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Gordon Hopes to 'Tear Up' Lowe's Track

Gordon Hopes to 'Tear Up' Lowe's Rail

CONCORD, N.C. (Oct. 12, 2005) - In May, Lowe's Motor Speedway got the all-time of him. This Sabbatum nighttime, Jeff Gordon hopes to tear up the track -- and the competition -- in the UAW-GM Quality 500. Prior to the 600-mile outcome in May, a diamond grinder was used to smooth the racing surface, a process rail president H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler described as "levigating." During the race, Gordon's No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet was severely damaged when a piece of the track sealer became dislodged and slammed into the nosepiece of his Monte Carlo. Afterwards several pit stops during the circumspection menses to repair the impairment, the four-time champion recovered to pb the race with just over 100 laps to go. Unfortunately, Gordon was involved in an accident during the closing stages of the event and finished 30th. "We've struggled on the mile-and-a-half and two-mile tracks this yr, but we ran really well during the event here in May," Gordon said. "I don't know if it was due to the 'levigating,' just nosotros really hit on something in our setup. "I empathise they did some more work on the track. It'll be interesting to see how much it has changed since May." Last Sunday at Kansas, Gordon posted his beginning top-ten finish with new crew chief Steve Letarte, who took over the function four races ago. It as well marked his start top-x since Las Vegas in March on the one-and-a-half mile and two-mile tracks that accept been the team's Achilles Heel this season. "It's non often that I'yard happy with a 10th-place end," Gordon said. "Nosotros ran well, made good adjustments on the DuPont Chevrolet and had good advice throughout the race. "Unfortunately, nosotros lost track position in the middle of the race and could never become it back." In 25 career starts at Lowe's, Gordon has four wins, thirteen top-fives and 15 acme-10s. He leads active drivers with seven pole positions, including five straight in the 600-miler from 1994-1998. Lowe's Motor Speedway is as well the site of several Gordon "firsts." He won his first career NASCAR Cup Serial pole there in 1993 and captured his kickoff career win there in 1994. If he tears upwards the runway this Saturday like he has done in the past, it could exist another start for Gordon.