Cool-Down Lap: Hendrick Motorsports still has a mountain to climb

But, undeniably, the Hendrick cars were the class of the field. Dale Earnhardt Jr. ran fourth on a track that hasn't been kind to him in the past, and Kasey Kahne was ninth, posting his seventh straight top-10. Even with his problem with the wheel, Gordon finished 13th.

By: By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service, Superior Telegram