The Top 5 in NASCAR Sprint Cup: Where The Elite Meet

A classic battle has shaped up, at the top of the standings in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. It’s a “battle royal” if there ever was one: Four of the top five drivers in the current standings are former NASCAR Sprint Cup champions.
This is just about as good as it gets for this early in the season.

• You have four-time champion (1995, 1997, 1998, 2001) Jeff Gordon leading the pack and coming off his first win since November 2007, at Texas Motor Speedway.

• Three-time defending series champion Jimmie Johnson is second in points, after finishing second to Gordon in Texas.

• 2004 champion Kurt Busch is third in the standings.

• And two-time (2002 and 2005) champion Tony Stewart is fifth in points – in his first year as a driver-owner.

The total number of points separating Gordon from Stewart: 216.

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Jeff Gordon is back on his game after capturing the checkered flag at Texas Motors Speedway last Sunday, officially ending his 47-race winless streak that dated back to Oct. 13, 2007.

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Gordon has done a lot over his 18-year NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career, but he is using this season to settle some unfinished business.

Gordon leads all active drivers in wins at different tracks, including 21 of 22 tracks on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule. The one track left on the active schedule where he hasn’t won is Homestead-Miami Speedway. Winning there would be big, but Gordon has set his eyes on a bigger prize.

Most notably on his list of “have yet to dos” is winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship in the Chase format.

His two highest finishes in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup were third in the 2004 Chase, and second in the 2007 Chase.
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NNS Recap: Guitar Hero: Logano Wins At Nashville

Special to Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

(April 11, 2009)(Photo: CIA Stock Photo)

LEBANON, Tenn. — Joe Gibbs Racing’s Joey Logano slipped past teammate Kyle Busch with nine laps to go and hung on to win the Nashville 300 Nationwide Series race at Nashville Superspeedway.

The victory was Logano’s first of the season and second of his young career. The 18-year-old also won last year at Kentucky Speedway.

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The Final Lap CHAT Show #59 – Wed, 8 Apr 2009
Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr. both implode. Kyle Busch dominates NNS Texas race, Jeff Gordon ends his win-less streak, Cup & Trucks are off but NNS races Nashville. We hear from drivers Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart and more. Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Paul Northrop

THE HARVICKS AND HORNADAY VISIT WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER
KERNERSVILLE, N.C. (April 8, 2009) – Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) co-owners Kevin and DeLana Harvick along with three-time Truck Series champion Ron Hornaday paid a special visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Tuesday, April 7th. The Harvicks and Hornaday were greeted by Walter Reed’s commander general, Maj. Gen. Carla Hawley-Bowland, upon arrival. Being accompanied by VFW National Commander Glen Gardener the group participated in a tour of the hospital, visiting injured soldiers, signing autographs and experiencing the services provided by proud KHI sponsor Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW).

“This is an opportunity very few people get to experience,” said Kevin Harvick. “I am very proud of our affiliation with the VFW and all of the programs they offer to our veterans and their families. I was able to personally say thank you to some of our country’s finest men and women who have given so much for all of us. This visit was an eye-opening experience at how far medical research has come and it was truly an honor to be able to meet and talk with these brave men and women.”

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