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Bad News for the Competition; Jeff Gordon is on a roll.(Racing)(Winston Cup racing circuit)(Brief Article)
Byline: AL PEARCE
It took Jeff Gordon and his Rainbow Warriors 24 races to realize they could win another Winston Cup. If they weren't fully convinced by winning the previous weekend at Bristol, they surely became believers by winning the 53rd annual Southern 500 at storied Darlington Raceway.
By leading the most laps and beating points-leader Sterling Marlin by three positions, Gordon jumped to second. His 91-point deficit can evaporate in about the time it takes to limp around a superspeedway with a flat tire and make a green-flag stop. To put it another way: Depending on lap-leader bonus points, if Gordon can finish about 22 positions ahead of Marlin at the next race at Richmond, Gordon will take the points lead.
His prospects look pretty solid. He has 23 more career wins (26-3) than Marlin at Richmond, Loudon, Dover, Kansas City, Talladega, Charlotte, Martinsville, Atlanta, Rockingham, Phoenix and Homestead. He's won at nine of the last 11 venues (missing only Phoenix and Homestead); by contrast, Marlin has won only at Talladega and Charlotte.
``He's always the one to beat,'' said Bill Elliott, who finished behind Gordon and Ryan Newman (who might be in a Dodge next year if team owner Roger Penske makes the rumored switch) but ahead of Marlin, Dale Jarrett, Ward Burton, Kurt Busch, Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Burton. ``Look at his past; if he doesn't have any bad luck, he'll be hard to beat. And look at the tracks coming up; he runs well at all of those places.''
Johnson, Gordon's rookie teammate, thinks the die has been cast. ``I've been saying all year that when the ...
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