The 2012 campaign consists of 36 stops from Florida to California and back. Will it end with Jeff Gordon set to serve another term as reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion?
In 2011, Gordon and new crew chief Alan Gustafson teamed up to win three times - including an 85th career victory for Gordon that moved him into third on NASCAR's all-time wins list. Now entering their second season paired together, the duo expects to battle for this year's title.
"If you talk to Alan, man is he fired up [going into the new season]," said the driver of the No. 24 Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet. "We now have a year of working together under our belts, so our communication should be better and we should be stronger. We have a belief in one another, and that has me all fired up, too!
"If we're not battling for this year's championship in the final race of the season, it'll be a disappointment."
First up is the Daytona 500 - Gordon's 20th time ...
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