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BRIEFLY: QUALIFYING RUN MORE LIKE CRAWL FOR GORDON.


Byline: Daily News Wire Services

Jeff Gordon Jeffery Michael Gordon (born August 4, 1971) is a professional American race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.  put his Winston Cup points lead in jeopardy with a ``horrible'' qualifying run Saturday, and entered Jiffy A fraction of time that has numerous interpretations depending on who uses it. It may refer to one computer clock cycle, one nanosecond, one millisecond or one AC power cycle. There may be others. See nanosecond.

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 Lube 300 in his worst starting position of 1997.

Gordon will begin the race today at New Hampshire International Speedway New Hampshire International Speedway is a 1.058 mile (1703 m) oval track which has hosted NASCAR racing since the 1990s. It is commonly referred to by its location, Loudon.  in the 29th position, six spots worse than his 23rd at Atlanta when he failed to finish for the only time this season.

Ken Schrader starts on the point - his first pole in two years - after posting a one-lap speed of 129.423 mph Friday over the 1.058-mile oval.

Gordon, who has won seven times this season, enters the race with a 54-point lead over teammate Terry Labonte, who will be starting 19 places ahead of him.

Williams-Renault teammates Jacques Villeneuve and Heinz-Harald Frentzen will line up 1-2 for the first time this season, in the British Grand Prix This article is about Formula One race. For other uses, see British Grand Prix (disambiguation).

The British Grand Prix is a race in the calendar of the FIA Formula One World Championship.
 at Silverstone, England. Finishing that way today would be even better as Williams tries to stop Michael Schumacher and Ferrari from stretching their season points lead.

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 has suspended Carolina Panthers defensive end Shawn King for the first six games of this season for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy, the Charlotte Observer reported.
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Title Annotation:SPORTS
Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Jul 13, 1997
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