By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service JOLIET, Ill.--In an extraordinary move resulting from competitive improprieties in last Saturday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond, Brian France, the sanctioning body’s chairman and CEO, added Jeff Gordon to the Chase for the Sprint Cup field. "We decided that, due to the totality of events that were outside of Jeff Gordon’s-- his issues, we’re going to add a 13th position to the field, and Jeff Gordon will qualify for the championship this year, the Sprint Cup championship," France said Friday in the Chicagoland Speedway media center. "We believe, in looking at all of it, there…