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Jeff Gordon wins another one.(The Orlando Sentinel)

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| September 01, 2002 | Hinton, Ed | COPYRIGHT 2002 McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

DARLINGTON, S.C. _ Only eight days removed from a 31-race losing streak, Jeff Gordon is NASCAR's man to beat again, with back-to-back victories.

NASCAR's winningest active driver is back to rolling up milestones, and charging for a fifth Winston Cup championship.

He was so strong Sunday that the Southern 500 was over, blatantly, 137 laps before it was over. After he blew by Sterling Marlin on lap 240, "it was adios," Gordon acknowledged.

His Chevrolet Monte Carlo was flawless en route to his second consecutive win and the 60th of his career, after being stuck at 58 for nearly 11 months. He broke the drought at Bristol, Tenn., on Aug. 24.

"It's been a heck of an eight days, that's for sure," Gordon said.

And this made his fifth Southern 500 win, tying him with Cale Yarborough in career success in NASCAR's oldest 500-mile race. He moved to third in total wins at Darlington Raceway with six, behind David Pearson's 10 and the late Dale Earnhardt's 9.

Strategically he moved to second in the point standings, only 91 behind Marlin, and virtually everyone in the garage after the race saw Gordon as the hunter now, and Marlin as the hunted _ even Marlin.

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