Jeff Gordon admired his latest retirement gift - a miniature race car for his two young children - and thanked the folks at Atlanta Motor Speedway for not going with the obvious choice. ''I really appreciate it not being a rocking chair,'' Gordon quipped. On Sunday, Gordon will relish one final spin around the track that's meant so much to his brilliant career. Atlanta was the place where Gordon, a few months shy of his 21st birthday, picked up his first NASCAR victory in what was then known as the Busch Grand National Series, beating some of the biggest names in the sport in 1992.
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