CONCORD, N.C. –Given Jeff Gordon’s abysmal run of luck this season, Sprint Cup points leader Greg Biffle wants to steer the widest possible berth around the four-time champion.
Gordon is 24th in the standings, 170 points behind Biffle and 96 points out of 10th place, the last guaranteed position in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Biffle can feel Gordon’s pain.
The driver of the No. 16 Ford had his share of misery in 2011, when he missed the Chase and finished 16th in the final standings.
Though Biffle can sympathize with Gordon, he doesn’t want to get close enough for any of the bad luck to rub off.
“It’s like he’s got a cold right now, and I don’t want to get sick,” Biffle said. “I’ll tell you, Jeff Gordon’s season is exactly the season we had last year. That was the 16 team’s season to a ‘T.’
“It was just one thing after another — not the same thing. One thing after another happened to us, and that’s what has happened to Jeff.”
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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