We are going to start off today with a quick fan question, came across NASCAR’s Twitter account. A fan named Max in Arizona, he wants to know: What are your chances of winning one of the upcoming Chase races starting with week at Kansas where you won a couple of times?
JEFF GORDON: Well, thank you Max for the question. I think our chances are really good. I’ve been really excited about the mile and a halfs in the final ten races in the Chase. I feel like that’s something that we have really done a great job with improving from last season, and I feel like that’s where this championship can really get turned around for us in the DuPont Chevrolet. We haven’t had the best start especially compared to our teammates. But this last week in Dover was certainly a good performance. Didn’t get the finish we were hoping for but I feel in Kansas, we are cable, very capable of getting that win that we need to really move ourselves up to where we need to be to battle for this championship so hopefully we can pull that off.
Q. You said last week that you’re every bit as hungry for a championship as you’ve ever been, still don’t like to finish second or worse. How does it wear on you like at Dover being up in possible position to win and slipping back, and then having those two teammates out of the same stable who are able to stay up there and win races and finish second? How does that, what kind of emotional or mental wear and tear is that on you?
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Apparently, Joey Logano is none the worse for wear.
No Repeats at Kansas
Last year’s winner Denny Hamlin was the eighth different driver to win at Kansas in eight races.
