Sub drivers

At the end of the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway, Dale Earnhardt Jr. jumped into Kyle Busch's car to finish the race.
Busch and Earnhardt both crashed their cars in the race. But Busch's team was able to get his car running again. Only problem was that Busch had left the track. The team had a car, but no driver.
Earnhardt was asked to finish the race in Busch's car and he accepted. It was the first time in Earnhardt's Cup career that he was driving a car other than his No. 8 Chevrolet for Dale Earnhardt Inc.
Jeff Gordon, Busch's teammate at Hendrick Motorsports, was asked if he would ever sub for a driver who had wrecked his car during a race.
"No, probably not," said Gordon, driver of the No. 24 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports and the polesitter for today's race at Phoenix International Raceway. "I would probably say no because if I am out of the race, I would want to go home. That is why I said I was very surprised. It might be different if it was Tony Stewart's car and we were out and his car was in one piece and he was sick or something and couldn't get it. If I am going to drive a car as a fill in I want to it when it is running good at a track that he runs good at."
Gordon was shocked that Earnhardt was willing to finish the race in Busch's car. He was even more surprised that someone from Hendrick Motorsports asked him to sub.
"It was very cool though," Gordon said. "That was an awesome thing that he did for a friend and speaks volumes about Junior. The smile on his face getting out of the car said a lot about Junior too."

Were you surprised that Dale Earnhardt Jr. drove Kyle Busch's car in the race at Texas Motor Speedway?