(Photo by Christa L Thomas/HHP for GM/Chevrolet Racing)
A much calmer Jeff Gordon (No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet SS) on Friday after qualifying second for Sunday's AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, an Eliminator 8 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. Gordon, who is in the Chase, was leading the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings going into the race, but on the first of two Green-White-Checker finishes to end the race, Gordon came together with Brad Keselowski (No. 2 Team Penske Miller Lite Ford Fusion) and ended up with a cut tire and a blown fuse, finishing 29th. Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Lowe's Red Vest Chevrolet SS) took first, Kevin Harvick (No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Budweiser Chevrolet SS) grabbed second on the final re-start, and Keselowski ended up third. The now obligatory melee ensued after the fact, with Gordon and Keselowski getting into it (after Harvick shoved Keselowski from behind, in a classic chicken shit move). Our thoughts? Ridiculous and stupid doesn't even begin to cover it. Watch NASCAR videos here, here, and here.
Ken Block (No. 43 Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Fiesta ST) won the main event and his second victory of the season but it wasn't enough as Joni Wiman (No. 31 Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST) won the Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship in Las Vegas at The LINQ Wednesday with his runner-up finish. The Finn won the title by five points—the equivalent of a single finishing position over the entire season.