the end of his long winless s...
At first Dale Earnhardt Jr. was relieved he didn't fall further back than seventh at last year's Coca-Cola 600. Then he realized what he had lost for just about a ga...
You name it, you'll find it working against drivers and teams Sunday.A myriad of factors will come into play in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Coca-Cola 600. Any one of those...
Six hours and 600 miles is a long time to spend in race car.So what do NASCAR drivers do when the stomach starts grumbling in the middle of Coca-Cola 600, the longes...
DANICA DOESN'T MISS INDY — With missing the Indianapolis 500 for the first time in years, one might think Danica Patrick would be longing for the Brickyard this week...
After months of wondering when any Hendrick Motorsports car would win again, NASCAR's powerhouse program is on a major roll heading into the Coca-Cola 600.Five-time ...
Auto racing's biggest day of the year is on Sunday, beginning with the Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo, followed by the Indianapolis 500 and then the Coca-Cola 600 ...
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is hoping to pick up the next memorable victory for Hendrick Motorsports.First, Jimmie Johnson raced to owner Rick Hendrick's 200th win. Then Kase...
Don't look now, but, with the Sprint Cup "regular season" reaching its halfway point Sunday at Dover International Speedway, the race for the Chase's two wild-card s...
Kasey Kahne's win was awesome, not only for him, but for that whole No. 5 team. I see a really unique situation developing now at Hendrick Motorsports. I wonder if t...
NASCAR drivers and teams are pretty good at looking at the rules and figuring out how to use them to their advantage.That much was obvious two weeks ago at the Sprin...
Dover International Speedway is a one-mile race track. Its measurement in length, however, is virtually the only thing it has in common with other one-mile racing fa...
Rick Hendrick says he made a mistake last year, something the owner's teams haven't done much lately.Hendrick acknowledged he added pressure to his programs when he ...
Kasey Kahne captured the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway to claim his first victory of the season. But it's runner-up Denny Hamlin who moves to the top of ...
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