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July 29, 2012

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

SPEEDWAY, Ind. — Team owner Rick Hendrick may have had better days — but not many.

Hendrick joined his No. 48 team in kissing the bricks at the finish line after driver Jimmie Johnson won Sunday’s Crown Royal 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, taking the checkered flag 4.758 seconds ahead of runner-up Kyle Busch and tying teammate Jeff Gordon for most NASCAR Sprint Cup Series wins at the Brickyard — four.

Continue reading “Jimmie Johnson Wins Fourth Cup Race At Brickyard; Earnhardt Jr. Takes Series Lead”

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Gordon In East Africa To Inaugurate Rwandan Cancer Center

Four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon will spend part of his off-week vacation in Africa. On Wednesday, July 18, the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Rwanda, Partners In Health, the Jeff Gordon Children’s Foundation and the Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center will inaugurate the Butaro Cancer Center of Excellence, which will serve as the first national cancer referral facility in rural Rwanda. The Center, located within Butaro Hospital in northern rural Rwanda, is a critical element of Rwanda’s ambitious five-year plan to introduce cancer prevention, screening and treatment on a national level. The facility’s opening will mark a major milestone as the first center of its kind to bring comprehensive cancer care to rural East Africa.

Among dignitaries attending is the 42nd President of the United States Bill Clinton.

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Gordon: Road Course Racing Changes For The Better
Jeff Gordon is a five-time Sonoma winner but that doesn’t mean he’s got the keys to the Northern California course in his pocket. Far from it. Gordon last won in 2006 – the season before the current NASCAR Sprint Cup chassis was introduced. The new car has evened the playing field and brought more contenders into the mix. No longer do many teams bring older, short track cars to the road courses. And, Gordon added, double-file restarts have made the road races more like Martinsville’s slamming and shoving than traditional, follow the leaders and hit your marks affairs.

Continue reading “Jeff Gordon Heads Home, Hopes For Road Course Win”