Gordon denies 2010 retirement

[tkj24]

Gordon denies 2010 retirement
Posted: Saturday May 31, 2008 09:46AM ET
Four-time Sprint Cup champion Jeff Gordon said a contract extension announced Thursday with primary sponsor DuPont is not a signal that he has made any retirement plans. "I haven't made any decisions about what's going to happen, one way or the other, past 2010," said Gordon. "I've always been the type of driver who doesn't look too far ahead." The new deal will carry Gordon and his primary sponsor through the 2010 season. "I wanted to secure my position at Hendrick Motorsports. That's why I worked hard to become an equity owner and do a lifetime contract because I knew that's where I wanted to be as long as I drive a race car." Gordon said it coould work to a team's disadvantage to make too long of a sponsor commitment. "If you extend sponsorship too far, sometimes you'll be losing money because we don't know the expense of the sport too far in advance," he said.

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[sledge]

It it just me or does it seem like Gordon is not the same driver since having a kid?

 

[WNY24Fan]

It it just me or does it seem like Gordon is not the same driver since having a kid?

It's not just you saying that, but I do recall seeing one sweet looking baby in VL with her proud daddy last year. He finished 2nd in the Chase and had the most points combining those points with the first 26 races AFTER she was born.

What I don't get is why they've been so slow to pick it up with this Crap of Today car. Granted they were concentrating on the Chase while others were working on the new car, but they did well with it last season. At least he's picking it up now. His fans are rather frustrated, too, I might add. I think a lesser driver may be no where near where Jeff is in the standings with how bad the cars have been most weeks.

Last year people were saying.. Uggh..not JJ or Jeff winning again. Much like Kyle's going through this year.

 

[barelypure]

It's not just you saying that, but I do recall seeing one sweet looking baby in VL with her proud daddy last year. He finished 2nd in the Chase and had the most points combining those points with the first 26 races AFTER she was born.

What I don't get is why they've been so slow to pick it up with this Crap of Today car. Granted they were concentrating on the Chase while others were working on the new car, but they did well with it last season. At least he's picking it up now. His fans are rather frustrated, too, I might add. I think a lesser driver may be no where near where Jeff is in the standings with how bad the cars have been most weeks.

Last year people were saying.. Uggh..not JJ or Jeff winning again. Much like Kyle's going through this year.

They came out doing well last season as they had better engineering testing before the season. It's not that they were so good but that the others were just that bad. Then they have to concentrate on the Chase and bringing in Lil'E while the others were concentrating on getting better. I don't know that the rest are that far ahead of HMS but it is a more even playing field. Except for Kyle who can drive anything to VL.

 

[WNY24Fan]

They came out doing well last season as they had better engineering testing before the season. It's not that they were so good but that the others were just that bad. Then they have to concentrate on the Chase and bringing in Lil'E while the others were concentrating on getting better. I don't know that the rest are that far ahead of HMS but it is a more even playing field. Except for Kyle who can drive anything to VL.

Maybe they can let Kyle drive a tractor at Pocono. ROFL