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Miami In Car Audio

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Tony Stewart claimed his third NASCAR championship by winning at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Stewart’s victory thrust him into a points tie with Carl Edwards, who finished second. However, Stewart won the championship due to the first tiebreaker — victories. It was the sixth consecutive season that Hendrick Motorsports’ chassis and engines won the series title. Stewart won 3 out of the last 4 races in the season to claim the championship.

Gordon started 7th and moved to 4th by the conclusion on lap 8. Rain on lap 12 brought out the first caution flag. Gordon came to pit road and exited in 13th place after taking four tires. He re-entered the top-10 on lap 23 and moved up to 5th by lap 30. He passed Ryan Newman for 4th place before a caution on lap 34 for Dave Blaney’s spin. After racing resumed, he took 3rd from Kevin Harvick on lap 46 and moved into the runner-up spot on lap 50. Gordon came to pit road for a green flag pit stop on lap 80. The field cycled through before David Ragan’s blown engine on lap 83. A caution for rain on lap 108 brought the leaders to pit road for a red flag period.

The race resumed after nearly a 90-minute delay at 6pm. Gordon came to pit road for tires and exited in second place behind Kevin Harvick, who opted for two tires. Gordon took the lead after the restart, but lost the top spot to Tony Stewart after pacing the field for 6 laps. Edwards took the 2nd spot from Gordon on lap 130. A caution for Trevor Bayne’s wall contact brought the field to pit road. Gordon restarted in 5th place on lap 140. However, he slipped to 10th before a caution for Jimmie Johnson’s spin on lap 145. Gordon steadily moved back up to 7th on lap 153. A caution for a multi-car wreck involving Landon Cassill, Trevor Bayne, and Cole Whitt slowed the field on lap 155. Pit stops followed with Gordon exiting in 5th place. He fell to 9th on the restart, but regrouped to take 8th from Newman with 100 laps to go. With 85 to go, Gordon moved into 6th place as championship contenders Edwards and Stewart battled at the front of the field.

Gordon came in for a green flag pit stops with 68 laps to go and cycled through in 6th place. A caution flag for rain with 55 laps to go slowed the field. After a lengthy caution period, Gordon ran 10th with 35 to go while Stewart and Edwards battled 1-2 at the front for the Sprint Cup title. With 20 to go, Gordon moved up to 7th place as Stewart led Edwards by more than a second for the Cup series championship. With 10 to go, Gordon advanced to 5th place.

For the first time, Gordon scored more victories in a season than Johnson. In addition, he led more than 920 laps in a season for the first time since 2007.

Road Ahead: After some down time over the Thanksgiving holiday, Jeff Gordon will head to Las Vegas for the NASCAR banquet on December 2. Following that, he’ll visit Rwanda with his family to view the health situation as the pediatric cancer care center is built.

source: gordonline.com

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 Miami cruising

Miami Turn 3

Florida Showers

Battling for the lead

 

 

 

Phoenix In Car Audio

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 It was a day to forget for Jeff Gordon at the reconfigured Phoenix Raceway. He battled handling issues in the first half of the race, and brake problems in the second half. Gordon finished off the pace in 32nd place, six laps down. It was Gordon’s fifth finish lower than 20th in the 9 Chase races. Gordon was mathematically eliminated from the title picture with the finish, though he was realistically eliminated several weeks ago.

Gordon started 23rd and moved to 18th in the opening 10 laps which were sandwiched around two early cautions. He moved to 15th by lap 25 and passed Jimmie Johnson for 14th before the competition caution on lap 40. He gained three spots on pit road and restarted 11th on lap 44. However, he faded to 14th on the restart and spent the bulk of the second run mired outside the top-10. A caution on lap 93 brought the leaders to pit road with Gordon exiting in 14th place. The restart provided an adventure as Gordon was shuffled back to 21st. He was running 19th when a green flag pit stop sequence began at the halfway point of the event.

A caution flag trapped Gordon a lap down on lap 160. Gordon came to pit road to fix a brake issue during the next caution flag on lap 167. After the pit stop, Gordon ran in 29th place. The next caution waved on lap 177 when Brian Vickers intentionally wrecked Matt Kenseth in turn three. Gordon’s brake problems continued when the race resumed and he went a second lap down on lap 212. An extended pit stop under caution on lap 220 focused on the brakes. It took just 20 laps for Gordon to lose a third lap to the leaders. He ran the rest of the event at least 10 miles per hour off the pace and finished 32nd — six laps down.

Road Ahead:   The 2011 NASCAR season concludes at Homestead-Miami Speedway — just one of two tracks on the NASCAR circuit where Gordon has not scored a victory in the Cup series.

 source: gordonline.com

 

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Photos

Phoenix Firestorm

Fuhgeddaboudit!

A beautiful sight!

Top view of the 24 car

Strapped in

 

 

Texas In- Car Audio

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 Tony Stewart captured his second consecutive victory and closed to within 3 points of Carl Edwards with just 2 races remaining in the 2011 season. Jeff Gordon finished 6th after battling a loose handling condition when the sun went down. Gordon started 23rd and steadily marched forward. He moved into the top-15 by lap 80 and entered the top-5 in the second half of the race. He ran as high as third before handling issues surfaced on the longer run. Nevertheless, the 6th place finish is Gordon’s best effort at Texas since winning at the track in April 2009 — a span of 5 races.

Road Ahead:  The penultimate race of the 2011 season takes the Cup series to the reconfigured one-mile oval in Phoenix. JG scored the victory in Phoenix in February, prior to the reconfiguration which added banking and a different angle on the backstretch.

source: gordonline.com

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Post Race Comments
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Photos

Showtime!

Jeff n’ Napa Know How.

Texas Hot Lap

 

Martinsville In-Car Audio

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The Tums 500 at Martinsville Speedway was a tale of two races for Jeff Gordon. He sustained damage in a multi-car incident on lap 11, and restarted at the tail end of the lead lap due to a later pit road penalty. However, his miscues occurred in the first 200 laps of the 500 lap event. Gordon used pit road position and tactics to gain track position and took the race lead shortly after the halfway point. Gordon led until lap 320 when Danny Hamlin took the top spot. Gordon dropped to 3rd after losing a spot to Jimmie Johnson on pit road during a caution period on lap 362. On the restart, Gordon moved ahead of Johnson and took the lead from Hamlin entering turn three. A caution with 123 laps to go brought the field to pit road. Gordon exited in 2nd place after Kevin Harvick opted for two tires.

A caution flag with 42 laps to go resulted in Johnson staying on the track as the leader, with nearly every other lead lap car hitting pit road. Gordon restarted in 7th place with 39 laps to go. Gordon moved to 5th with 36 laps to go before a multi-car incident involving Matt Kenseth and Kyle Busch. On the restart with 27 laps to go, Gordon moved into 4th place before a caution for Ryan Newman’s spin. Gordon dropped to 5th on the ensuing restart, but regained the spot from Dale Earnhardt Jr with 17 laps to go. Gordon took the 3rd position before a caution for Brian Vickers spin with 8 laps to go. On the restart with 3 laps to go, Gordon looked to the inside of Johnson, but was unable to take the spot. He came across the line in 3rd place — his 13th top-5 finish in the last 14 races at Martinsville. Gordon remained 10th in the series standings.

Road Ahead: The Texas race weekend is next on the Cup series agenda. More importantly, I’ll be in Charlotte next weekend to lead The Jeff Gordon Children’s Foundation team in the Charlotte CureSearch Walk in Freedom Park on November 5.

source: gordonline.com

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Audio

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 Jeff and Jimmie at Martinsville

Leading the pack!

All banged up!

All strapped in

 

 

Talladega In-Car Audio

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Clint Bowyer edged Jeff Burton at the finish line to win the Good Sam 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. Bowyer eased around his Richard Childress Racing teammate in the tri-oval coming to the finish. Jeff Gordon’s day took a turn for the worse with 9 laps to go when he lost his drafting partner Mark Martin in a wreck. From there, Gordon was hung out to dry with 2 laps to go and finished 27th. It was Gordon’s 5th finish of 20th or worse in the 7 Chase races.

Gordon started 5th and immediately dropped to the inside to hook up in a draft with Mark Martin. The duo dropped to the rear of the field and ran 37th/38th by lap 4. They moved up to 31st/32nd on lap 20. A debris caution on lap 24 brought the field to pit road. When the green flag waved, Gordon once again found Martin and ran in 25th on lap 40. The second caution waved on lap 67 for Joey Logano’s cut tire, while the third came on lap 80 for Ryan Newman’s spin. During the green flag laps, Gordon remained toward the rear of the field in a draft with Martin. A crash on lap 103 triggered by Marcos Ambrose and AJ Allemdinger collected Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, and Juan Pablo Montoya, among others.

With 70 laps to go, Gordon and Martin moved into the top-20. Gordon stayed out under caution with 65 laps to go and led a lap before pitting. The pair moved back into the top-20 with 50 to go, and moved into 16th/17th with 45 to go. Andy Lally’s crash with 29 laps to go brought out the caution and the field pitted for the final time. With 18 to go, Gordon and Martin ran nose to tail with their Hendrick Motorsports teammates Dale Earnhardt Jr and Jimmie Johnson. Gordon moved to the outside with 16 to go with a push from Martin. With 15 to go, Bobby Labonte spun off of Michael Waltrip’s bump draft and collected Kurt Busch in a turn two wreck. The green flag waved with 10 laps to go with Gordon in 15th place. Gordon moved to the middle and sliced into the top-10 with 9 to go. With 8 laps to go, Martin got loose in the corner and collected Regan Smith. The left front damage on Martin’s car eliminated him as a drafting partner for Gordon, who narrowly missed being taken out by Smith’s car after it came across the track.

On the restart with 2 laps to go, Gordon was pushed ahead by Trevor Bayne. Gordon moved high and was left out of the draft as Matt Kenseth pushed Bayne ahead. Gordon, without a drafting partner, fell to 20th at the white flag. He crossed the line distantly behind in 27th place.

Road Ahead: The series makes its annual fall visit to Martinsville Speedway. Over the years, Martinsville has been one of Gordon’s most successful venues. In 37 career starts, he has 7 wins and 30 top-10 finishes.

source: gordonline.com

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Mark ‘n Jeff, drafting teammates

Would you sign this please?

Jeff in the pits 

 

 

Charlotte In-Car Audio

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If the blown engine at Kansas Speedway provided a major obstacle in Jeff Gordon’s championship drive, then a 21st place finish at Charlotte Motor Speedway may have put him too far gone to be shot back. Gordon finished a lap down in 21st place after a chain reaction spin with less than 40 laps to go. He trails Carl Edwards by 66 points with just 5 races remaining.

Gordon started 23rd and moved into the top-20 with a pass on Regan Smith on lap 7. He remained in 20th before coming to pit road for a green flag stop on lap 46. He ran in 21st and was unable to gain ground before the first caution on lap 78. He restarted in 23rd, but dropped four spots due to tight handling and ran 27th on lap 90. Gordon cycled through a green flag pit sequence on lap 122 and ran 24th. A debris caution on lap 146 brought the field to pit road. A tire violation sent Gordon to 26th for the restart. He steadily began moving forward and took 21st place on lap 175. After cycling through a round of green flag pit stops, Gordon ran 22nd on lap 200. He moved into the top-20 on lap 203 with a pass on Brad Keselowski.

With 96 laps to go, Trevor Bayne stopped on the track during a cycle of green flag pit stops. Gordon moved up to 13th and restarted inside the top-15 for the first time all night. Gordon caught a break with 47 laps to go when he stayed on the track during a green flag pit sequence and the caution waved for Dave Blaney’s engine. Gordon pitted under caution and restarted in 8th place with 43 laps to go. On the restart, Gordon was clipped by Kasey Kahne in a three-wide situation and spun coming off turn 2. Gordon limped to pit road and fell off the lead lap. After Greg Biffle hit the wall to bring out the caution with 25 laps to go, Gordon restarted in 22nd place. He moved up one spot and finished 21st. It was the first time Gordon finished off the lead lap in back to back races since Homestead (Nov 2010) and Daytona (Feb 2011).

source: gordonline.com

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A Charlotte Spin

Pit Action

Focus

Kansas In Car Audio

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In the span of 30 laps, Jeff Gordon’s season effectively came crumbling apart due to a blown engine. Gordon ran in the top-5 for most of the event at Kansas Speedway, but was shuffled to 14th on a late race restart. He began smelling smoke in the car and pulled to pit road with a blown engine 30 laps later. Gordon dropped to 10th in the standings and trails by 47 points with just 6 races remaining.

Road Ahead:  Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway looms on the calendar. Gordon has struggled at Charlotte in recent years, but the team has turned a corner on its intermediate track program and seemed poised for a strong effort.

JG’s comments:  “I started seeing smoke inside the car. We had a really bad restart there and got shuffled back. Our day was pretty much over anyway and we were going to finish maybe 15th or something. Right there I started what smelled like burning oil and I saw the oil temp start to come up and I felt like it was just a matter of time before it blew up. I’ve got to thank Quaker State because the thing lasted a lot longer than I thought it would. I don’t know what happened but my oil temp was just pegged for shoot, 30 laps and I knew it was just a matter of time, but to last that long was pretty amazing. That restart Tony Stewart took me three wide, all the way down to the apron, and we were on old tires and that just ruined our day right there. He did what he had to do, it messed us up but right after that we start getting smoke, we thought it was tire smoke, but it wasn’t it was under the hood, obviously it ended out day.”

source: gordonline.com

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Blown Engine

That can’t be a good thing

Mark ‘n Jeff

Kansas pit stop

Dover In Car Audio

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Jeff Gordon posted a 12th place finish in the AAA 400. He hasn’t finished inside the top-10 in the last four races at Dover Speedway. Gordon faced an uphill struggle from the outset after starting 34th. He ran as high as 9th during the day, but was never a factor for the lead. He slipped to 9th in the series standings and trails the leaders by 19 points.

Gordon started 34th and gained six spots in the first 4 laps to move into 28th place. He gained four more spots and ran 24th on lap 10. By lap 17, he was on the cusp of the top-20 as he took a spot from Juan Pablo Montoya. Light rain slowed the field on lap 19 with Gordon in 20th place. At the competition caution on lap 40, Gordon ran 19th. Pit stops followed with Gordon exiting in 26th place. He re-entered the top-20 on lap 70, and took 19th from Tony Stewart on lap 73. Gordon moved up tp 14th before a round of green flag pit stops on lap 112. After a 13-second stop, Gordon cycled through in 13th place. He took 12th from Mark Martin on lap 121 and closed in on Kevin Harvick for entry into the top-10. A caution for contact involving Casey Mears on lap 136 slowed the field. Gordon opted for two tires and restarted in 9th place. He dropped to 10th on lap 156 when Harvick went by. Battling a tight handling condition, he dropped to 12th by lap 160. A debris caution brought the field to pit road on lap 175. Gordon opted for four tires and restarted 13th. However, he struggled on the restart and dropped to 17th on lap 190. As the run progressed, Gordon moved back up to 14th on lap 210.

Gordon re-entered the top-10 on lap 235 with a move around Harvick. Following a round of green flag pit stops Gordon ran in 15th place. A caution flag for rain came on lap 255 and allowed Gordon to pit to top off the gas tank. He made his way to 14th on lap 280 and ran 13th when the caution waved on lap 300. With 85 laps to go, Gordon moved into 12th place. Mike Bliss’ crash with 47 laps to go slowed the field and brought the leaders to pit road. Gordon advanced to 11th when Greg Biffle crashed with 39 laps to go. Gordon finished the race in 12th place and dropped to 9th in the series standings.

Road ahead: Kansas Speedway looms on the horizon — following a mid-week jaunt to the Arizona desert for a test session at the revamped Phoenix International Raceway. “Kansas is a good track for us,” Gordon said. “I’m very excited about going back there. I feel like Kansas is where we really turned the corner this year with our 1.5-mile program. We ran really strong there and I felt like we had a shot at winning that race.”

source: gordonline.com

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Dover Pit Stop

In the pack

Run Jeff, Run!

Cool Shades

New Hampshire In Car Audio

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After a disappointing finish at Chicagoland Speedway, Jeff Gordon needed a solid effort at New Hampshire. Although he led the most laps and seemed to be in position to claim the victory with under 100 laps to go, a mistake on pit road forced Gordon to conserve fuel in the final laps. He finished a solid 4th — after leading 79 laps in the race — and moved from 11th to 5th in the points standings. It was Gordon’s fifth top-6 finish in the last six races.

Gordon started 7th and moved to 4th within four laps. He took 3rd from Brian Vickers on lap 6, but was unable to make significant headway closing on Ryan Newman and Kasey Kahne at the front of the field. As the leaders came upon lapped traffic, Gordon closed in on Kahne’s rear bumper. The handling on the DuPont Chevrolet became tighter later in the run and Gordon maintained 3rd place. He stayed on the track to lead a lap during a cycle of green flag pit stops on lap 64. Gordon took the runner-up spot from Brian Vickers on lap 68. A debris caution slowed the field on lap 86. Pit stops followed with Gordon exiting in 3rd place after taking two tires. He restarted 5th due to Mark Martin and Juan Pablo Montoya staying on the track.

At the 100-lap mark, Gordon ran in 4th place. He took 3rd from Newman on lap 112 and moved to 2nd when Martin pitted on lap 140. Gordon re-took the race lead when Kahne pitted on lap 147. A caution for Landon Cassill’s wall contact brought out the caution on lap 155. After pitting, Gordon restarted on the outside of Kahne on lap 161. He moved ahead of Kahne in turn 1 to take the lead. Matt Kenseth’s spin on lap 173 slowed the field and erased Gordon’s lead. Gordon once again pulled away on the restart and led comfortably at the 200-lap mark. He came to pit road during a cycle of green flag stops just as he ran out of gas on lap 231. Gordon cycled through in 4th place. He took 3rd from Kahne on lap 253 and closed to within 2 seconds of Clint Bowyer for the race lead. However, a problem on the final stop during the gas can exchange forced crew chief Alan Gustafson to ask Gordon to save fuel. He backed off the throttle and dropped 10 seconds off the race lead into 6th place. Gordon moved into the top-5 with 15 laps to go when Kahne pitted. He moved up to 4th when Bowyer ran out of gas.

Road ahead: The series visits Dover Speedway for the second time in 2011. Gordon tested at the track in April, but has failed to contend for a Dover victory in the last few years. He has just one top-10 finish in the last 5 races at Dover. Gordon will be in the Drive To End Hunger car at Dover — the first time in his Cup career that he won’t have the DuPont oval on the hood at the 1-mile track.

source: gordonline.com
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New Hampshire Firestorm

Fill ‘er up!

New Hampshire Rush Hour

Chicago In-Car Audio

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The first race in the Chase for the Championship was a struggle for Jeff Gordon and the DuPont team. After battling handling issues for the balance of the day, Gordon ran out of gas with 2 laps to go and finished 24th in the Geico 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. It was his lowest finish in a Chase opening race as he had previously scored all top-15’s in Chase openers. He fell from 3rd to 11th in the series standings and trails Kevin Harvick by 25 points — essentially more than half of a race.

Gordon started 23rd and battled a tight handling condition right off the bat. He dropped to 27th by the time the competition caution waved at lap 30. He fell as low as 29th on lap 45, before rallying back to 23rd on lap 70. A debris caution allowed for trackbar adjustments, and Gordon moved into the top-20 on lap 80. He was running 17th on lap 110 when he felt the right front tire going down. He came to pit road and lost a lap. However, the unscheduled stop didn’t hurt him as the field cycled through a green flag pit sequence a few laps later. Neverthless, he battled loose handling and lost a lap as Carl Edwards went by on lap 126. Gordon put himself in position for the free pass by being the first car one lap down. He received it on lap 164 when the caution waved for Jamie McMurray’s engine.

With 100 laps to go, he restarted 21st and moved up to 14th place with 65 laps to go. Gordon gained two spots on pit road and restarted 12th with 59 to go. He dropped a spot before a debris caution with 53 to go. Gordon took gas only on pit road and restarted 12th with 51 to go — at the edge of his fuel window. He dropped back to 16th with 30 laps to go as he began conserving fuel. He dropped to 17th place with 5 laps to go. Gordon ran out of fuel on the final lap and finished two laps down in 24th place.

Road ahead: The second race of the Chase takes the NASCAR Cup series to New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Gordon’s flat track performance has remained steady throughout the 2011 season — as he posted strong efforts at Phoenix and Loudon earlier this year.

source: gordonline.com

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Chicago Firestorm

Blurrrrrr

Controlled chaos in the pits

Playing with Jimmie’s daughter

A determined look

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