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With eight laps to go on Saturday night under the lights, Jeff Gordon took the lead and held on to take the checkered flag at Kansas Speedway.
Gordon rolled off the grid 13th at the 1.5-mile speedway and cracked the top 10 by Lap 10. The driver of the No. 24 Axalta Chevrolet SS continued his forward march, passing a competitor at Lap 23 for sixth place.
When drivers began to come into pit road for green-flag pit stops, Gordon elected to stay out for an additional lap, giving him the lead. He continued to race in the top 10, moving into the top five by Lap 67.
A successful restart at Lap 75 allowed Gordon to crack the top three. Unfortunately, pit sequence and handling issues set Gordon back several positions and he was forced to restart 19th at Lap 119. Undaunted, Gordon maneuvered his No. 24 Chevy SS through traffic with success, cracking the top 10 again at Lap 175.
With 67 laps to go, he was running sixth and moved into the third position by Lap 213. Twenty laps later, Gordon moved into the runner-up position and continued to decrease the lead between him and the leader.
With eight laps to go, Gordon took the top position and took the checkered flag at Kansas Speedway.
With his third career win at Kansas, Gordon now is the all-time winner at the 1.5-mile speedway. More importantly, the points leader now can breathe a sigh of relief because the win virtually guarantees him a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup.
"I'm going to be 43 this year, but this team makes me feel like I'm 25,” Gordon said after recording his 89th career NASCAR Sprint Cup victory and No. 220 for Hendrick Motorsports.
With eight laps to go on Saturday night under the lights, Jeff Gordon took the lead and held on to take the checkered flag at Kansas Speedway.
Gordon rolled off the grid 13th at the 1.5-mile speedway and cracked the top 10 by Lap 10. The driver of the No. 24 Axalta Chevrolet SS continued his forward march, passing a competitor at Lap 23 for sixth place.
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| Jeff Gordon takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 5-Hour Energy 400 at Kansas Speedway (Photo: Todd Warshaw/NASCAR via Getty Images) |
When drivers began to come into pit road for green-flag pit stops, Gordon elected to stay out for an additional lap, giving him the lead. He continued to race in the top 10, moving into the top five by Lap 67.
A successful restart at Lap 75 allowed Gordon to crack the top three. Unfortunately, pit sequence and handling issues set Gordon back several positions and he was forced to restart 19th at Lap 119. Undaunted, Gordon maneuvered his No. 24 Chevy SS through traffic with success, cracking the top 10 again at Lap 175.
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| Jeff Gordon celebrates with a burnout (Photo: Jared C. Tilton/NASCAR via Getty Images) |
With 67 laps to go, he was running sixth and moved into the third position by Lap 213. Twenty laps later, Gordon moved into the runner-up position and continued to decrease the lead between him and the leader.
With eight laps to go, Gordon took the top position and took the checkered flag at Kansas Speedway.
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| Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 National Guard Chevrolet, leads Danica Patrick, driver of the #10 GoDaddy Chevrolet (Photo: Kyle Rivas/NASCAR via Getty Images) |
With his third career win at Kansas, Gordon now is the all-time winner at the 1.5-mile speedway. More importantly, the points leader now can breathe a sigh of relief because the win virtually guarantees him a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup.
"I'm going to be 43 this year, but this team makes me feel like I'm 25,” Gordon said after recording his 89th career NASCAR Sprint Cup victory and No. 220 for Hendrick Motorsports.
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| Jamie McMurray, driver of the #1 McDonald's Chevrolet, drives down the apron after catching fire (Photo: Todd Warshaw/NASCAR via Getty Images) |