Gordon running better at Texas, still eyes first victory

 

Published 4/4/2008 at NASCAR.COM - Sprint Cup Series Headlines

It is often perceived that Jeff Gordon doesn't run well at Texas Motor Speedway, site of Sunday's Samsung 500. After all, he's winless there in 14 starts. He also had one of the hardest crashes of his career there in 1999, which resulted in his only 43rd-place finish in the Sprint Cup Series. [link]

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