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2009 Awards: Plenty of hardware left after J.J. collects Cup
Jimmie Johnson snared the biggest prize, but he wasn't the only '09 newsmaker. Pete Pistone gives kudos to the Busch brothers, Brad Keselowski and two Juniors not named Earnhardt.
Love him or hate him, Johnson is riveting
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He has the perfect wife and the perfect car, but there's more to Jimmie Johnson than his perfect life, Lee Spencer says.
Busch wins title, Nationwide finale
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Kyle Busch has won the Nationwide Series championship.
Busch only needed to start the race Saturday at Homestead-Miami Speedway to win his first NASCAR title. When the green flag dropped on the race, Busch was the champ.
Busch has eight wins in the second-tier series and 11 second...
NASCAR Hands Jimmie Johnson History, 4th Straight Championship
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Jimmie Johnson made history on Sunday by becoming the first driver ever to win 4 straight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championships. Johnson stands alone in that category, but I am about to tell you, from a die-hard NASCAR fan’s perspective, why this unprecedented accomplishment...
Kasey Kahne's eyes are beginning to wander from RPM
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We're inside 48 hours from the final race of the season, and with the drama all but squeezed out of the Chase for the Sprint Cup, we're forced to look elsewhere for our storylines of interest.So thank you, Kasey Kahne, for giftwrapping this one for us. Kahne, as you know, is...
Ryan Newman Satisfied With Stewart-Haas Debut
by Holly CainFiled under: Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, Stewart-Haas RacingHOMESTEAD, Fla. -- If pressed to find one thing Ryan Newman would change about his season, of course, he'd like to score a win in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup season finale at Homestead Miami Speedway. After...
Video: Johnson salutes the troops
Visiting Camp Pendleton, 4-time Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson says he's proud of his sport that it does so much to show support for our soldiers. (NBC Sports)
Jimmie Johnson Signs Contract Extension With Hendrick
by Holly CainFiled under: Jimmie Johnson, Hendrick MotorsportsHOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Two days before he attempts to wrap up a historic fourth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup championship Jimmie Johnson has announced a contract extension with Hendrick Motorsports that will keep the champ...
Jamie McMurray is now #1 ... on his car, at least
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This is how silly season ends, not with a bang but with a long-expected and finally-confirmed move: Jamie McMurray will be driving the #1 car for Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing in 2010.McMurray, of course, was the odd man out when NASCAR laid down a four-car maximum rule for team owners...
Hamlin pays back Keselowski, sort of
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Last week at Phoenix, Denny Hamlin promised he'd be the first one to Brad Keselowski's "pay window," and sure enough he was. Thirty-four laps into Saturday's Nationwide race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Hamlin dumped Keselowski, who was running eighth at the time...
Get to know Dave Rogers, Kyle Busch's new crew chief
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We all know Kyle Busch's team is running with a new crew chief. Seemed the perfect time to make the swap, considering the old one, Steve Addington, had just won the Wypall Crew Chief of the Week Award by helping Kyle come from 41st to finish fourth at Martinsville. So who's...
Jimmie Johnson: Toast of the Coast
by Holly CainFiled under: Jimmie Johnson, Chase for the Sprint CupEL CAJON, Calif. _ If not for Gary Johnson's tendency to get seasick, there's a good chance his son Jimmie Johnson might have been a fisherman, pro surfer or a boat racer instead of making his mark as one of...
Johnson takes a victory lap locally, bearing gifts
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Cindee Noble knew Jimmie Johnson long before he became the only driver in NASCAR history to win four straight championships. More than two decades ago, Noble was Johnson’s fifth- and sixth-grade teacher at Crest Elementary on the eastern outskirts of El Cajon.
Championship-Worthy Seasons Again Not Enough for Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin
by Geoffrey MillerFiled under: Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Sprint CupThe cloudy white smoke from Jimmie Johnson's marathon victory burnout at Phoenix International Raceway Sunday seemed to have a double meaning. On one hand, it was a celebration...
JIMMIE JOHNSON WINS 4TH STRAIGHT NASCAR CUP AND NASCAR STILL SUCKS
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As Jay Hart from Yahoo! explains…
With the track at Homestead-Miami Speedway flooded with bystanders wanting to be close to history, Jimmie Johnson was left with maybe a 20-foot alleyway to celebrate his fourth consecutive Cup title. Unfazed, Johnson revved his engine, smashed...
The Hot Pass: Busch looks beyond 1st NASCAR title
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Getting his first NASCAR championship Monday is nice, but Kyle Busch is already aiming at bigger goals, Lee Spencer says.
Pal: Dale Jr.’s Drinking Has Him On “Death Spiral”
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In case you hadn’t noticed, Dale Earnhardt Jr. hasn’t been very good at NASCAR recently. He hasn’t sucked, per se - really, it depends on your definition of the term - and he hasn’t been on a Ricky Bobby-esque tear of wrecking his car or anything like hat. But...
Johnson Wins 4th Straight Championship
by FanHouse NewswireFiled under: Jimmie JohnsonHOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) -- Jimmie Johnson never let up in pursuit of a NASCAR record fourth consecutive championship.This was no easy Sunday drive for the most dominant driver of this decade, even though Johnson needed only a 25th-place finish...
THREE DNFS DOOMED HAMLIN'S CHASE
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When Denny Hamlin entered the 2009 Chase for the Cup, he did so with confidence. He won the fall Richmond race, claimed the fourth slot in the Chase and offered this warning to his competition: “They better watch us. This team is dangerous.”
Hamlin backed it up early with...
How Jeff Gordon could still win the Sprint Cup championship*
14 days ago by
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The Sprint Cup championship is all but sewn up for Jimmie Johnson, but there's still an outside chance Mark Martin could win. With a single race left, Mark Martin is 108 points behind Johnson. Using this points system as a guide, we break it down.If Johnson finishes 25th or better...
2010 is a rookie-less NASCAR season, so far
15 days ago by
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So Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Kurt Busch and Mark Martin are dueling for the Cup championship. Tony Stewart is right there behind them. And Dale Earnhardt Jr. is sitting in the top 5, on the cusp of a possible championship run. What? I'm talking about this day in 2004, not 2009...
Johnson Wins Pole for Homestead Finale
by Holly CainFiled under: Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin, Chase for the Sprint CupHOMESTEAD, Fla. -- The hard-core conspirators will think NASCAR scripted it. The reality is Jimmie Johnson was the fastest driver of the day. Johnson will start his No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet from the pole...
Jamie McMurray Goes Home; Rusty Wallace goes Foreign
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How’s this for a busy day?
After virtually no Silly Season action in weeks, two big announcements have been made in the last 24 hours regarding to of NASCAR’s big names.
The first is Jamie McMurray, who has partnered up with his old team… sort of. McMurray has inked...
USA TODAY INTERVIEWS EARNHARDT JR.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. said it was his public meltdown in Charlotte a few weeks ago that led to the National Enquirer story that claimed he was in a death spiral. Earnhardt told USA Today during a wide-ranging interview that he thought the Enquirer story was "fun" and a "...
Victory video: Love for Denny Hamlin? Is that too much to ask?
9 days ago by
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Lest we forget, Jimmie Johnson wasn't the only winner on Sunday night. Denny Hamlin ran away with the Ford 400, and if he hadn't had a couple misfires earlier in the Chase, this could've been a lot more interesting from a championship standpoint. So before we continue with...
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