NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick, center, hugs driver Jeff Gordon and Gordon's daughter, Ella Sofia Gordon, in victory lane after Gordon won the first of...

...23, 2002, file photo showing Jimmie Johnson, left, being congratulated by car owner and fellow driver Jeff Gordon, right, after Johnson's qualifying laps for the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway...

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Jeff Gordon (24) skids while trying to avoid cars after Juan Pablo Montoya (42), of Colombia, tapped Carl...

FORT WORTH, TX - NOVEMBER 8: Pole sitter Jeff Gordon, driver of the #24 DuPont Chevrolet, and Kasey Kahne, driver of the #9 Budweiser Dodge, lead...

Jeff Gordon holds up the Pole flag after qualifying first for Sunday's Dickies 500 at Texas Motor...

...VA, USA; NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Mark Martin (5) leads teammates Jimmie Johnson (48) and Jeff Gordon (24) during the Russ Friedman 400 at the Richmond International Raceway. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas...

CAPTION: Oct. 10, 2009; Fontana, CA, USA; NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Jeff Gordon during practice for the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-US...

...Bobby Labonte in his Interstate Batteries Pontiac (18), John Andretti in his RCA Ford (98) and Jeff Gordon in his DuPont Refinishes Chevrolet (24

Jeff Gordon looks from his car during practice for the NASCAR Ford 400 Sprint Cup series auto race...

Jeff Gordon heads through a corner during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series' Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500...

Los Angeles Galaxy's forward Alan Gordon, front left, catches a fish at Pike Place Market with the help of Jeff Kirkpatrick, front right, as part of the publicity for an...