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Teammate Gordon stands in way of Johnson's drive to repeat

By Mark Ashenfelter
ESPN.com

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Jimmie Johnson is vying to be the first driver to successfully defend his Cup Series championship since Jeff Gordon won back-to-back titles in 1997-98. If Johnson falls short, he'll likely have to look no further than his Hendrick Motorsports teammate to see why. Gordon holds a 53-point lead over Johnson heading into Sunday's Pep Boys Auto 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, where Johnson won in March. Coming off a win at Martinsville Speedway, the driver could be embarking on the type of late-seaso ...

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