That was when Gordon and Bowyer feuded on the race track, igniting a scuffle between their crews and leaving a pair of wrecked race cars in their wake. Coming in the penultimate event of a Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup where Bowyer was an outside title contender, stakes were raised and emotions were on edge. During a visit Tuesday to the NASCAR Hall of Fame -- where Gordon helped introduce a No. 24 Chevrolet Lumina from 1994 that will become part of the facility's revamped Glory Road -- the four-time series champion said the once-friendly relationship between him and Bowyer was permanently altered after the incident a year ago this week. The memories of that day last November are revived by NASCAR's looming return to Phoenix this weekend, when the track will host the penultimate event in a Chase where Jimmie Johnson leads Matt Kenseth by seven points.
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