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Jeff's History At Bristol |
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Race Date
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Start
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Finish
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Notebook
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August 20, 2016
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11
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11
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Ran as high as 2nd. Battled handling.
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August 22, 2015
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24
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20
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Two unscheduled pit stops in final 110 laps.
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April 19, 2015
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23
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3
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Battled back from 2 laps down after loose wheel.
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August 23, 2014
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2
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16
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Struggled with handling and pit road mistake.
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March 16, 2014
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6
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7
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Battled back from early damage on pit road.
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August 24, 2013
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32
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7
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Running 3rd on final restart with 47 to go, faded back.
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March 17, 2013
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11
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34
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Blown tire while leading with 110 laps to go.
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August 25, 2012
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11
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3
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Ran in the top-15 all night. Played pit strategy to finish strong.
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March 18, 2012
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4
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35
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Contact with Dale Earnhardt Jr on lap 360 resulted in a wreck.
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August 27, 2011
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4
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3
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Led more than 200 laps. Fell to 5th on final four-tire pit stop.
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March 20, 2011
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7
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14
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Car seemed better in the mid-stages. Battled tight handling.
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August 21, 2010
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26
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11
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Handling issues - never a factor for the lead.
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March 21, 2010
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5
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14
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Tight handling dropped to 21st in mid-stages. Older tires toward the end.
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August 22, 2009
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33
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23
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Ran as high as 8th. Loose handling after mid-stages and contact w/Denny Hamlin, lost 2 laps.
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March 22, 2009
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10
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4
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Handling became tight on longer runs.
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August 23, 2008
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3
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5
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Ran in the top-five all night. Had nothing for Carl Edwards
or Kyle Busch.
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March 16, 2008
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2
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11
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Tight handling all day. Barely stayed on the lead lap.
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August 25, 2007
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18
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19
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Mid-race chassis adjustments killed the car. Lost a lap on an ill-timed caution flag later.
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March 25, 2007
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1
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3
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First race in "Car of Tomorrow." Battled handling problems early. Good on long runs.
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August 26, 2006
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13
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5
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Led mid-stages. Tight handling condition hindered efforts later.
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March 26, 2006
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11
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21
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Running 3rd, spun by Matt Kenseth on the final lap.
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August 27, 2005
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2
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6
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Mid-race chassis struggles dropped him to 23rd. Avoided wrecks and worked through race traffic for a 6th place finish.
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April 3, 2005
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4
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15
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Went 2 laps down early, got back on the lead lap. Running 3rd when
late race steering problems forced him to pit road.
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August 28, 2004
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1
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14
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Battled a tight condition most of the night. Black-flag penalty with 100 laps to go ended his chances
at a top-five finish.
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March 28, 2004
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2
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9
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A mental error during a round of green flag pit stops put him a lap down with 150 laps to go.
Made up the lap and gained track position by staying out during late race cautions.
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August 23, 2003
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1
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28
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Running third when a cut tire shuffled him back to 17th with 70 to go. Moved up to
12th but got caught in a chain-reaction crash five laps later.
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March 23, 2003
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2
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9
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Got caught two laps down when a caution came out during
a round of green flag pit stops with 125 laps to go. Made up one lap but ran out of time.
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August 24, 2002
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1
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1
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Worked his way from ninth to second in the final 130 laps. Used a bump pass
on Rusty Wallace to take the victory with three laps to go.
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March 24, 2002
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1
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31
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Led from the pole. Spun on his own
in turn two on lap 158 and damaged the rear of the car.
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August 25, 2001
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6
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3
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Led the most laps but faded on long runs. Tony Stewart
passed for the win with 67 laps remaining.
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March 25, 2001
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15
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4
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Moved into the top five late in the race. Contact
with Tony Stewart entering turn three on the final lap sent Stewart spinning
which resulted in a post race altercation on pit road.
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August 26, 2000
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2
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23
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March 26, 2000 |
3
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8
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Hit a tire on pit road.
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August 28, 1999
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4 |
4 |
The Intimidator strikes on the last lap. Jeff weaves
around wrecked race cars on the backstretch. |
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April 11, 1999 |
2
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6
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Spin in turn two. Spring race winning streak snapped
at four. |
| August 22, 1998
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7 |
5
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March 29, 1998 |
2
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1 |
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August 23, 1997
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2 |
35 |
Wreck on the backstretch |
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April 13, 1997
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5
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1
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Last lap pass on Rusty Wallace
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August 24, 1996
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2
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2
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March 31, 1996
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8
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1
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Gordon leads when it counts and the race is called due to rain
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August 26, 1995
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4
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6
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Terry Labonte wins with a wrecked race car courtesy
of Dale Earnhardt
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April 2, 1995
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2
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1
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Jeff's first top 15 finish at Bristol is a victory
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August 27, 1994
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12
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32
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April 10, 1994
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4
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22
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August 28, 1993
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8
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20
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| April 4, 1993
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21
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17
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Weekend was overshadowed by the death of 1992
Winston Cup champion Alan Kulwicki-- gone too soon.
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