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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.
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." Photos: Night rider | Practice run | Garage <<Post-race press conference | <<Friday press conference
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.
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
<<JGF charity drive winners - collected $761.60 <<Fire & Flames Brigade- internet radio (Aug-Oct 2006) Banners: Through the years
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-Sprint Cup -Busch
"I look back and see what Jeff and I had, and there is no doubt he was the greatest race driver I could have possibly had. In my mind, he is still the greatest race driver."
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