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Jeff Gordon was involved in a second wreck on lap 76 of the UAW-GM Quality 500.
Credit: CIA Stock PhotoBusch, Gordon in early accident at CharlotteBy Marty
Smith and Lee Montgomery, NASCAR.COM
October 16, 2004
10:52 PM EDT (02:52 GMT)
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CONCORD, N.C. -- Nextel Cup Series points leader Kurt Busch and third place Jeff
Gordon were involved in an accident on the first lap of the UAW-GM Quality 500
Saturday when Scott Riggs' missed shift stacked up the field, but both managed
to emerge from the scrum with little more than cosmetic damage.
Jeff Gordon
That said, both drivers were forced to pit more than once to repair front-fender
damage, costing them valuable track position early on.

"We got pretty fortunate down there," said Robbie Loomis, Gordon's crew chief.
"Our biggest concern is temperature. It looks like we got the nose fixed up
well, got the back end fixed up well, too. The DuPont Chevrolet is running well.
We just need some track position."

Riggs qualified fourth, but as the field coursed into Turn 1 on the first lap,
he missed a shift in the No. 10 Chevrolet and injured the engine. The field
stacked up behind him, and Busch and Gordon suffered the cosmetic damage to
their machines.
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"This was my fault," Riggs said. "I missed a shift on the initial start and not
only ruined the engine but ruined the whole night and ruined a great shot at a
great car and having a great finish. Nobody's fault but my own."

Dale Earnhardt Jr., second in the Nextel Cup standings, was nearly collected, as
well, but managed to avoid contact. Greg Biffle, however, wasn't so fortunate.

Biffle's Ford was spun head-on into the outside retaining wall and suffered
significant damage to the National Guard Ford.
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"Just got hit from behind," Biffle said. "Maybe the guy behind us was a little
overanxious to get back racing again and got in the back of us. We were checking
up on the throttle, and I was on the brakes pretty good.

"The guy probably wasn't expecting it going into the corner like that. It sucks,
but that's racing."

Busch restarted 34th and Gordon 35th, both still on the lead lap. Busch quickly
surged forward - he was 12th by lap 71 -- while Gordon struggled with a
loose-handling racecar until he eventually spun out exiting Turn 4 on Lap 76
while running in 30th position.



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