Gordon wins

Gordon is now in 11th position, six points behind Ryan Newman for the last Chase spot. More important, however, Gordon has joined the ranks of drivers of two-win. As Matt Kenseth, Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick (who has three), is now almost guaranteed a place in the Gordon Chase through at least the wild card.



Jeff Gordon rolled to a relatively easy victory in an otherwise spectacular day at Pocono, and in doing so, get in position game.
Look closely at the numbers. If Gordon is not among the top 10, no other driver in the range of 11-20 that has even a single victory, much less two. So if you can not make it through the 10, almost certainly there. In fact, the only man, even with a slight chance of making 20 with a win is Brad Keselowski, who lost a position and is now in 22 th place, 13 points behind Martin Truex Jr. by 20.Keselowski If not for the first 20 that suddenly brings a lot of pressure on Denny Hamlin and take home a victory. Hamlin is a trendy choice to win the Chase through, and for good reason, in 2010, won almost a quarter of the races of the season. But if Gordon can not break the top 10 and flows into Keselowski, who leaves Hamlin outside looking in

There are still 12 races before the Chase, of course, and Hamlin has been on a steady upward trend. So if he and Gordon is able to bridge this gap between themselves and 10 - Hamlin has only nine points behind Newman - who is Stewart-Haas teammates Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman in the crosshairs.

However, Gordon has a specific reason for wanting to enter the top 10. If you qualify his way into the Chase points instead of wins, he'll get three bonus points for each of those victories. Wild-card winners do not get extra points for their victories.

With a career efficient, effective, Gordon severe pressure worldwide from position 8 (Clint Bowyer, 419 points) at position 20. And given the fact that motor disorders Carl Edwards on the track demolished his lead from 40 to six, which promises to be an exciting race for both the Game and the championship of the season ahead even last a couple of weeks .
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Clint Bowyer, Brad Keselowski, Denny Hamlin, Ryan Newman, Kevin Harvick, Jeff Gordon, Martin Truex Jr., Carl Edwards, Matt Kenseth, Tony Stewart, Kyle Busch


                                   

Jeff Gordon may win in Kansas

Jeff Gordon may win in Kansas
When he started the 2011 Sprint Cup season, Plan A was for Jeff Gordon to take the traditional route to winning his fifth championship. Ie, using fast cars to post good finishes and collect the big points.

Now, however, as the summer season and the hunt for the Chase moves in the middle of the race, Gordon and his Hendrick Motorsports team can be faced with the possibility of having to implement Plan B. And take advantage of new cars savage rule and win a spot in the Chase.

"We're going out to get W now," said Gordon week.This last week, Gordon will be the Kansas Speedway, where to get one of those W certainly seems possible.

Gordon has been very successful in Kansas, the site of Sunday, STP 400 (01:00 ET, Fox). He won the first two races in the tri-oval 1.5 miles in 2001 and 2002, and is very good from there.

In 10 starts, Gordon has seven five and eight top 10. He led 204 laps session and best average finish of 8.5 is the second best among active drivers in Kansas fellow two-time winner Greg Biffle, whose average is 8.1.

"I love this track, I'm running well on this track," Gordon said. "For some reason, for me, it suits my driving style."

At least in the past. It will be an interesting difference in the race on Sunday in Kansas and all others who have been held there. Kansas is now hosted two World Cup races, and the STP 400 is the beginning of June instead of late September or early October. This can cause problems for sports teams is so weather-sensitive.

Autumn in the Midwest could mean much colder temperatures and low humidity almost always. The forecast for Sunday in Kansas is at temperatures around 90 degrees and high humidity.

Gordon, however, does not seem concerned about how the weather will affect the race.

"We go in June, it's still a mile and a half, it remains a major racetrack, a track that we still want to win," he said. "But now I'm just looking at it, we just have to wait and see the weather. The weather always plays a role, but I think the tires play a major role." Gordon will start the PBS 400 in an unenviable position in points. Kansas is the 13th race in the 26-race regular season and is 16th, 29 points out of 10 the threshold of this year are automatically qualified for the Chase.


Has not had a top-10 since Talladega in mid-April. It also has many drop in podiums (two) and not over-lap led five of 12 races.

If you do not produce better finishes soon as the best chance this weekend of the playoffs is one of the two wildcard slots to go to two drivers to win more races and also in the Top 20 in the ranking.

Gordon has one victory, which came to Phoenix in the second race of the season. Another weekend would be huge.

And although he said he would rather not do it through the "wild card" Gordon also said: "Everything we think is to make our car go faster every weekend, trying to get in position to get good finishes and, luck has suffered. "
Jeff Gordon may win in Kansas If not, there really is no Plan C.                                                

      

Gordon ends winless streak IN ARIZONA

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  Coming off a disappointing Daytona 500, Gordon struggled in qualifying and started 20th. Early in the race, he was knocked into the wall by Edwards and later had to avoid a massive wreck that led to a 14-minute red flag. He also had to pull behind another car to shake loose a piece of debris from his grill and fight his way back to the front after a slow pit stop late in the race.Gordon, a four-time Sprint Cup champion, was mired in a drought that seemed inexplicable for one of NASCAR’s most successful and popular drivers. Even in ending it, it wasn’t easy.


                           



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