BUMP AND GRIND; Jeff Gordon comes from three laps down to win Martinsville.(Motorsports)

Byline: AL PEARCE This is how tough stock car racing has become. The Wood Brothers, one of NASCAR's most respected teams since 1948, is happy to be 34th in Nextel Cup points. Not thrilled, mind you. Not delighted and certainly not satisfied. Not even really happy. Just regular happy, like the old hound who finds some shade under the porch in mid-July. You see, 34th in points assures Ricky Rudd and the Woods of making every race as long as they stay in the top-35. The new guarantee is NASCAR's way of rewarding full-schedule teams without resorting to the dreaded F word: ...