What an amazing week in NASCAR! Jeff Gordon is back in the Chase! After nearly a week of deliberation, NASCAR made the unprecedented decision Friday to add the four-time champion to the 2013 Chase for the Championship field. "Due to the totality of the events that were outside of Jeff Gordon’s issues, we’re going to add a 13th position to the field and Jeff Gordon will qualify for the championship this year,” NASCAR Chairman Brian France said in an afternoon press conference. “We believe that looking at all of it that there were too many things that altered the event and a gave an unfair disadvantage to Jeff and his team who would have qualified. “I have the authority to do that, we are going to do that. It’s an unprecedented and extraordinary thing, but it’s also an unprecedented and extraordinary set of circumstances that unfolded in multiple different ways on Saturday night. We believe this is the right outcome to protect the integrity — which is our number one goal — of NASCAR.” Gordon was running seventh at Richmond International Raceway on Saturday night when Michael Waltrip Racing driver Clint Bowyer spun to bring out the caution with seven laps remaining in the race. At the time of the caution, Gordon had the position and the points to qualify for the top 10 in the standings and a spot in the Chase. Gordon is 13th in the points standings after all three Michael Waltrip Racing drivers, including Martin Truex Jr., were docked 50 points Monday. NASCAR president Mike Helton added that both Front Row Motorsports and Penske Racing will be on probation for the remainder of the season.
Posted on: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 21:30:20 +0000
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