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Great day. So-so race. Bad broadcast.

Jeff Gordon ended the longest winless drought of his career, beating Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jimmie Johnson to finally win at Texas.

Gordon won for the first time in 48 races Sunday at the 1 1/2 -mile, high-banked Texas Motor Speedway, one of only two active tracks where the four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion had never won a race.

I had a great day today, at least until I sat down to watch the race and it has nothing to do with the fact that I am most definitely NOT a Jeff Gordon fan. The race was okay, but if I have to put up with Digger one more time I am going to throw something at my big screen television, or simply change the channel.

Congratulations, Jeff. I know you had a dry spell there for a while.

Jeff Gordon will start from the pole position in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Martinsville Speedway after steady rain washed out qualifying Friday.

Being the points leader also earned Gordon the prime stall on the cramped pit road of NASCAR’s tricky, 0.526-mile oval. He will be seeking his eighth victory at Martinsville, tops among active drivers, and his first in 47 races.

The qualifying rainout, he figures, only helps his chances.

I hate it when rain cancels qualifying, and I hate it more when rain calls the race. Let’s hope it all clears up before Sunday.

Congratulations to Jeff Gordon and Kyle Busch.

Jeff Gordon won the first Gatorade Duel.

Jeff Gordon found his way back to Victory Lane.

The four-time NASCAR Cup series champion, who went winless last year for the first time since his 1993 rookie season, held on to win Thursday’s first Gatorade Duel during the first qualifying race for Sunday’s Daytona 500.

And Kyle Busch won the second one.

Kyle Busch got a little help from Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin to win Thursday’s second Gatorade Duel at Daytona.

Hamlin pushed Busch past Mark Martin with five laps remaining, and Busch was able to hold off a last-lap charge from Martin and Brian Vickers to win the race to the checkered flag.

Darrell Waltrip said that winning at Pocono might come down to fuel strategy.

Well, first and second places didn’t come down to fuel, but the rest of the finish did. Several cars ran out of gas on the last lap, including Dale Jr. and Jeff Gordon.

It wasn’t quite the exciting ending anyone would have hoped for (has there been an exciting ending since the Car of Tomorrow debuted?) but it worked.

Congratulations to Carl Edwards for winning, and to Tony Stewart for somehow making it all the way up to second place after mentioning during the rain delay that the car probably wasn’t a top 5 car.

Ryan Newman made an awesome pass with about three laps to go, and the race was his to lose. Of course, he lost control and spun himself bringing out the caution and handing the race to Gordon.

Jeff Gordon conceded the win to one teammate, worried another would take it from him, then stressed about a fuel issue he feared would prevent him from finishing Saturday night’s race.

Despite all his concerns, Gordon made it to the finish line for his sixth win of the season, and staked his claim on the Nextel Cup title. Gordon’s win at Lowe’s Motor Speedway helped him widen his lead in the standings from nine points at the start of the night to 68 over teammate Jimmie Johnson.

“Just an incredible day for the team,” Gordon said. “We needed to get to the finish. We had such a hard time getting to the finish, whether we were wrecking or having a mechanical problem.”

All in all, even though Gordon won, it was a great race. I thought it was hilarious, listening to the announcers though. Everytime one of them complimented Jeff Gordon, it seems Rusty Wallace had nothing to say. Ha!

Jeff Gordon saved the best for last to win the pole Friday for Sunday’s NASCAR Nextel Cup 3M Performance 400.

Gordon was the last car to make a qualification attempt at the two-mile Michigan International Speedway, and made the most of it by knocking Greg Biffle off the pole.

Gordon’s Chevrolet Monte Carlo was fastest at 189.026 miles per hour. That was almost a half-mile per hour faster than Biffle, who was the next-to-last driver on the track.

Why don’t I find this news surprising?

One thing I do find surprising is that Michael Waltrip qualified 11th. Way to go, Michael!