NASCAR: Winners And Losers From Martinsville

Winner: Finishing Strong

Jeff Gordon entered his eighth and final race of the season as a fill-in for Dale Earnhardt Jr., but this time around, things were a little different.

Gordon had picked Martinsville as a track he wanted to run at before the Chase started, mainly because it’s his best track and the one were he captured his most recent win at.

After registering his first top-10 of the season at Dover back in the Round of 16, Gordon had another strong showing. He ran in the top-10 for most of the day and even broke into the top-5 at times. After looking just as smooth as he had in recent seasons at the track, Gordon brought home a sixth-place finish–his best of the season in what could’ve been the final race of his career.

However, you can never count Gordon out. We certainly thought Homestead last season was his final race–and so did he. He’s left the door open for another return and Jimmie Johnson doesn’t think he’s quite done yet.

But if it is the end for the four-time champion, he went out in a great way and capped off a truly incredible career.