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Hard to believe it’s been twenty-years for NASCAR driver and four-time Sprint Cup champion Jeff Gordon with his legendary owner Rick Hendrick.

Jeff Gordon’s 20-year Anniversary #24 Car Photo – DuPont.com

With this season marking their twenty-year anniversary, Jeff Gordon and Hendrick Motorsports along with DuPont, are celebrating the longest running driver – owner – sponsor partnership in NASCAR.


Together, they plan to celebrate the conclusion of their 20th season at Homestead, with a special “Hot Hues Cosmic Dust” silver metallic paint-scheme, designed by NASCAR’s first officially licensed artist Sam Bass. 


In the last twenty-years, Gordon has notched an amazing 85 career victories. And that along with his marketing prowess during his storied career is legendary in it’s own right. DuPont reinforces the value of their long-standing partnership at the unveiling of their special paint scheme. “Jeff Gordon has been an ideal ambassador for the DuPont brand…,” said Scott Coleman, chief marketing and sales officer for DuPont. “He is a consummate professional and a true champion both on and off the track.”


Other Jeff Gordon sponsors agree with Coleman’s assessment. In addition to DuPont, Gordon’s other long-standing and new sponsors include: AARP/Drive to End Hunger, Pepsi MAX, GM, Quaker State, Time Warner Cable and DVX. An enviable list for any driver and especially to those struggling for sponsorship in today’s economy.  


A lot of fans are familiar with Jeff Gordon’s commitment with AARP and their Drive to End Hunger by his recent paint schemes and promotions. In Charlotte this past two-weeks AARP organized another Drive to End Hunger event involving fans and NASCAR notables to help feed thousands in the Charlotte, NC area. 

Pepsi MAX promotional photo

Recently, Gordon was also seen on twitter and facebook, teasing a new Pepsi MAX promotion coming soon with a photo of the new commemorative No. 24 Jeff Gordon collection of Pepsi MAX bottles. 


Pepsi MAX is planning an exciting, interactive promotion with fans in the coming weeks with daily giveaways. Fans will also be able to purchase and collect the No. 24 Jeff Gordon Pepsi MAX bottles. 


Because of Gordon’s twenty-year anniversary, everyone will want to include the Pepsi MAX collector bottles as part of their personal memorabilia to celebrate this historic year and the career of a NASCAR hero. 


Although Jeff Gordon’s season has not been going to plan for the first half of the year, with the celebration of his twentieth season, it would be no surprise to see a reversal of his fortune going into the second half. Gordon fans will proudly voice their vote of confidence for a win from the No. 24 team coming soon! 


Gordon has his sights set on being in victory lane at least once. “I’m looking forward to hopefully taking this special DuPont…paint scheme to Victory Lane in November to thank all of the amazing DuPont employees and customers who I’ve come to know like family and who have supported me loyally over the past two decades,” says Gordon.


But if Gordon has his way, the best way to celebrate his twenty-years in NASCAR with his fans, will be in victory lane as many times as possible in the next half of this season. 


Watch out all other Sprint Cup teams! Look for the No. 24 team to Chase a “Wild Card” in the coming weeks!

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The Monster – Dover International Speedway

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This week the Sprint Cup teams are heading to the Monster Mile at Dover International Speedway, one of two concrete tracks on the circuit. At Dover and on concrete since 2008, there is one team that stands out along with one crew chief, and they will be going head-to-head to reign in the Monster at the FedEx 400 this weekend. 


Among active drivers, the most successful driver-crew chief combination at Dover has been Johnson and Knaus with six wins, nearly half of Hendrick Motorsports, total 13 wins at the track. Johnson found early success, winning twice in 2002, then again in 2005. He repeated his Dover sweep in 2009 and then won again in 2010. 


As impressive as those numbers are, since 2008 there is someone with an equal number of three wins at Dover and greater overall success on concrete tracks.  


Looking at NASCARS’ only two concrete surface tracks – Dover and Bristol – between 2008 and 2011, with eight races at each track, there’s one crew chief that stands out among the rest. With two different drivers, he has earned four wins – three at Dover, six top-threes, seven top-fives and nine top-tens with drivers – Kurt and Kyle Busch. The two drivers have combined to lead 1,398 laps; 1026 led by Kyle and 372 laps led by Kurt. During this time, the two drivers were outside the top-20 only three times. The crew chief behind these drivers’ success – Steve Addington. 

Addington in Daytona January 2012 Photo – Jared C Tilton/Getty Images

Addington is now at Stewart-Haas Racing as crew chief for the 2011 Sprint Cup champion, Tony Stewart. In an interview this week, Stewart was asked about his past success at the track and he acknowledged, in more recent years the track has proven to be challenging. “Whatever we’ve had in the past, we’re not bringing back,”  said Stewart. “I told Steve (Addington), I don’t care what package you put in the car, just make sure it isn’t what we ran the last two races there.”


In the same 2008 to 2011 time frame, Stewart has notched zero wins, two second-place finishes and five top-ten results with 275 laps led and seven finishes outside the top-20. Despite his recent not-so-good results, Stewart goes into this weekend with a great deal of confidence in his crew chief – Steve Addington – who he considers his competitive advantage.  


During the same media interview as Stewart, Addington was asked about how different his set-up is on concrete tracks? “Well, it’s a different animal just because of the speeds you carry at both those places – Dover and Bristol,” said Addington. “Keeping our tires and tire geometry to where we really watch our camber wear and stuff like that, because it’ll mislead you in places like that and you can get off. That’s the big thing – our front-end geometry and how we put the ride in the car.” Addington’s, impressive results on concrete tracks, reveal he knows what he’s talking about, when it comes to competing for a win at Dover.


With the regular season at the half-way point at the conclusion of the FedEx 400, this race will confirm for fans who to watch for the next half of the season going into the Chase.


Knowing the recent success of the #48 team and Steve Addington – particularly on concrete – it seems there’s an interesting concrete King match up developing for this weekend. Which King will reign in The Monster?  


Add to the equation, that since 2002, there are only two drivers with a total of eight championships between them – Stewart and Johnson – it becomes even more clear they are the two main drivers to watch and not just this weekend as they continue to position themselves for their next crowning title.  


For fans it will be fun and perhaps even historic to watch these two championship teams compete. But now the question we are all wondering – is there anyone else this year that will step up to challenge Johnson or Stewart beyond this weekend?

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