Jeff Gordon’s Drive for Five Still Alive in NASCAR Chase: A Reason To Believe

It's been a promise that's remained unfulfilled since 2002, when Jeff Gordon and his associates launched his "Drive for Five" campaign, a slogan regarding the Vallejo, Calif. native's attempts to win a fifth NASCAR championship. He's been close to capturing that fifth title on two occasions, specifically in 2004 and 2007, when his team was the most consistent but just not the fastest when it all mattered in the Sprint for the Sprint Cup title. And then there are those seasons in which he's just had to seek for respectability despite an otherwise off year. With distractions on and off-the-track in his life in the '02 season, Gordon slipped from the top of the stock car world to an almost human fourth place points finish. While considered a g...

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