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An Ode to Jeff Gordon, From Someone Who Hated Him

I've had a weird feeling over the last year. It's inexplicable, but I must acknowledge it.

Jeff Gordon is retiring? I hope he gets a win...and it would be kind of cool if he won the Cup in his last year.

Whoa, whoa...did I say that out loud?

Yes, it's true, Gordon has crossed that river, the one that most of the great NASCAR drivers go across as they get near the end of their careers. They go from being hated, disrespectful, unappreciative youths pushing out the old guys we grew up with, to, well, the old guys we grew up with.