Jeff Gordon, bouncing back from a hard crash in Las Vegas, felt a whole lot better Friday night after winning the pole for the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Despite all the safety improvements in recent years, stock car racing remains a very dangerous sport.
By Bruce Martin PA SportsTicker Contributing Editor
Car owner Jack Roush strongly denied any intentional wrongdoing Friday in the wake of NASCAR penalties that knocked driver Carl Edwards out of first place in the Sprint Cup points and put crew chief Bob Osborne on a six-week suspension.
Carl Edwards used two straight wins to take the Sprint Cup points lead for the first time in his career.
Robby Gordon received a season-saving reprieve from a NASCAR appeals committee Wednesday when the three-member panel restored the 100 points he had been docked for an infraction at Daytona.
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Defending champion Jimmie Johnson denies Toyota its maiden Daytona 500 pole position.