KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – Since the Car of Tomorrow’s debut at Phoenix International Raceway in April 2007, Hendrick Motorsports has won all four NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at the 1-mile oval in Avondale, Ariz.  Jeff Gordon won the first race on that April evening, edging out a disappointed Tony Stewart, who had led three times for a race-high 132 laps before finishing second. And in the series’ return visit to Phoenix that November, Gordon’s Hendrick Motorsports teammate, Jimmie Johnson, won to launch a string of three consecutive victories at the desert jewel that could very well be four if he proves triumphant in Saturday night’s Subway Fresh Fit 500k. … Read entire article »