I saw some interviews last night and there was some discussion of the current body package being a throwback to a few years back in on track feel. One interview with Gordon was particularly interesting. He has the most wins there of current drivers and they were asking him why. He said some of the usual things but then acknowledged that he learned all that he needed to know about driving there with restrictor plates from the senior Earnhardt. More than a decade after he dies he's still out there in a way.

I know most of you guys are still "Intimidator" haters, but his drive from mid pack to win in just a handful of laps at the 2000 'dega race was pure mastery.