Jeff Gordon, driver of the #24 Drive To End Hunger/AARP Chevrolet, met with members of the media at Charlotte Motor Speedway and discussed Dale Earnhardt, Jr. out of No. 88 with concussion, Jimmie Johnson at Charlotte, rule changes and other topics.
TALK ABOUT COMING TO CHARLOTTE RIDING A WAY OF STRONG FINISHES: “Thank you. It is exciting to know how things are going for us right now. It’s been a pretty crazy season for us; up and down. Not too many things have gone our way, but we’ve found a way to carve our way into the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Of course, then it started the way it did in Chicago. But, other than that, we’ve been on quite a roll; quite a streak. Really proud of this team. It’s got me excited to go to each and every race. We’ve just really improved our cars, and it has me driving with more confidence; giving better information back to them. I give so much credit to the team, and how hard they are worked. From the beginning of the season when we were good, but c...
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