RICHMOND, Va. - He's the most accomplished driver in the NASCAR garage, and by a wide margin, but changes in the Sprint Cup Series have not been very kind to Jeff Gordon.

The four-time champion hasn't won a title since NASCAR went to the 10-race playoff format five years ago, and he hasn't won a race since the Car of Tomorrow became the car of today.

Only now is he starting to feel like things are coming together, even if the component of good fortune so appreciated by drivers at this level still hasn't swung back around his way.

"Ironic thing," Gordon said at Richmond International Raceway, where weather postponed the race to set the 12-driver field for the playoffs to today. Gordon is 10th in the... // Whittier Daily News

Only now is he starting to feel like things are coming together, even if the component of good fortune so appeciated by drivers at this level still hasn't swung back around his way.

"Ironic thing," Gordon said at Richmond International Raceway, where weather postponed the race to set the 12-driver field for the playoffs to Sunday. Gordon is 10th in the standings, 102 points ahead of 13th-place David Ragan, heading into the Chevrolet 400.

"Last week Jimmie (Johnson) and his team went to Kentucky to test on Monday. Our team was scheduled to be there on Tuesday," Gordon said of his Hendrick Motorsports teammate. "Jimmie got a full day in, and it rained on Tuesday and we didn't get any testing in."

In the race they were working toward, Johnson led 228 of 250 laps in California on Sunday... // Macon Telegraph

RICHMOND, Va. He's the most accomplished driver in the NASCAR garage, and by a wide margin, but changes in the Sprint Cup Series have not been very kind to Jeff Gordon.

The four-time champion hasn't won a title since NASCAR went to the 10-race playoff format five years ago, and he hasn't won a race since the Car of Tomorrow became the car of today.

Only now is he starting to feel like things are coming together, even if the component of good fortune so appreciated by drivers at this level still hasn't swung back around his way.

"Ironic thing," Gordon said at Richmond International Raceway, where weather postponed the race to set the 12-driver field for the playoffs to Sunday. Gordon is 10th in the standings, 102 points ahead of 13th-place David Ragan, heading into the Chevrolet... // The Canadian Press