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

Drivers Jeff Gordon, right, and teammate Mark Martin talk during qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Tums 500 Sprint...

Nextel Cup points leader Jeff Gordon, left, congratulates teammate Jimmie Johnson in victory lane after winning the Subway 500 NASCAR Nextel Cup...

Driver Jeff Gordon pushes his car after qualifying second for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Tums 500 auto race at...

Jimmie Johnson (48) and Jeff Gordon (24) race each other during a late restart as Mark Martin (5) and Juan Montoya (42...

...Jimmie Johnson (48) and Jeff Gordon (24) race out of turn four in the closing laps of the NASCAR Banking 500 Sprint...

...from left to right top row Tony Stewart, Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle, Mark Martin, Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Bottom row, Juan Pablo Montoya, Ryan Newman, Kasey Kahne, Kurt Busch, Denny Hamlin and Brian Vickers...