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Jeff Gordon posted his 6th consecutive top-10 finish with an 8th place effort at Richmond. It’s the first time since March 2009 that Gordon posted 6 straight top-10’s. However, Gordon battled the handling on longer runs and was unable to seriously contend for the lead during the event. Kurt Busch scored his first win of the season and the 26th of his career to punch his ticket into the NASCAR Chase. Gordon tied Mark Martin with the most lead lap finishes (558) in NASCAR history. After rain washed out the event on Saturday night, the drivers took the green flag shortly after 1pm/eastern on Sunday. Gordon started 11th and moved to 9th in the opening laps. He took 8th from Denny Hamlin on lap 13, and passed AJ Allmendinger for 7th on lap 25. He held the spot until the competition caution on lap 50. Pit stops followed with Gordon restarting in 7th place. He used the inside line to his advantage and took 6th from Matt Kenseth on lap 57. Gordon entered the top-5 with a move around Brad Keselowski on lap 60. Kenseth regouped to take a spot from Gordon lap 64. At the 100-lap mark, Clint Bowyer passed Gordon to send him back to 7th. He moved back into 6th with a pass on Joey Logano on lap 121. The next caution came on lap 128 following Joey Gase’s wreck on the backstretch. Gordon exited pit road in 7th. He slipped to 8th after the restart, but a caution for Josh Wise’s stalled car on lap 137 bunched the field for another restart. Gordon held 8th until the next caution on lap 163 for Wise’s blown engine. Pit stops followed with Gordon gaining two spots to restart in 6th place. Kasey Kahne jumped to the outside line to take a spot from Gordon on lap 170.

Just prior to the halfway point, Jamie McMurray passed Gordon to send him to 8th. He fell to 10th on lap 221 when Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth went by. Gordon dropped to 11th after Dale Earnhardt Jr passed on lap 245. Chase Elliott passed Gordon on lap 253 to send him back to 12th. Gordon came to pit road for a green flag stop on lap 266 and cycled through in 16th place. A caution for Brett Moffitt’s blown tire slowed the field on lap 268, which trapped Gordon a lap down. However, Gordon took the wave-around to get back on the lead lap. He restarted in 15th place on lap 278. Gordon quickly gained two spots, and took 12th from Earnhardt Jr on lap 290. He re-entered the top-10 after passing Ryan Newman and Kasey Kahne. With 86 laps to go, he took 9th from Joey Logano. Ten laps later he took 8th from Martin Truex. A debris caution with 50 laps to go brought pit stops for the run to the finish.

Gordon gained two spots in the pits and exited pit road in 6th place. On the restart with 42 to go, Gordon moved around Brad Keselowski before Tony Stewart spun to bring out a caution with 40 to go. On the restart, Joey Logano dove under Gordon to take a spot before a caution for Jeb Burton’s spin with 32 to go. With 18 to go, Kahne went by to send Gordon back to 7th place. Kenseth took a spot from Gordon with 13 to go. He crossed the finish line in 8th place.

source: Jeff Gordon Online

 

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Jeff Gordon led 173 laps and finished 2nd in the Toyota 400 at Richmond International Raceway. Gordon had the dominant car on longer runs, but a series of late race restarts hindered his efforts. He dropped to 4th in the closing stages before moving up to 2nd behind race winner Joey Logano following contact on the track in a battle between Brad Keselowski and Matt Kenseth. It was Gordon’s 7th top-10 finish in 9 races this year. He remains the NASCAR points leader.

Gordon started 25th and moved into the top-20 by lap 10. He ran 13th at the competition caution on lap 40. He gained four spots on pit road and restarted 9th on lap 44. He took 7th from Jimmie Johnson on lap 55 and advanced to 6th with a move around Joey Logano by lap 60. Gordon passed Dale Earnhardt Jr and Clint Bowyer to run 4th on lap 65. He took 3rd from Kasey Kahne on lap 68 and moved into the runner-up position around Kevin Harvick on lap 91. A debris caution on lap 99 brought the lead lap cars to pit road. Gordon gained a spot in the pits and restarted with the race lead on lap 104. A debris caution slowed the field on lap 161. Gordon held the lead through the pit stops. However, Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano went by on lap 174 to send Gordon to 3rd place. He regrouped and took 2nd from Logano on lap 188, and re-assumed the race lead on lap 210.

A caution for debris on lap 226 brought pit stops. Gordon again held the lead through the round of stops. Logano took the lead from Gordon on lap 244 as the #24 again struggled early in the green flag run. Gordon passed Logano for the lead on lap 252 and set things on cruise control until a caution on lap 296 for Ricky Stenhouse’s wall contact. Dale Earnhardt Jr beat Gordon off pit road to claim the race lead. On the restart, Gordon dropped to 4th on the outside line before the tire pressures came up. With 80 laps to go, Gordon took the 3rd spot from Earnhardt Jr. He passed Keselowski for 2nd with 68 to go and re-assumed the lead from Logano with 65 to go. With 39 to go, Matt Kenseth ran down Gordon and took the lead. A caution for Jimmie Johnson’s cut tire with 33 to go brought the final pit stops of the night. Gordon left pit road in 3rd place as he slowed near the exit of the pits to allow Earnhardt Jr to depart in 2nd, which gave Gordon the inside line behind Kenseth for the restart with 25 laps to go.

On the restart, Logano got past Gordon prior to a caution for Denny Hamlin’s spin with 23 to go. Gordon started on the outside of the second row with 18 laps to go. He moved to 3rd when Logano spun his tires. A caution for JJ Yeley’s engine slowed the field with 15 to go. On the restart, Gordon moved to the runner-up spot behind Kenseth. With 6 to go, Keselowski moved along side Gordon on the outside line. Gordon held the line but lost a spot to Logano. After Keselowski tapped Kenseth, Logano moved to the lead with Gordon in 2nd place.

Turning point
A four-way battle in the late stages between Gordon, Keselowski, Logano, and Kenseth was altered when Keselowski and Kenseth made contact, allowing Logano to open a healthy lead en route to the victory.

JG’s comments
“The restarts are something we’re really adamant about this year, because it was definitely hurting us last year. Tonight we really didn’t have a good short run car. We had a really good long run car. About 40-50 laps [into a run], it was the best car out there. I had a blast tonight. Great short track racing at Richmond. To have a race car like that to drive from 25th up to the front was so much fun. Joey was in the right place there. He had a good short run car. We were battling it out. Matt was making his car really super-wide, which you have to do to try and win. It just didn’t come down the way that we needed. We needed a little bit longer run. We’re showing up at the race track with cars capable of winning. It’s just a matter of time before we do win.”

ON MATT KENSETH
“He was making his car real wide. I ultimately thought that might have cost him not just the win, but more positions. But as good as the 2 car was at the end, the 2 was probably going to win. The 2 was so much better than him. Had he just run his line around the bottom, then the 2 was going to get the outside and go right on by. All night long I had to let the 2 and the 22 go by me because they were so fast for 10 laps and then I’d reel them back in. You can’t do that at the end when you’re leading the race. So, I think Matt did what he felt like he needed to do. He made his car really wide and probably didn’t make the guys behind him very happy.”

ON THE TIRES
“I’m not a fan of the dual tread zone. We had it at Texas and the cars just slid the front getting in the corner. That was the same case here. It just has no grip in the front getting in the corner. But I also think we’re doing a great job with this tire and making our car go fast. So, while I don’t like the way it drives, I also think we’re very competitive with it. I’m not going to say a whole lot. I will just second what Kyle Busch said. I think the idea behind this is to make it more durable. And that does not seem to be the case. So there needs to be more research that goes into it to try to perfect it.”

ON THE POINTS LEAD
“We’re running really good and I’m excited about that. Anytime you’re running this good consistently week in and week out on all different types of race tracks, it gives you confidence as a driver and a team. But you also know this year more than ever, you have to close that out. If you’re going to lead that many laps and have that good of a car, you have to close it out. You have to get the win. This confidence will build if we keep running like this. But eventually it can also fall off if we don’t put a win or two together.”

 source: Jeff Gordon Online

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Kevin Harvick came on late and scored his first victory of the 2013 season under the lights at Richmond International Raceway. Juan Pablo Montoya appeared to be cruising to his first win since 2010, but a late race caution flag brought pit strategy into play.

Jeff Gordon struggled with handling in the first half of the event before rallying back to 11th place at the finish. Gordon started 3rd and moved into the runner-up spot by the end of lap 1. He fell back to 3rd when Clint Bowyer went by on lap 14. Gordon battled handling issues and dropped to 5th on lap 20. He continued losing spots and ran 10th on lap 25. Gordon dropped to 12th prior to the first caution on lap 42. Pit stops followed with Gordon exiting in 14th place. After the restart, Gordon continued his backslide through the field and ran 18th on lap 55. He fell out of the top-20 on lap 62. At the 100-lap mark, Gordon ran in 25th place in danger of going a lap down. A caution for Marcos Ambrose on lap 110 slowed the field and brought pit stops. Adjustments were made on the #24 car and Gordon restarted 24th on lap 115. He advanced to 21st prior to the next caution flag on lap 145. On the restart, Gordon moved from 23rd to 21st and then re-entered the top-20 on lap 158. A caution on lap 159 for Brad Keselowski’s wall contact brought Gordon back to pit road for tires. At the halfway point, Gordon ran in 18th place.

Gordon moved up to 16th before a caution on lap 232. He held the spot through a round of pit stops. Gordon took 15th from AJ Allmendinger on lap 274 and took 13th place prior to a caution on lap 292. A caution on lap 307 brought Gordon back to pit road for tires and he restarted in 13th place. With 74 laps to go, Gordon moved into the top-10 when Tony Stewart and Jimmie Johnson made contact and spun in turn 2. Gordon came to pit road and restarted in 14th place. After the restart he dropped to 18th place, but gained two spots after Mark Martin and Kasey Kahne wrecked on the backstretch. Gordon stayed out during the caution period and moved up to 9th for the restart with 57 laps to go. He advanced to 8th when Kurt Busch spun Martin Truex with 53 to go. Gordon fell to 9th with 22 laps to go, and slipped to 10th with 17 to go. His fade continued as Jamie McMurray dropped him out of the top-10 with 15 laps to go. Gordon was 12th when Brian Vickers brought out a caution with 5 laps to go. He came to pit road for tires and restarted in 14th place for the green/white/checkered finish. He gained 3 spots in the final 2 laps to post an 11th place finish. Gordon has just 1 top-10 finish in the last 7 races. However, he moved up to 14th in the series standings.

Turning point
Handling issues plagued Gordon for the balance of the event. He seemed to win the track position game late in the event and ran as high as 7th with 50 laps to go, but was unable to hold the spot.

 source: gordonline.com

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