Can Jimmie Johnson recover from his slump?

Slumping Johnson Welcomes Tricky Triangle This is strange territory for Jimmie Johnson, winner of four consecutive series championship. Johnson’s last three finishes – and four of the last five – have been outside the top 15. The slump has dropped Johnson from the points lead after Talladega, to his current seventh-place position. A turn-around could [...]

Kyle Busch Wins Dover after Johnson mistake

RACE RECAP | DOVER 10 Joey Logano 9 Tony Stewart 8 Carl Edwards 7 Kevin Harvick 6 Greg Biffle 5 David Reutimann 4 Denny Hamlin 3 Matt Kenseth 2 Jeff Burton VICTORY LANE 1 Kyle Busch grabs his second win of the season, 18th career Cup win, 3rd career weekend sweep (NNS/Cup) and it’s Joe [...]

Jimmie Johnson Is Good… But He’s Lucky, Too

Guest Column By Cathy Elliott Four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson’s early season dominance has his fellow drivers doing a little more than scratching their heads. They’re pounding their race cars and blaming Johnson’s success on the mystical power of luck. Kevin Harvick, who in the early going looks like one of the [...]

Video: 48 Car almost falls on Jimmie Johnson, Chad Knaus

Check out this video of Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus shooting a TV commercial, when suddenly the 48 car in the background falls.  Jimmie and Chad narrowly escape injury.  Or, this could all be contrived and purposely done to increase web traffic and to promote this weekends Kobalt Tools 500 in Atlanta.  That’s why we [...]

Quick Cap: 48th Win for Driver 48

QUICK RECAP | AUTO CLUB SPEEDWAY 10 Greg Biffle 9 Tony Stewart 8 Clint Bowyer 7 Matt Kenseth 6 Kurt Busch 5 Joey Logano 4 Mark Martin 3 Jeff Burton 6th career top 5 at California 2 Kevin Harvick hit the wall in the closing laps, giving up the win, but takes over the points [...]

Media Picks Johnson to win 5th Championship

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 4, 2010) – It only took an unprecedented fourth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship, but the media finally thinks Jimmie Johnson will defend his crown, according to a preseason media poll. Incredibly, this isn’t a typical outcome. Only once in the previous five preseason polls has Johnson been tapped as [...]

Jimmie Johnson Confident on 5th Championship

Jimmie Johnson Motivated to Go for Fifth-Straight Title Day three of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Media Tour hosted by Charlotte Motor Speedway included a lunch stop at the campus of the top team in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Hendrick Motorsports. And the top driver on that team the last four years has been Jimmie [...]

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