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Workin' On Some Night Moves

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (May 17) - - Jeff Gordon will start on the outside of the front row in Saturday night's All-Star Challenge event at Lowe's Motor Speedway. The 100-lap event will be broken into four separate 25-lap segments. While Gordon covets a record-breaking fourth career win in the All-Star event, he might also learn as much as he can about how the Chevrolet Impala will react on the 1.5-mile track under race conditions. "We can have an engine that doesn't have to go as many miles so, we can make some more power with less reliability," Gordon said of the 100-lap challenge. "Or it could be something that we're even trying to test for the future for the (Coke) 600 or races down the road." Nevertheless, the prestige of winning the All-Star Challenge is on the front burner. "I think that it could pay $1, and everybody would still go all out," Gordon said. "We're just that fierce of competitors when we get out there on the racetrack. The fact that there's money on the line might bring a little more excitement to it, because I think it sort of dangles that carrot out in front of you and makes you go after it that much harder. When you know there's no points on the line, it's all about the win. And, of course, having some bonus money to go along with that from Sprint certainly makes things very appealing."

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Dover monument dedication: Jeff Gordon was on hand for the dedication of the new Monster monument at Dover Speedway on May 14. Robin Kauffman attended the festivities and met the day's featured speaker.
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(Updated May 1)

SPEED STATS

After 11 Races

Year Wins Pts.

2008 0 10
2007 3 1
2006 0 6
2005 3 3

Starts 11

Poles 2

Wins 0

Top-5 4

Top-10 5

DNF's 3

Jeff's 5 Race Snapshot

Track Finish

Texas 43

Phoenix 13

Talladega 19

Richmond 9

Darlngton 3

One Step At A Time
DARLINGTON, S.C. (May 11) - - It's often said that you must walk confidently before you begin to run. After struggling on the downforce tracks from the outset of the 2008 season, Jeff Gordon took a necessary step forward with a 3rd place effort in the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. While Gordon was a distant 3rd behind Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards -- the two drivers who have dominated downforce tracks this season-- he put together an effort that bolstered his standing in the series as he moved up to 10th with 15 races remaining before the chase for the championship. Gordon started eighth and moved to sixth on lap 2 when Elliot Sadler's driving error ruined Tony Stewart's night. He remained in sixth for most of the first half of the race as passing was virtually non-existent on the newly paved surface. On lap 140, he moved to fourth after gaining two spots on pit road. He passed Dale Earnhardt Jr. to take third on lap 172. He briefly took the lead of the event during a pit stop sequence when he stayed on the track. However, Busch and Edwards pulled away from him and left him a distant third at the finish. "I knew it was going to be very tough to pass," Gordon said. "But guys who had their cars working real good would be able to come up through there, like Carl, and like Kyle when he went to the back. All we did was we started eighth. Two cars wrecked in front of us. We got to sixth. Somehow some track position worked out. We got in the top five. We just had awesome pit stops all night long because we did not have a car that could have driven from the back to the front. I'm happy that we have a top-five and we are third, but also how frustrated I am because of how far off we are from winning races right now. We did the tire test here at Darlington and Kyle just kicked everybody's tails tonight. So, we have some work to do. We have been working hard, hopefully we can get a little bit closer to them at Charlotte."

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Learn As You Go
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (May 6) - - Jeff Gordon and the rest of the Sprint Cup drivers tested at Lowe's Motor Speedway on May 5-6. "We're learning about the grip of the tires, the grip with this car on this track," Gordon said. "Obviously this was not a scheduled test and so I think it’s just great for us to get extra information. We're just gathering all kinds of data with the car and looking for speed and sometimes that just takes more time. When you only have a couple of hours of practice when you get to the race track, sometimes it's tough to find that. You can take your time a little bit more and try things."
<<JG comments - Monday

Video: JG discusses the Charlotte test

Monday night at the Met: Jeff Gordon skipped the afternoon and night test sessions at Lowe's Motor Speedway on May 5 to attend the Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual Costume Institute gala hosted by Vogue editor Anna Wintour.
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Ticket Giveaway Winners
SOUTH FLORIDA. (April 28) - - Pairs of tickets to May events in Charlotte were recently given away free of charge. There were four winners for each pair of tickets to the All-Star qualifying/Truck race, the All-Star Challenge event, pole night for the Coke 600, and the Nationwide Series race. The tickets were given away through a fan photo contest. Congrats to Brad Hunsaker, Sylvi Cheney, Steve Martin, and Bill.
<<Ticket winners for May races

Monthly Recap: May Random News

Sports Illustrated: Ingrid Vandebosch is featured in the SI swimsuit issue.
<<JGF charity drive winners - collected $761.60
<<Fire & Flames Brigade- internet radio (Aug-Oct 2006)
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"Jeff was right- Darlington was a follow-the-leader race. Hopefully they'll get enough sand blown on to the track in the next year to abrade the surface and make two-wide racing possible." - posted by JoinSC (May 10)
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