When Jeff Gordon takes the green flag for Sunday's race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, he will set the mark as NASCAR's new Iron Man. Gordon will be making his 789th consecutive start, passing Ricky Rudd for the record. Rudd, who once used duct tape to keep his swollen eyes open so he could drive, set the mark in 2002 when he snapped Terry Labonte's streak of 655 consecutive races.
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