WATKINS GLEN -- A WELCOME SIGHT FOR DEFENDING CHAMPION JEFFY GORDON

    WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. - It's been 4,069 left turns since NASCAR's all-time 
road course winner last made a right in Sonoma, and Jeff Gordon is ready to 
make some right turns this weekend in the Sirius Satellite Radio at The Glen 
at Watkins Glen International.
    In nine career races at the twisting 2.45-mile road course, Gordon has 
four wins, a NASCAR Winston Cup record at Watkins Glen, and six top-five 
finishes. He won this event last season to notch his seventh career road 
course victory, breaking the record for all-time road course wins.
    "I enjoy the road course races and I've had a lot of success here," said 
Gordon, driver of the No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet. "Jeff (Burton) and I had a 
great duel at the end of last year's race and it was a lot of fun because he 
races clean.
    "But it was tough and I was wore out at the end of the race. I think the 
road courses are some of the toughest races because we are constantly 
shifting and turning with very few caution laps to rest. 
    "If it's hot like Indianapolis was last week, we'll have to be on top of 
our game mentally and physically."
    After finishing sixth last weekend in the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis 
Motor Speedway, Gordon picked up 63 points to close to within 125 of leader 
Sterling Marlin in the NASCAR Winston Cup point standings. He trails third 
place Mark Martin by just 16 and second place Jimmie Johnson by 32.
    Gordon would also like to win this event to continue his five-year streak 
of winning at least one of the two road course events on the Winston Cup 
schedule. In 1998 and 1999 he swept both road course races and quickly became 
known as "King of the Road."
    "We want to win every race," said Gordon. "But this team has a little 
more pride when it comes to road courses and we expect to win each time out." 
    
    Gordon came close to extending the streak at Infineon Raceway (formerly 
Sears Point Raceway) in June. He appeared to have the dominant car and was 
leading the race when the rear-end gear broke and forced the team behind the 
wall for repairs. He finished 37th, his worst of the 2002 season.
    "Sitting in that race car while the team was making repairs was a tough 
pill to swallow," Gordon said. "It just seems like that's the way our season 
has gone. This team still has a lot of fight left in them and hopefully we've 
put all that bad luck behind us."

Publishers Note: I know that no one in the racing business is superstitious butttttttt Since Jeff Gordon's Web Site moved off of The Auto Channel servers..his luck has sucked...I know that
is only coincedence ....but who knows ...come back to your winning ways Jeff.