Jeff Gordon's car

As expected, Jeff Gordon was pelted and showered with beer cans after winning the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday. It was the 77th win of his career and pushed him past Dale Earnhardt for sixth place on the career Cup win list.
But the beer cans that hit Gordon's car left a number of dents. In the post-race news conference, Gordon, team owner Rick Hendrick and crew chief Steve Letarte were asked what was going to happen to the car after the race.
It was the same car the team used in this year's Daytona 500. It needed a new body after that race.
But considering the historical significance of Gordon's car, there is a question of whether he will be able to race it again.
"Might have to ask Mr. Hendrick who gets it," Letarte said. "He owns all the cars but I think this car will go to Daytona. We have three speedway cars and we destroyed one in the (Daytona) 500 and we chose not to build one to come here and so we re-bodied that one. It's something that Jeff and I will discuss."
Gordon said the car runs great at Talladega, but not so good at Daytona.
"We need a handling race car at Daytona," Gordon said. "We can fix this one though."
Letarte said if the the team decides to take the car to Daytona, it definitely will not look the same.
"The first thing we would do when we get home is cut the entire body off of it and start over," Letarte said. "As they were saying earlier, Talladega and Daytona, they're as different as Martinsville and Bristol. They're both half-miles but they're nothing alike and these are both superspeedways but they're nowhere near the same track."
Hendrick said he likes to keep his cars and the most important thing is that the chassis remains in tact.
"It's historic that it's the first time this car finished," Letarte said. "Out of six times."