Hendrick Motorsports, one of NASCAR's best teams in recent years, has had no trouble showing off their powerhouse status in 2014. Following Jeff Gordon's win at Michigan on Sunday, the team has swept the track for the season. Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. have three wins apiece as the Sprint Cup Series has three races remaining before the debut of the new Chase format. These races are at Bristol, Atlanta and Richmond. The Chase starts at Chicagoland on September 14. Hendrick's fourth driver, Kasey Kahne, has yet to win in the Cup series this year after winning four races in his first two seasons with the team, and is "on the bubble" for the Chase.
Gordon won with the same car he took to victory lane at Indianapolis three weeks ago for his fifth win at that track. Just like Indy, the final restart on Sunday came with 17 laps to go (although that makes up 34 miles at Michigan as opposed to 42.5 miles at Indianapolis) and Jeff Gordon got the jump on Team Penske driver and last year's race winner Joey Logano to get the lead. Gordon and Logano both had two wins on the season coming into the race. The checkered flag Gordon went on to take was the 91st of his Cup series career. It was his third at Michigan, his first two coming in 1998 and 2001, two of his championship years. Next weekend is the popular Saturday night race in Bristol, Tennessee.
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