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BROOKLYN, Mich. -- It had been 13 years since Jeff Gordons last victory at Michigan -- which came during the same season as his most recent championship on NASCARs top series. One of those droughts is finally over. Can the 43-year-old driver end the other as well? "Certainly things are going well -- theres no doubt about that," Gordon said. "Im as shocked as anybody else." Gordon raced to his third Sprint Cup victory of the year, holding off Kevin Harvick on Sunday for his first win at Michigan International Speedway since 2001. Gordon broke the track qualifying record Friday when he took the pole at 206.558 mph. He followed that up with his third Cup victory at MIS -- and took over the points lead from Hendrick Motorsports teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. After a series of cautions, Gordon came off the final restart well and led with 16 laps remaining. He fought off a challenge from Joey Logano and maintained a comfortable margin over Harvick, winning the 400-mile race by 1.412 seconds in his No. 24 Chevrolet. "Joey, as we rolled up to some of the restarts -- not that last one, but some of the other ones -- as guys were starting to sort of anticipate it, he was slowing down, and when he slowed down, everybody got bottled up, and then hed take off," Gordon said. "That last one, I thought he had a good start, but I had a good one, too." Harvick was second, followed by Logano, Paul Menard and Earnhardt. Gordon completed a sweep at MIS for Hendrick. Jimmie Johnson won the June race on the two-mile oval. "I think all of our teams are running well, but this is a big, big win," owner Rick Hendrick said. "Its great to see Jeff so happy. Hes like a little kid again, so I think its going to be really, really important for the momentum hes carrying right now into the Chase." Logano was second to Gordon in qualifying. He led 86 laps and Gordon was in front for 68. "We can win a championship. I really feel we can do that. Thats the message I want to put out there," Logano said. "Weve got to find a little bit more speed to keep up with one car today -- 24 car was the best, only because he was good on the long run. We werent as good on the long run. There were eight cautions, including a fairly early one when Danica Patricks car spun and Justin Allgaier crashed into her. Nine cars were caught up in that incident, including Matt Kenseths No. 20 Toyota. Kenseth never really recovered, finishing 38th. Brad Keselowski rubbed against the wall with about 32 laps remaining and finished eighth, remaining winless at this track in his home state. Johnson overcame some problems of his own to finish ninth, his first top-10 showing in six races. Jeff Burton was 37th after replacing Tony Stewart in the No. 14 car. Stewart skipped his second straight Cup race after he struck and killed a driver at a dirt-track race in New York last weekend. Hendrick and Stewart-Haas Racing are alliance teams. Hendrick said he hasnt talked to Stewart, but hes been in touch with Eddie Jarvis, Stewarts longtime business manager. "I think theyre making the best of the situation that theyre in," Hendrick said. "Tonys got a lot of good folks around him." Gordon won for the 91st time on the Cup circuit, and this is his first three-win season since 2011. He took over the lead in the standings by three points over Earnhardt. Gordon also won this season at Kansas and Indianapolis. "As a driver, especially somebody thats been getting beat up over the years about restarts, its pretty nice to have the last two wins come down to restarts." Assuming they attempt to qualify for the final three races of the regular-season, the 12 drivers with victories this season have all wrapped up spots in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Kenseth remains the top driver without a victory in the standings, but he dropped to fifth place. If the regular season ended now, the last four drivers in the Chase would be Kenseth, Ryan Newman, Clint Bowyer and Greg Biffle. Bowyer and Biffle both moved ahead of rookie Kyle Larson, whose car caught fire against the wall just before the halfway point. Larson ended up 43rd. Bowyer finished sixth but sounded concerned about his situation. "Were behind, theres no question. We just did what we needed to do today," he said. "Right now, everything has to be perfect to get a decent finish and today everything was perfect. This is a tricky part of the season. Everybody is pushing hard." Khyri Thomas Jersey . Patton told The Baltimore Sun that he took an Adderall pill four days before the season finished, trying to improve his short-term focus. "I took one because I was stupid," Patton told The Sun. 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United on Saturday, March 22 at 4:30 p.SAO PAULO - Lewis Hamilton enters the last two races of the Formula One season hopeful Mercedes has done enough to solve the reliability issues that hurt the team earlier in the year.With a comfortable lead over teammate Nico Rosberg, Hamilton will be in good position to clinch his second world title if he can just bring his car home at this weekends Brazilian Grand Prix and at the season finale in Abu Dhabi later this month.Hamilton can secure the title with consecutive second-place finishes or by finishing third in Brazil and second in Abu Dhabi, which will be worth double points.Mercedes has been dominant all year, so if Hamilton can avoid accidents or the types of mechanical problems that affected the team during parts of the season, he can just coast behind Rosberg and still finish where he needs to clinch the title.The most difficult thing this year for sure was dealing with the DNFs and the problems that we had with the car and not finishing the races, he said. We have to turn negatives into positives. Thats how I managed to get myself where I am today. We have to put that positive energy out there and maximize the opportunities.Hamilton failed to finish three races this year, and Rosberg didnt cross the finish line two times.Another setback for Hamilton in Brazil could turn the title race in Rosbergs favour again.This is not something you think about, Hamilton said. We are going into the last two races with positive energy.Hamilton has won 10 races this season, including the last five. He made it ontoo the podium every time he crossed the finish line.dddddddddddd. Mercedes has finished 1-2 in 10 of the 17 races so far, and the last time one of its drivers retired was at the Singapore GP in September.Yes, weve had issues, weve not been perfect, but weve been constantly improving and trying to rectify all the issues that weve had, Hamilton said. Some of the issues that have come up have been a huge surprise for us. We dont know what the future holds, but I think weve done quite a good job, particularly in the last five or six races. Im hopeful.Mercedes motorsport chief Toto Wolff said the team will do everything possible to make sure both cars make it to the end in the final two races.There will be (no) rest between now and the end of the season as the double-points in Abu Dhabi still has the potential to overshadow a great season should reliability become a factor, he said. Our focus is still 100 per cent on ensuring that is not the case.Although Hamilton clinched his first world title in Brazil in 2008, he hasnt had a lot of good luck at the Interlagos track recently. He failed to finish the race in two of the last three years, and was only ninth a year ago. He has never finished better than third at the track in Sao Paulo.The British driver said things could be different this time.We have a great car, an amazing team, this is the best season Ive ever had, he said. Its like Im going for my first world championship. 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