Hendrick Motorsports' Jeff Gordon not satisfied with finishing third in final 2009 Cup standings

By Jared Turner - SceneDaily Staff Writer

Jeff Gordon can draw many positives from his 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, but none of them are a major cause for celebration to him.
 
While Gordon enjoyed a campaign that most in the Cup garage would envy, it wasn't entirely to the satisfaction of the four-time series champion.

Gordon started the year off on fire, finishing worse than sixth only once in the opening seven races and winning at Texas Motor Speedway, a track where he'd never been to victory lane.
 
Then his performance fell off as he finished 14th or worse in four of the next six races.
 
While Gordon returned to top-10 form, the Hendrick Motorsports driver never won again and only briefly regained the points lead he held from the season's fourth race to the ninth.
 
He finished the year with 16 top-fives and 25 top-10s, including a series-high eight second-place finishes, and qualified for NASCAR's 10-race Chase For The Sprint Cup.
 
Gordon was eliminated from championship contention with one race left, however, and finished third in the standings, 179 points behind teammate Jimmie Johnson and 38 behind teammate Mark Martin.
 
Thus Gordon's drive for championship No. 5 rolls on for at least another year.

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