NEXT RACE
Las Vegas, Nevada
11 Mar 07 @ 3:30pm ET
'06 Winner: Jimmie Johnson
| Gordon @ Vegas |
| Starts | 9 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Top 5's | 4 |
| Top 10's | 4 |
| Top 20's | 7 |
| DNF's | 1 |
| #24 2007 Stats |
| AFTER CALIFORNIA |
| Starts | 2 |
| Poles | 1 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Top 5's | 1 |
| Top 10's | 2 |
| DNF's | 0 |
| Points | 3rd |
| NASCAR Top Ten |
| AFTER CALIFORNIA |
| Martin | 335 |
| J. Burton | 330 |
| J. Gordon | 309 |
| Harvick | 307 |
| Ragan (R) | 270 |
| Bowyer | 264 |
| Nemechek | 259 |
| Yeley | 251 |
| Ky. Busch | 239 |
| Stremme | 236 |
| Complete Standings @ NASCAR.com |
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Latest Headlines
25 FEB 2007 - AUTO CLUB 500 - Matt Kenseth held off Jeff Gordon on a late restart and won the Auto Club 500 at California Speedway for his first win of the 2007 season. Jimmie Johnson finished 3rd followed by J. Burton, Martin, Bowyer, Ku. Busch, Stewart, Ky. Busch and Vickers. Vickers gets Toyota it's first Nextel Cup top ten finish ever. Complete Results
23 FEB 2007 - NNC QUALIFYING - Jeff Gordon won the pole for Sunday's Auto Club 500 at California with a speed of 185.735 for his 57th career pole position. The rest of the top ten: Kahne, Martin, Harvick, Earnhardt Jr., Bowyer, Truex Jr., J. Burton, Montoya (R) and Mears. Those who needed to make the race on time that qualified were Vickers, Menard, Nemechek, Marlin, Sauter, Andretti and Reutimann. Jarrett will use his past champions' provisional for the second consecutive race and will start 43rd. Those who failed to qualify were Waltrip (was knocked out by his own teammate Reutimann), W. Burton, Mayfield, Allmendinger, Whitt, Bliss, K. Wallace and Lepage. Tony Raines will have to drop to the back because of an engine change.
21 FEB 2007 - NASCAR.com Power Rankings - Report: Gordon impresses unborn baby with sensational last-lap move to get 10th in brilliant battle with David Stremme.
21 FEB 2007 - PAINT SCHEMES - Performance PR Plus - Jeff Gordon has caught the "Wave." Now he wants to ride it to victory in the Auto Club 500 at California Speedway on Sunday. Gordon's No. 24 Chevrolet will carry the familiar "fire and flames" design in this weekend's 500-mile race but will feature a new waterborne paint. DuPont� Cromax� Pro, which is being introduced in preparation for strict California emissions regulations, and their "Catch the Wave" product slogan will be featured on the four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion's Monte Carlo SS and firesuit. "This is our 15th year together, and it's always exciting to showcase DuPont's great line of paint products on our Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet," said Gordon. "Hopefully, we can provide the perfect backdrop for photographs of the car: Victory Lane."
17 FEB 2007 - PENALTY - (ESPN.com / Jayski) - Jeff Gordon didn't sleep well on Thursday night. Not necessarily because his car failed inspection following the second of two 150-mile qualifying races, but because he was worried people might think his team deliberately cheated. That's understandable in a week in which five crew chiefs and one vice president for competition have been suspended since Tuesday. "That's what's bothered me the most," Gordon said. "It's what kept me up all night. People are going to think we did something to circumvent the rules." NASCAR determined that a parts failure resulted in the rear quarter panel of Gordon's #24 Chevrolet being too low. Because it was deemed unintentional and gave Gordon no competitive advantage, the penalty was light. Gordon was forced to move from the second to last row -- 42nd [his worst previous start in the 500 was 39th in 2004] in the 43-car field -- for Sunday's Daytona 500. "It's easy if you just say the car was low," said Gordon, a three-time Daytona 500 champion. "But the car wasn't low on the racetrack. That's why the penalty is what it is. If NASCAR felt like it was any more than that we'd be in the same position as those other guys. I wouldn't have a crew chief right now. We'd have our points fined and a monetary fine." Gordon had reason to be concerned others would question his team's motives. #31-Jeff Burton of Richard Childress Racing was so concerned that he went to the NASCAR hauler to see what part was confiscated. "It's my opinion what happened to the 24 is just a screwup," Burton said. "The part was beat up pretty badly. It wasn't machined to work that way. It was seen by me as an honest mistake. From what I've seen, it wasn't a performance advantage. I think the punishment met the crime." Gordon said it will be a challenge going from the back to the front, but not one he can't overcome. "We're going to have to have a real good handling race car and also a fast race car," Gordon said before Friday's practice. "We're going to take not too much speed out of that car and really get the car to handling." Robin Pemberton, NASCAR's vice president for competition, said no further penalties would be levied against Gordon's team.
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