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Rick Hendrick was keeping the peace among his drivers this week...
RacinToday.com Staff  | http://www.RacinToday.com  |  Posted May 01, 2010   Richmond, VA
NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson (Left) team owner Rick Hendrick (Center) and Jeff Gordon (Right) had a chance to talk over the issue this week. (Photo: Getty Images)
Article by Jeff Hood, RacinToday.com

Rick Hendrick attempted to defuse the potential feud between Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson earlier this week when he spoke with his two drivers on a conference call.

Gordon was still stewing over a late-race move at Talladega on Sunday when Johnson pulled in front of him forcing the driver of the No. 24 Chevrolet to drop onto the apron.

“Our conversation was pretty good,” Johnson said. “In a lot of ways from Rick’s standpoint, my standpoint and Jeff’s, it was just a mistake that I made.

“And, unfortunately, it was coming off the heels of Texas and the fact that Jeff crashed after that and the emotions were high and he got out of the car and said some things that he probably didn’t want to.”
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The NASCAR Nationwide Series Bubba Burger 250 at Richmond International Raceway was lead from the pole by Kyle Busch. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

Busch on top: Kyle Busch, winner of three of eight races in the Nationwide Series this season, won the pole Friday afternoon for Friday night’s Bubba Burger 250 race at Richmond International Raceway.
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The 3 is back: Dale Earnhardt Jr. will pilot a No. 3 Chevrolet sponsored by Wrangler Jeans in the Nationwide Series race in Daytona in July.

But the third generation driver says he’s indifferent when it comes to whether anyone should campaign on a regular basis the number his father made famous in the Sprint Cup Series.

“I really don’t have an opinion,” Earnhardt said. “If someone wants to run the no. 3, let them run the No. 3. Numbers are numbers.

“Even if somebody runs the No. 3, I don’t think anyone is going to forget what daddy did with it. It is ridiculous to try to retire numbers or favor numbers for certain drivers.

“The No. 3 meant a lot to daddy and meant a lot to a lot of race fans. But there is some kid that is growing up that really was never a Dale Earnhardt fan, but he drives the No. 3 and he might want to be the No. 3 all his life. To not give that guy the opportunity just isn’t fair."


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