For the second consecutive week Jeff Gordon sits atop the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship standings -- a view he previously hadn't seen since the 2009 season. It's a statistic that seems hard to believe given the future Hall of Famer's history of four championships and 88 Sprint Cup wins. Maybe it's having witnessed first-hand as he transformed the sport from "good ol' boy" to "wonder boy" -- as he regularly bettered the likes of Dale Earnhardt and Dale Jarrett to hoist four Cup trophies by the age of 30. Here he is at the age of 42 leading the standings for the first time in nearly five years -- a promising position even in a season when win-and-you're-in is the new championship reality. More...