Jeff Gordon Receives 24 Bottles of Bourbon as a Gift From Kentucky Speedway
SPARTA, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky Speedway gave Jeff Gordon a parting gift that would make a native of the commonwealth jealous with 24 bottles of its trademark bourbon from four master distilleries.
That’s fine, but he’d settle for drinking champagne in victory lane.
Though NASCAR’s four-time Sprint Cup Series hasn’t raced enough times on the 1.5-mile oval to develop a love/hate relationship for it, he enters Saturday night’s 400-mile race with some unfinished business. In a stellar career featuring 92 wins, it’s the lone track that the 43-year-old hasn’t conquered, a void he looks to fill in his final start at the track before retiring at the end of the season.
Gordon’s four top-10 finishes here suggests he’ll at least be in the discussion as he seeks his first win since September at Dover.
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