The Lugnut Report: Short Track Struggles for Jeff Gordon

For Jeff Gordon, Bristol is one of his best tracks with five career wins at the track. Gordon has found ways to win whether it was with bump and run on Rusty Wallace to pull off a win or just dominating the race. Tonight though would not be easy for this team. The weekend though started off strong for Gordon with sitting 11th fastest on the speed charts on Friday and then in final practice they were sitting in the top five in speeds. Gordon had an early draw for qualifying but a very tight race car that relegated them to a 33rd starting position. Gordon dropped back early, struggling with a tight race car. On the first caution Gordon came in they changed tires and made adjustments. The car was still too tight, and Gordon would be good for a...

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