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Did anyone stay up and watch that race last night? It was an awesome race. Gordon had me sweatin thinking He wasn't going to make the chase. Busch was just a tad bit mad.

Has t be one of the best races I've seen in a long time.

[Ravin R10 man]

I hit the hay after first caution/pit stop;

-Kyle Busch saw his once-certain slam-dunk entry into the Chase dwindle, flicker, and finally vanish entirely in a blown pit call and lug nut mistake;

-Ryan Newman came from deep in the standings to briefly lead the race, opening up the possibility of a Hail Mary win-and-you're-in finish;

-Clint Bowyer spun on the infield grass twice, once courtesy of Juan Pablo Montoya, once in his postrace victory burnout; and

-Jeff Gordon completed one of the more remarkable season turnarounds in NASCAR history, taking a team that had stumbled badly through most of the season. Seventeen races into the season, he had only three top 10 finishes and only a single top 5. Since then, he's lit the track on fire, finishing 3-2-2 in the season's final three regular-season races.

"I felt like I won the race tonight," Gordon said. "When that was over, they told me I was in the Chase, we made it, I mean, I was ecstatic. I was going nuts ... I don't see any reason why we can't go over these next 10 races and be a real threat for the championship."

You've got to be in it to win it, and Gordon now finds himself just 12 points out of the points lead, a position he hasn't been in since the earliest laps of the Daytona 500. He's got competition, yes, but he's got new life. The Chase thus breaks down in this fashion:

1. Denny Hamlin, 2012 points

T2. Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, Brad Keselowski, 2009 points

T5. Greg Biffle, Clint Bowyer, 2006 points

T7. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Matt Kenseth, 2003 points

T9. Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr., Kasey Kahne, Jeff Gordon, 2000 points

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It was a crazy night!

I really think Gordon ha a shot at this not just saying that because I'm a fan. Look at his season. He has had the cars it's been bad luck or a bad pit stop early in the year but I think they got that takin care of. Stewart did it last yet and won so I won't count out Gordon it would add to this already crazy season

[VermontHunter]

You weren't the only one sweating .... I was actually beginning to lose hope. ( shame on me ) Glad to see the Hendrick drivers in the chase ..

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You weren't the only one sweating .... I was actually beginning to lose hope. ( shame on me ) Glad to see the Hendrick drivers in the chase ..

Lose hope?lol

I was starting to wonder if he could do it the more the race went on early on. But never lost hope all together that hed make it.

[VABuckSlayer]

I was at the race. Man what a long night. I had a fence crew there in case they wreck in the fence I have to fix it. We were there from 1:00 in the afternoon and I didn't get home until 2:30 the next morning.

Was definately a good race. I'm sure some people would have liked to see a few more cautions for wrecks and all but the rain helped that some I guess. I was shocked to see how well Gordon came back after being junk the first part of the race. Was like the old days for him. I'm not a Gordon fan at all but that was impressive to watch. Should be a good chase!

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Not a Gordon fan? What's wrong with you?lol

He did look like the old him in that race coming back there towards the end. Very cool.