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The dawn after the "dark".(Uncovering the Past)(success of race car driver Jeff Gordon)(Brief Article)
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Auto Racing Digest
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December 1, 2003
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WHEN CREW CHIEF RAY Evernham left the No. 24 team in order to pursue his dream of motorsports ownership, many people predicted that it would spell the beginning of a slump for his longtime and highly successful driver, Jeff Gordon. At first, the naysayers seemed to have gotten their way. Gordon struggled in his first full post-Evernham season, finishing ninth in the points in 2000-his lowest finish in six years.
So was this the end of Gordon's dominance? Hardly. The next year he won his fourth Winston Cup championship, becoming only the third driver to accomplish that feat. After a short adjustment period, Gordon was back on top. "Some felt Gordon's Camelot career would ...