By Keith Waltz The AAA Texas 500 on Nov. 7, 2010, at Texas Motor Speedway was a milestone moment in the NASCAR era of “boys, have at it,” as a fight broke out between two normally mid-mannered drivers. The confrontation followed an incident under the yellow flag on lap 192 when Jeff Burton drove into the back of Jeff Gordon’s Chevrolet, punting the four-time Cup Series champion hard into the outside wall. After they had both exited their cars, Gordon approached Burton and shoved him. A hockey-style fight ensued with a lot of pushing, grabbing and swinging, but no serious punches. “If…

By Jared Turner With one race down and two races left to set the Championship 4 for Homestead-Miami Speedway, only Jimmie Johnson is guaranteed to fight for the Sprint Cup Series title in the 2016 season finale. His three challengers in South Florida will be determined over the next two weekends, and it’s anyone’s guess who among the remaining seven championship-eligible drivers they will ultimately be. While Johnson was celebrating his Championship 4-qualifying win in last Sunday’s Round of 8 opener at Martinsville Speedway, title-contending teammates Kevin Harvick and Kurt Busch were scratching their heads trying to figure out why their Stewart-Haas…

By Jared Turner Jeff Gordon Probably Isn’t Done Yet Sunday’s race at Martinsville was possibly the final start of Jeff Gordon’s legendary career. The four-time champ, called on to help sub for teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. this season, didn’t deliver what would have been his 94th victory in NASCAR’s top division, but was in the mix all day long, ultimately coming home sixth at a track where he’d won nine times. So what’s next for Gordon? He’ll be back in the FOX Sports broadcast booth at next year’s Daytona 500 and the remaining portion of FOX’s NASCAR coverage that runs through June.…