By By Shaun Assael

Tuesday, August 6, 2002

Jeff Gordon was in a place you were unaccustomed to seeing him Feb. 14 -- out of the lead with 10 laps left in the Daytona 500. That's when he proved it's not just the car. As he rushed into Turn 1, he saw Rusty Wallace in the high groove and the lapped Ford of Ricky Rudd puttering low. "Oh, Ricky, I hope you see me, because I'm coming real fast," Gordon thought. Then he threaded the needle between them. Rusty has been in hideous accidents here. Gordon has not. Rusty flinched. And just like tha ...

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