Jeff Gordon's year at Indianapolis

Jeff Gordon is one of only two Cup drivers with multiple NASCAR wins at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He has won four races. Dale Jarrett is the other with two.
Gordon won the first Brickyard 400 and has won about every third race since NASCAR Cup cars have been racing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
But Gordon, the leader in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series standings, is in the midst of a five-race winless streak. It's certainly not the worst streak to have nor the worst winless streak of his career, but it's been a while since Gordon has won a race. Incidentally, it was the June 10 race at Pocono Raceway.
Pocono and Indianapolis share some similarities, so it might be Gordon's turn to win another race at Indy.
"I think it is just evolution of set-ups and cars changing and technology changing and other teams becoming more competitive," said Gordon, driver of the No. 24 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports. "I think what happens is that we build our team up like the team we have this year and this is a track that really takes a great package. You have to have the total team package here from power to good handling and obviously the driver has to do his part along with the pit crew as well. So you have to have the whole package. The best teams win here. In years where we've won here, they are times when we were really on top of our game."
Winning at Indianapolis has been an indicator of who will win the Cup championship in previous seasons. The year JImmie Johnson won at Indy, he went on to win the Cup championship. Tony Stewart pulled off the feat in his second championship season.
"And so that's sort of the coincidence of the past couple of years year with Jimmie winning and then winning the championship and Tony winning and then winning the championship," Gordon said. "Those were the best teams at the time."