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 ROSSBURG, Ohio (AP) - Jeff Gordon prepared Wednesday for a trip down memory lane, returning to Eldora Speedway, a half-mile dirt track carved out of farmland in western Ohio where he raced as a youth. Gordon, Tony Stewart and other top NASCAR drivers accustomed to dueling each other on asphalt, were at Eldora for a charity race organized by Stewart.
The all-star event on the oval, high-bank track featured 26 drivers, each driving a 2,300-pound late-model stock car packing more than 800 horsepower.
"Eldora is one of those places you're always in awe of — the first time you come here, no matter how many times you come here. There is no other track like it," Gordon said. "It's high-banked. It's fast. It's the Talladega of dirt. I take a lot of pride in the fact that I raced here as a kid growing up and the things I learned here."
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