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NSCS Recap: Edwards Wins Race, Johnson Takes Third Straight Title

Jimmie Johnson celebrates winning his third consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship. Johnson became the second driver in NASCAR history to accomplish the feat. (Photo credit: CIA STOCK PHOTO)
HOMESTEAD-MIAMI — Jimmie Johnson has accomplished racing’s version of the hat trick…. three championships in a row.

He did it with a 15th -place finish in southern Florida’s grand finale for the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship. Carl Edwards won the battle, so to speak, but Johnson won the war.

On a day when he only needed a 36th-place finish to clinch his third title in a row, Johnson brought his Lowe’s Chevrolet into the thick of the battle, steadily clicking off position after position in the 267-lap race.

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JIMMIE JOHNSON IS NOW A THREE TIME CUP SERIES CHAMPION
Jimmie Johnson, Chad Knaus, and the entire #48 Hendrick Motorsports crew have won their 3rd consecutive championship.  Chad Knaus also becomes the first crew chief in history to win 3 in a row.

Jimmie Johnson’s stats for 2008 are simply amazing.  7 wins, 15 Top 5’s, 22 Top 10’s.  He now puts his name next to Cale Yarborough as the only two drivers in history to win three championships in a row.

This is Hendrick Motorsports 8th Championship as an organization.  Jimmie Johnson (3) Jeff Gordon (4) Terry Labonte (1)

Jimmie Johnson takes home a check of $7,092,800

Oh, by the way he finished 15th in the race.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 11, 2008) — After a season’s worth of laps, it all comes down to a November afternoon at Homestead-Miami Speedway and this question: Can reigning and two-time defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Lowe’s/Kobalt Chevrolet) make history?

He heads into Sunday’s season-finale Ford 400 as the leader in the 2008 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Second-place Carl Edwards (No. 99 Office Depot Ford), the only driver who can catch Johnson, trails by 141 points.

If Johnson does win the 2008 title, he’ll join one of the sport’s greats — Cale Yarborough — as the only drivers to win three consecutive series championships. He also can accomplish the feat on the 30th anniversary of Yarborough’s last title (1976-78).

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Jimmie Johnson is on the doorstep of history after starting on the pole, leading the most laps, and eventually winning at Phoenix International Raceway.  It’s Johnson’s 7th Cup win of the year, and now leads the points by 141 over Carl Edwards.  Jimmie only needs to finish 36th or better at Homestead-Miami in order to win his 3rd consecutive Cup Series Championship matching Cale Yarborough.

RACE RESULTS

POINT STANDINGS

TOP 10

10 David Ragan
9 Jeff Burton
8 Kyle Busch
7 Kevin Harvick
6 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
5 Denny Hamlin
4 Carl Edwards
3 Jamie McMurray
2 Kurt Busch
1 Jimmie Johnson

Jimmie Johnson needs to hang onto his points lead for 2 more races in order to win his 3rd straight championship.  On Sunday he’ll have the best view at the front of the pack to start the race.

1 48 Jimmie Johnson
2 26 Jamie McMurray
3 2 Kurt Busch
4 44 David Reutimann
5 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
6 12 Ryan Newman
7 24 Jeff Gordon
8 11 Denny Hamlin
9 15 Paul Menard
10 8 Mark Martin
11 9 Kasey Kahne
12 41 Reed Sorenson
13 10 AJ Allmendinger
14 18 Kyle Busch
15 99 Carl Edwards
16 5 Casey Mears
17 66 Scott Riggs
18 47 Marcos Ambrose
19 29 Kevin Harvick
20 1 Martin Truex Jr

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