And once again, Gordon held on to take the checkered flag.
It took two hours and fifty minutes for the checkered flag to end the race.
When the checkered flag fell at the end of the season, the team was fifth in points.
He took his final checkered flag finishing in 35th position.
When the checkered flag falls, we'll really know who's best.
There may be other problems to overcome before people in the region see their first checkered flag.
"I think if we see the checkered flag, it will probably be a bonus."
"It's gone from a standing start to the checkered flag," he added.
"We ran out of gas right after he took the checkered flag," Nelson said.
Find out why these powerful machines still came up shy of the checkered flag.
He finished, but finished last on a day when all 30 cars saw the chequered flag.
He was cruising to victory when his car began to run out of fuel three corners from the chequered flag.
And there was Paul, positioned on the grandstand, a chequered flag in his hand.
He saw the chequered flag on three occasions with a highest finish of 12th place.
There is no standard design for the chequered flag.
They stayed that way right up until the chequered flag.
At least he took the chequered flag this time but fourth place was not what he had been hoping for.
Drivers must take the chequered flag to score points.
However, defending champion Lyons was in top form and went on to take the chequered flag for the second year running.
As the chequered flag fell everyone was on their final lap.