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So, Who Ya Got For The Championship?

T.C. — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:20:36 +0000

Following Sunday’s race at Atlanta, ten of the twelve Chase drivers are set, with Greg Biffle needing to finish only 42nd or better at Richmond to be in, and Clint Bowyer needing a 28th or better to be in. So with the field all but set, who’s your pick to win the 2010 Cup Series Championship? [...]

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Canada On My Mind

Journo — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:07:57 +0000

Wow, what a race! Drama. Damage. And a drag race! What we saw Sunday in Montreal is why we all enjoy watching racing. There was no anointed winner, leading the most laps led to disaster, and the best funded team didn’t win. There was passion (and one middle finger), and boy was there carnage. What [...]

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Jimmie Johnson Runs Circles Around Everyone in Sports Today

David Whitley — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:01:00 +0000

Filed under: Jimmie Johnson

Jimmy Johnson is not only the most dominant driver in NASCAR, he is the most dominant athlete in the world.

What's wrong with that sentence?

First, a lot of people don't think drivers are athletes. Second, a lot of people don't know Jimmy is actually Jimmie.

He didn't coach the Cowboys or spend the summer in Nicaragua taping "Survivor." This JJ spent the past few years doing what he always does -- winning.

If only he were winning football games or changed his name to Earnhardt, Johnson might get the domination respect he deserves.

The Other Side

In fact, when all the arguments for and against athletes are tallied, the most dominant athlete in sports today may shock you: Peyton Manning, the two-time defending league MVP, is the newest inheritor of the sporting crown.
-- Clay Travis on why Peyton Manning is the most dominant athlete in sports today The guy has won four straight Sprint Cup titles. Imagine if Kobe Bryant had won four straight NBA titles or Peyton Manning four straight Super Bowls. Congress would have voted to put their faces on the $100 bill.

If Johnson were on the bill, people would think it's Zachary Taylor in a fire suit. Just because 97.2 percent of Americans wouldn't recognize him if he ran over their dog is no reason to scoff at JJ's success.

The fact he dominates stock car racing is, of course.

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Jeff Gordon Welcomes Son to Family

FanHouse Staff — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:46:00 +0000

Filed under: Carl Edwards, Elliott Sadler, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Juan Pablo Montoya, NASCAR

Leo B. Gordon joined the Jeff Gordon clan Monday morning when Jeff's wife, Ingrid Vandebosch, gave birth to the boy at 8:53 a.m.

Leo Benjamin weighed in at seven pounds, two ounces and is 19 inches long, JeffGordon.com reported.

"He's happy and healthy, and Mom is doing great," Gordon was quoted as saying on his website.

Gordon and Vandebosch also have a 3-year-old daughter, Ella.

It has been a season of new babies on the NASCAR Sprint Cup circuit. Last month, Juan Pablo Montoya's wife gave birth to their third child, while Jimmie Johnson, Elliott Sadler and Carl Edwards all became first-time fathers in 2010.

Gordon still plans to fly to Michigan and take part in all of the weekend's Sprint Cup activities beginning Friday at Michigan International Speedway.

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Jeff Gordon’s Crew Chief, Steve Letarte, Signs Multi-Year Extension

FanHouse Newswire — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:31:00 +0000

Filed under: Jeff Gordon, Sprint Cup, Hendrick Motorsports, NASCAR

LONG POND, Pa. (AP) -- Hendrick Motorsports has signed Jeff Gordon crew chief Steve Letarte to a multiyear extension.

Letarte has been with Gordon since the end of the 2005 season. Gordon has 10 wins, 14 poles and leads NASCAR in top-five finishes since they teamed up.

Hendrick announced the decision Friday before practice at Pocono Raceway.

Gordon has a new spotter for Sunday's race after Hendrick hired Jeff Dickerson this week to replace Shannon McGlamery.

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Jeff Gordon’s Ex-Wife Brooke in Custody Dispute Over Her Baby’s Last Name

FanHouse Staff — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:47:00 +0000

Filed under: NASCAR

Brooke Gordon, the former wife of NASCAR star Jeff Gordon, is in a custody dispute with a man who fathered a child with her last year.

Brooke Gordon, who has been divorced from Jeff Gordon since 2003, gave birth to a child whose father was James Dixon II of Charlotte, reported SceneDaily.com.

Jeff Gordon, himself, is not involved in the case. Jeff Gordon is married to model Ingrid Vandebosch.

According to the report, Dixon is seeking $10,000 a month in child support, a house valued over $1 million and a Mercedes Benz.

Brooke Gordon, meanwhile, married former South Carolina gubernatorial candidate, Mullins McLeod. However, the child she had with Dixon she gave the last name Gordon.

"It is absolutely inappropriate for [the child] to be legally named after Jeff Gordon, who is neither his father nor a blood relative," Dixon's attorney wrote in a March 19 letter to Brooke Gordon's attorney, which is part of the case file. "We understand that Ms. Gordon desired to keep her ex-husband's last name, which is certainly her choice. But she planned to have a child and did have a child with James Dixon -- not Jeff Gordon."

Dixon's attorney, Amy Simpson, declined to comment on the case. Brooke Gordon's attorney, Dorian Gunter, said he could not comment until consulting with his client, according to the report.

The financial issue in this case is heightened because of the significant financial settlement in Brooke and Jeff Gordon's divorce. Court documents indicate that Brooke Gordon got at least $15.3 million from the sale of two properties, said SceneDaily.

"[Dixon] has always been obsessed with [Brooke Gordon's] wealth and lifestyle ...," Brooke Gordon's attorney wrote in one court filing, according to the report. "He now seems intent on extracting as much financial gain as possible out of [her] ..."

In the report, Dixon said in court filings that he had taken care of the baby for 39 nights during the first seven months, but then Brooke Gordon limited him to custody every other weekend.

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NASCAR Stars All Revved Up for Indy

Motorsports FanHouse — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:30:00 +0000

by Holly Cain

Filed under: Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, NASCAR

Tony Stewart grew up an hour's drive from America's most revered race track, Indianapolis Motor Speedway home of the world's most famous race, the Indianapolis 500. And he absolutely remembers his initial reaction -- nearly two decades ago -- to the earth-shaking news that NASCAR might be crashing the party.

"I'll be honest, when I first heard about the test that was going to happen there, I was against it,'' said Stewart, a two-time Brickyard 400 winner and former IndyCar champion.

"But on that day, I was a guy that had grown up in Indiana. ...I was against it because I thought the Indy 500 was the only thing that deserved to be at the Brickyard.

Veteran Mark Martin called the idea of racing there, "ridiculous.''

"I didn't think we belonged there, I didn't think the race track would be conducive to stock car racing,'' Martin said. "All of which was really wrong.''

As with Stewart and Martin, the idea has won over the toughest of converts. And when 43 cars take the green flag in Sunday's Brickyard 400, it will be more than just another race or just another victory. It's a once-a-season emotional indulgence.

NASCAR Stars All Revved Up for Indy originally appeared on Motorsports FanHouse on Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:30:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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NASCAR Fanning Flames by Trying Too Hard to Change

Holly Cain — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:01:00 +0000

Filed under: Jeff Gordon, Chase for the Sprint Cup, NASCAR

There was a time not so long ago that NASCAR made its rules, set its format and prioritized its decisions for the garage, not the grandstands.

There was a time when the feedback from its drivers and owners counted at least as much as an anonymous and fickle group of survey respondents fancifully titled, "the fan council."

There is change for the sake of progress. And change for the sake of change. And somewhere NASCAR's best intentions have been derailed.

When NASCAR chairman Brian France met with reporters in Daytona Beach two weeks ago, he implied more changes were on the way -- particularly for the Sprint Cup Series and its Chase for the Championship playoff.

One of the most exciting sports in the world feels this overwhelming need to manufacture excitement.

Is it possible NASCAR is trying too hard?

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David Reutimann Scores Second Career Victory at Chicagoland

Geoffrey Miller — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0000

Filed under: Carl Edwards, David Reutimann, Jeff Gordon, Sprint Cup, NASCAR

JOLIET, Ill. -- Battling a car during a final run that handled the worst it had the entire race, David Reutimann finally earned the right to do a burnout after a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.

"It was probably the lamest burnout I've ever seen at a race track," Reutimann said, grinning in victory lane. "We earned this one, nobody gave it to us and that feels really good."

Reutimann won Saturday night's LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway for his second career win in his 118th start. Carl Edwards was second, Jeff Gordon third, Clint Bowyer fourth and Jamie McMurray fifth.

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Kevin Harvick Wins Crash-Filled Coke Zero 400 at Daytona

Motorsports FanHouse — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 06:51:00 +0000

by Holly Cain

Filed under: Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Daytona Int'l Speedway, NASCAR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- In a test of survival as much as pure horsepower or tactical brilliance, Kevin Harvick held off Kasey Kahne and Jeff Gordon to win NASCAR's Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway.

Almost two-thirds of the field were eliminated from contention in a 19-car pile-up with 12 laps remaining that red-flagged the race for 19 minutes and 34 seconds just after the clock struck midnight on the East Coast.

And just as the few survivors from that "Big One" were coming to the white flag to settle it among themselves on the final lap, Penske Racing teammates Sam Hornish and Kurt Busch collided with Elliot Sadler to force extra time -- a green-white-checkered finish.

Harvick, the Sprint Cup points leader, took the lead from Richard Childress Racing teammate Clint Bowyer on the ensuing restart, and held off a furious charge by Kahne and Gordon, who was looking for his first win in over a year. Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Burton rounded out the top five. And even after Harvick took the checkered flag, cars were wrecking behind him.

"Every time I looked up it seemed like a crash was going on,'' said Kahne, whose runner-up finish was a career best here.

"I'm starting to get used to the fact that every race we go to is basically bumper cars at 190 mph,'' added Gordon, who moved into second place in the points standings.

Kevin Harvick Wins Crash-Filled Coke Zero 400 at Daytona originally appeared on Motorsports FanHouse on Sun, 04 Jul 2010 01:51:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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