Jeff Gordon finally broke his 47-race drought, and filled another page in his personal log, by winning for the first time in 17 starts at Texas Motor Speedway and picking up the unique 'cowboy boot' trophy at the Samsung 500.
During qualifying for last weekend's Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway - the seventh round on the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup calendar - Michael McDowell suffered the mother of all shunts in the #00 Aaron's Toyota machine.