Jeff Gordon drove his No. 24 Chevrolet to the front three times Sunday, leading a combined 100 of the 315 laps in the Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.

Marriage is working wonders for Jeff Gordon. Three days after tying the knot to Belgian model Ingrid Vandebosch in a private ceremony in Mexico, Gordon took time off from his honeymoon in Avondale on Friday to capture the pole for Sunday's Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.

Four-time NASCAR Cup champion Jeff Gordon is hoping last week's testing sessions at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway will help him conquer a similar track on Saturday night — Phoenix International Raceway.

Last spring at Phoenix International Raceway, the breaks went Jeff Gordon’s way and he snapped his 0-for-16 string on the mile oval by posting his 76th career win.

You can hear him croonin’ songs from the ’70s — “Read My Mind,” “Carefree Highway,” “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” please. Gordo, you’d better take care. If you don’t play “Sundown,” then I’ll tear out my hair ...

Jeff Gordon will honeymoon in Avondale this weekend. The four-time NASCAR Cup champion married Belgian model Ingrid Vandebosch in a private ceremony in Mexico on Tuesday, Gordon’s spokesman, Jon Edwards, confirmed.

For a fleeting lap or two Sunday, the decibel level at Phoenix International Raceway rose considerably as Dale Earnhardt Jr. bore down on Jeff Gordon.

A timely pit stop and a late pass of Tony Stewart helped Jeff Gordon claim his first NASCAR Nextel Cup victory in 17 tries at Phoenix International Raceway Saturday night.

Jeff Gordon has 73 career NASCAR Nextel Cup wins and four series championships, but he's 0-for-14 at Phoenix International Raceway, one of just four tracks where he's failed to find Victory Lane.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Jeff Gordon grabbed the lead from Dale Earnhardt Jr., then held off Kurt Busch and Earnhardt in extra laps to win his third Daytona 500 Sunday.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Jeff Gordon grabbed the lead from Dale Earnhardt Jr., then held off Kurt Busch and Earnhardt in extra laps to win his third Daytona 500 Sunday.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Jeff Gordon had gone so long without winning a race, that he picked up a new trick or two watching other drivers celebrate. No, not a backflip a la Carl Edwards.

Jimmie or Jeff. Jeff or Jimmie. That’s what the NASCAR Nextel Cup season has boiled down to: two drivers, two races and one championship, starting with today’s Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway and winding up next weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

July 27, 2004

Carl Edwards won his first Nextel Cup pole since 2005 on Friday at Phoenix International Raceway, and he’ll lead a 43-car field into Sunday’s Checker Auto Parts 500 that features three former Indianapolis 500 winners for the first time.

For Gilbert native and Los Angeles forward Alan Gordon, Saturday night’s PHX Soccer Clasico at Sun Devil Stadium was a mixed blessing.

Owner Jerry Reinsdorf has seen the Bulls win two in a row since he called his team a a "disaster" and "embarrassing." His critique seems to be getting results. The Bulls their third straight on a Western trip, beating the Phoenix Suns 122-111 Saturday night.

Jeff Gordon walked gingerly through the infield area at Phoenix International Raceway late Monday afternoon, about 24 hours after demolishing his No. 24 Chevrolet against an inside concrete retaining wall at Las Vegas.

Mario Andretti sped through Phoenix on his farewell tour nine IndyCar racing seasons ago.

A Scottsdale man was treated at Scottsdale Healthcare Shea hospital early Friday after accidentally shooting himself in the foot with a shotgun.

PHOENIX — A state appeals court hears arguments Thursday on whether to temporarily put on hold a judge's order upholding Arizona's medical marijuana program.