NASCAR: Why Jeff Gordon Should Be Parked for the Chase’s Final Race at Homestead

Jeff Gordon is a four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion. He's also an 86-time race winner, three-time Daytona 500 champion and 72-time polesitter at NASCAR's highest level. But on Sunday, he was also the sport's biggest idiot, committing an act of retaliation against Clint Bowyer so reckless and irresponsible that NASCAR would be amiss not to park him for next week's season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. In case you haven't seen the highlights by now, with eight laps to go, Gordon and Bowyer made contact on the backstretch. The contact cut one of Gordon's tires and sent him into the outside wall. NASCAR chose not to throw a caution, allowing Gordon to continue making laps despite debris coming off of his car. The No. 24 car then began to...

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