{"id":11029,"date":"2013-11-30T14:37:56","date_gmt":"2013-11-30T19:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/?p=11029"},"modified":"2013-11-30T14:41:56","modified_gmt":"2013-11-30T19:41:56","slug":"gordon-losing-aggression-towards-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/2013\/11\/30\/gordon-losing-aggression-towards-racing\/","title":{"rendered":"Gordon Losing Aggression Towards Racing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2013\/11\/pAQiA.AuSt_.156.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11030\" alt=\"pAQiA.AuSt.156\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2013\/11\/pAQiA.AuSt_.156.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2013\/11\/pAQiA.AuSt_.156.jpg 620w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2013\/11\/pAQiA.AuSt_.156-594x400.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/files\/2013\/11\/pAQiA.AuSt_.156-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Article By: Jonah Rens<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Gordon was decent this year. He only captured one win at Martinsville Speedway. Gordon\u2019s teammate, Jimmie Johnson, pushed himself more into the record books with his sixth title. Johnson now has 66 wins and six championships while Gordon remains with just four championships and 88 career victories.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Back in the 1990\u2019s Gordon was aggressive and into the early 2000\u2019s, but when did Gordon stop being aggressive? I was recently watching an old race on YouTube, the 2006 UAW Ford 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, and Gordon was most certainly more aggressive.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cSometimes you\u2019re leading at the front of the pack and sometimes you\u2019re not and your trying to work your way up.\u201d Gordon once stated.<\/p>\n<p>He may have applied that quote to his racing 5-10 years ago but he&#8217;s becoming older. He&#8217;s losing his magic on the racetrack.<\/p>\n<p>After the Martinsville victory, Gordon blew a tire down at Texas Motor Speedway dropping him from third to sixth in the Sprint Cup standings. Following the season finale at Homestead Miami Speedway Gordon concluded the season sixth in the standings.<\/p>\n<p>Once again Gordon, and the rest of racers, were defeated by Johnson. This isn\u2019t the first time Gordon in particular has been beaten by Johnson. During the 2007 season they ended the year 1-2 for Hendrick Motorsports in the standings with Johnson coming out on top.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s also been blessed with a wonderful crew chief, Chad Knaus. Whenever you have a dominate combination you\u2019re bound to win and that\u2019s what happened to both Johnson and Gordon. During the 1990\u2019s the tag team to beat was Gordon and Ray Evernham and now its Knaus and Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>After Gordon was ripped from Evernham he was forced to partner with Steve Letarte. Together they never won the Sprint Cup gold but captured a couple victories. Following Hendrick\u2019s crew chief swap Gordon was given Alan Gustafson after Mark Martin left Hendrick.<\/p>\n<p>During Gustafson and Martin\u2019s time together they produced only one victory at Phoenix International Raceway and Martin never improved on that. Now Martin is retiring from the racing action. Call me crazy but Gustafson could end Gordon\u2019s career as well.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Article By: Jonah Rens Jeff Gordon was decent this year. He only captured one win at Martinsville Speedway. Gordon\u2019s teammate, Jimmie Johnson, pushed himself more into the record books with his sixth title. Johnson now has 66 wins and six championships while Gordon remains with just four championships and 88 career victories. 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