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NASCAR Boasts Closest Battle in Chase History With One To Go

Half predicting, half declaring next week's NASCAR season finale will be "one hell of a show," Jimmie Johnson emerged from his fifth-place finishing No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet smiling and feeling good about his chances for an unprecedented fifth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship. You'd have thought he won...

Odds Favor Jimmie Johnson Among Top Three With Three Races Left

The good news for NASCAR is that the mere 38 points separating the top three Sprint Cup Series championship contenders with three races remaining makes it the tightest title fight since the inception of the Chase playoff format in 2004. The more intriguing twist is that four-time defending series champ -- and current...

Jimmie Johnson Falters in NASCAR Chase Opener

Anyone looking for a chink in four-time defending NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson's armor will seize upon his 25th-place showing in Sunday's opening race in NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. His finish at the one-mile New Hampshire Motor Speedway equaled his starting position -- which was a career worst at...

Joey Logano, Kevin Harvick Trade Fenders, Verbal Jabs

A NASCAR veteran caught the ire of a sophomore driver and his father after spinning out the young driver at the end of of Sunday's Sprint Cup race at Pocono Raceway. Kevin Harvick dipped inside of Joey Logano on the second-to-last lap of the 200-lap race as they battled for fourth place, made contact and spun Logano's No....

NASCAR's Johnson Helps Sports Car Team Get on Track

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona is billed as a grueling, endurance test of driver, car and crew. For NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson and the defending Grand-Am Series champion GAINSCO team, that describes the 24 hours just leading into the historic sports car season-opener. The four-time Sprint Cup...

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02/23/12 Johnson revved for another run at NASCAR Spint Cup... Source: The Art of Eating Jimmie Johnson has been so good for so long that finishing sixth in the 2011 Sprint Cup standings was considered an abject failure.
02/23/12 Gatorade Duels shouldn't be as wild as... Source: The Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville FL The question on many people's minds following Saturday night's Bud Shootout: Will Thursday's 150-mile Gatorade Duels qualifying races and Sunday's Daytona 500 be just as wild?
02/23/12 2012 Daytona 500: Ranking the Teams for the Great... Source: Orlando Sentinel - Orlando FL (NASCAR) No. 5 Kasey Kahne, No. 24 Jeff Gordon , No. 48 Jimmie Johnson, No. 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. As an organization, Hendrick has six Daytona 500 wins that include three by Jeff Gordon, one by Jimmie Johnson, one by Darrell Waltrip and one by Geoff Bodine.
02/22/12 NASCAR: Johnson says pack racing at Daytona will... Source: AutoWeek Jimmie Johnson fears the switch back to pack racing is going to make things difficult for the young drivers in this weekend's Daytona 500.
02/22/12 CUP: Johnson Seeking Return To Top Source: Speed TV Even after a year in which he fell short of winning the Sprint Cup championship, Jimmie Johnson floats easily in the spotlight in the days leading to the start of another season.