| The usually outstanding NASCAR pilot Jeff Gordon | | | | with six races remaining for the Nextel Cup |
| has been suffering of a bad luck streak lately and | | | | Championship. At the end he only lost 27 points to |
| this Sunday he got caught in an eleven car crash | | | | the series leader. |
| halfway through the UAW-Ford 500 at Talladega | | | | Jeff Burton was fifth before he had to pit with a |
| Super Speedway. Gordon has won four times the | | | | flat tire just 11 laps from the end. He finished in |
| NASCAR Championship but this time he ended up | | | | the 27th place. |
| 36th. This is his second consecutive ending near | | | | Brian Vickers was the eventual winner of the |
| the bottom of the field. | | | | race. He knocked Jimmie Johnson into leader Dale |
| Gordon and his team handled to put his damaged | | | | Earnhardt on the last lap and both pilots spun off |
| Chevrolet #24 again on track to at least make up | | | | the track. Earnhardt, whose current position in the |
| a few places and earn a few additional points in | | | | points is sixth ended up in the 23rd place and |
| the race. But according to Gordon "...it just doesn't | | | | Johnson in the 24th and eight in the points. |
| seem meant to be for the DuPont Chevrolet". | | | | The pilot Matt Kenseth finished second. Batesville's |
| Last Sunday Gordon was leading a race-high 27 | | | | Mark Martin finished eighth and Kevin Harvick |
| laps before the crash on lap 138 of 188. The | | | | finished sixth. |
| famous pilot fell from the 6th position to the 7th | | | | |