The question here is just how good Jeff Gordon is. Is Jeff Gordon lucky or skilled?
Jeff Gordon won the Bank of America 500 at Lowes Motor Speedway in Concord, NC. It’s his 2nd win in a row, winning at Talladega last week. In another wrecked filled race, Gordon played with a fuel issue, so they say, ran in the top 10 to 15 most of the night. Ryan Newman gave Gordon his gift by spinning out of the lead, which lead to a green-white-checker finish.
A radio talk by Rick Hendrick to leader Jeff Gordon and then 2nd place Kyle Busch warned both drivers “no wrecks.” With Clint Bowyer running up front also, the possible fuel issue with Gordon didn’t come up and he ran away from Bowyer and Busch, who fought for second with Bowyer winning out. Kyle Busch ended up finishing 3rd, Jeff Burton 4th and Carl Edwards finished 5th.
This was Gordon’s sixth win of the season, second straight in the chase. He now has a 68 point lead over teammate Jimmy Johnson and a 78 point lead over surprising contender Clint Bowyer, who started the chase in 12th place and won his first race at Loudon.
The chase has now expanded out as many chasers had problems, including Tony Stewart who was hit on pitroad and had right front fender damage that needed to be repaired. Tony Stewart finished 7th in the race, but set back to 198 points behind Gordon in the chase.
So the chase standings are;
Jeff Gordon leader
Jimmy Johnson -68 points
Clint Bowyer -78 points
Tony Stewart – 198 points
Carl Edwards – 240 points
Kyle Busch – 280 points
Kurt Busch – 315 points
Kevin Harvick - 328 points
Denny Hamlin – 349 points
Jeff Burton – 366 points
Martin Truex Jr – 378 points
Matt Kenseth - 442 points.
Next week is Martinsville. Good luck.
