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Johnny Benson: 2008 Truck Series Champion

Does NASCAR need a 10-race playoff to make a championship race close and exciting? If you ask the newly-crowned Craftsman Truck Series champion Johnny Benson, he'd probably tell you no. After all, Benson won the title -- his second career NASCAR championship to follow up his Nationwide Series title in 1995 -- by just a...

Live Bloggin' Alert: Ford 400 @ Homestead

Jimmie Johnson has a ginormous lead ahead with a single race to go in the Chase for the Sprint Cup.Will that be some bad karma for NASCAR's Mr. Incredible? Will Carl Edwards become just the third driver in all of NASCAR's history to overcome a points deficit in the season finale?I doubt it and probably not. Johnson's gonna...

Jimmie Johnson Dominates Again in Phoenix, Prepares to Celebrate Third Championship

Carl Edwards had his hopes for an improbable run at removing Jimmie Johnson from the top of the Sprint Cup world dashed Sunday night at Phoenix International Raceway, and none of it was it his own doing.Edwards can solely blame that one on Johnson for having the most dominating car at the Phoenix-area track, leading the...

Kyle Petty's Cup Career Might Close at PIR

There's been a lot of turmoil in the Petty Enterprises camp as of late thanks to a number of problems facing the once dominant (like, 20 years ago) but now struggling race team thanks primarily to the funding coffers starting to dry up.The problem is simple -- PE wants to race two teams next season with Bobby Labonte and...

Martin Doesn't Need Hendrick Head Start

ESPN.com's David Newton is reporting the driver who is replacing Casey Mears in the Hendrick Motorsports No. 5 Chevrolet in 2009 -- veteran Mark Martin -- might find himself getting a jump on that plan in the coming weeks.Hendrick Motorsports is considering a plan that would put Mark Martin in the No. 5 car he'll take over...