Jeff Gordon News

The series points leader was coming out of the Turn 2 on the third lap Sunday when Sam Hornish got loose and made contact.

Mathematically, Mark Martin of Batesville and Jeff Gordon still have a chance to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup title.

A high-pitched squeal crept through my bedroom door and into the bathroom where I was curling my hair.

Crewmen push the No. 17 Ford of Matt Kenseth back to the garage after Saturday qualifying was rained out at Talladega.

Watch to see if Jeff Gordon can duplicate his success from the spring race at Texas Motor Speedway .

With Jimmie Johnson holding a commanding 184-point lead - one point short of a full race - the Chase is over.

Hendrick Motorsports teammates Mark Martin and Jeff Gordon entered Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Amp Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway hoping to gain some ground on series-leading teammate Jimmie Johnson.

In the end, chaos reigned, just like always. After 450 miles of what resembled a slow Sunday drive, the action picked up and the outcome was much of what everyone has come to expect out of Talladega: An unlikely winner, two spectacular crashes and an army of drivers frustrated about the unpredictability of restrictor-plate racing.

Jeff Gordon needed to finish somewhere in the top five, with Jimmie Johnson encountering major issues, in order to hold a shot at a title.

With dusk falling and a full moon rising from behind Mt. Cheaha, drivers, crew chiefs and team owners were all trying to get a handle on what went wrong and what can be done to avoid the carnage and the sometimes boring racing that makes up a Talladega race.

His Hendrick Motorsports teammates Mark Martin and Jeff Gordon will start second and third.

Jimmie Johnson drives during practice on Friday at Talladega. Jimmie Johnson is on the verge of making NASCAR history with a fourth straight Sprint Cup championship but he still can't seem to get much love from fans.

What: Amp Energy 500, 33rd of 36 races for NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series. Where: Talladega Speedway, 2.66-mile tri-oval. When: Sunday, Nov.

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A cross between the melodic punk of Lawrence Arms and the churning hardcore of Rise Against, A Wilhelm Scream combines a high quotient of both heft and hooks.

And then he drove away with ease on three restarts over the final 52 laps, ending the three-time defending series champion's remarkable run of five trips to Victory Lane in the previous six races at the shortest circuit in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series .

The 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season is becoming eerily similar to the 2008 season, and 2007 season, and 2006 season.

The 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season is becoming eerily similar to the 2008 season, and 2007 season, and 2006 season.

Juan Pablo Montoya had had it with Jeff Gordon, and when he felt Gordon began crowding him in the turns on Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, he got physical.

Jeff Gordon drives at Martinsville with Juan Pablo Montoya all over his bumper. Juan Pablo Montoya and Jeff Gordon spent a good part of Sunday's race banging on each other as they battled for position up front at Martinsville.