Jeff Gordon to race in 2016 Indy 500

Jeff Gordon will "do the double" on May 24 by driving the pace car for the Indianapolis 500 and then fly to North Carolina to race his regular stock car in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway the same day. I think this is wonderful because it's going to give him a taste of what the Indy 500 is all about. All he'll have to do is look in his rear-view mirror and see 33 Indy cars behind him, all snorting to be turned loose. He'll get the fever. You watch. Gordon has said he will retire from the Sprint Cup circuit after this season but he never said he was retiring from motor racing. I predict he will race in the 2016 Indianapolis 500, which will be the 100th renewal of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing. In fact, he could already have a deal with Roger Penske. Remember where you heard this. It'll happen. Norris McDonald/Toronto Star