Jeff Gordon has momentum
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Motorsport.com. Momentum is a funny thing in racing. It&#39;s not something that you can see or hear. It&#39;s not easy to put your finger on exactly when it starts.
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MARTINSVILLE, Va. - The good news for the drivers chasing Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson in the Nextel Cup Series championship is that five opportunities remain to cut into their lead and ruin their season-long domination.
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Kurt Busch leads Jimmie Johnson by 18 points and Jeff Gordon by 21 heading into Sunday&#39;s season finale at Homestead. Kurt Busch has finished in the top 10 in eight of the past nine races.
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CONCORD, NC Â· Jimmie Johnson won the UAW-GM 500 Saturday night, but the overwhelming drama of the race was the uncanny comeback of his mentor and teammate, Jeff Gordon, from two separate wrecks to finish second.
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Last year, Jimmie Johnson, driver of the No. 48 Chevrolet, piloted his way to a number of firsts.
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This year's Chase for the Nextel Cup has been far more relaxing than last year's stressful battle for Jimmie Johnson, who is second in the standings behind Jeff Gordon.
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LOUDON, NH - As this newfangled stretch drive for the Nextel Cup championship ensues, Jeff Gordon has to be considered the favorite for a fifth title.
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Notes and quotes from various drivers following California Speedway&#39;s Pop Secret 500. Jeff Gordon slipped to second in points following an engine failure while Jimmie Johnson moved back into first.
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Jeff Gordon spun out Matt Kenseth with four laps to go, then held on to win Sunday&#039;s Nextel Cup race at Chicagoland Speedway.
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If experience counted for everything, Jeff Gordon would be a lock to win NASCAR&#39;s first 10-man, 10-race championship playoff. The four-time series champion goes into Sunday&#39;s Sylvania 300, the first event
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HAMPTON, Ga. -- Jeff Gordon gnawed at his lips, struggling to contain the tears that were so desperate to escape. He wants to make some sense of it all, but that will take time.
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After his sorry display at New Hampshire International Speedway Sunday resulted in a multicar crash, Robby Gordon apologized yesterday, but the act of contrition may have come too late to save his job and it likely didn't appease two contenders for the Nextel Cup.
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Jeff Gordon, seeking a victory that would tie him with the late Dale Earnhardt in career wins, found himself a lap behind the leaders through 65 laps of the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard on Sunday.
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Let's get one thing straight about Mark Martin: The 45-year-old NASCAR driver is no dark horse in the Chase for the Nextel Cup. &quot;You guys can call him a dark horse, but I don't,&quot; said Jeff Gordon, who will be a 5-point leader over Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jimmie Johnson when NASCAR's inaugural 10-race playoff format is unveiled today in the ...
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Jeff Burton nipped at leader Matt Kenseth's bumper in the waning laps, ducked beneath him, pulled side-by-side, and still kept falling behind. It wasn't until six laps were left in the Dover 400 yesterday that Burton finally scooted by with the critical pass. Not that he even needed it: Kenseth ran out of gas, anyway.
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In one sense, it would not be unprecedented for Gordon and the No. 24 team to rebound from the aftermath of Sunday&#39;s Hendrick Motorsports plane crash to finish well at Atlanta; Kevin Harvick won there in 2001
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Jeff Gordon wishes the Nextel Cup's championship chase would go through Darlington Raceway for years to come &#151; for himself and the sport.