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 [...]

Jimmie Johnson’s 48 still THE team to beat

Johnson Back In Top 5
Well, that didn’t take long.
After yet another year of Daytona 500 disappointment, Johnson righted his ship and has sailed into the point standings’ top five, on the strength of consecutive victories at Auto Club Speedway and Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Whenever Jimmie Johnson wins next, it’ll be his 50th career in the [...]

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 lead
VICTORY LANE
1 The driver of the 48 car get’s [...]

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 the [...]

Johnson/Knaus hope to bounce back at Phoenix

The No. 48 team faced its first dose of adversity during the Chase last Sunday at Texas when Johnson was in an accident on Lap 3 that sent the entire team scrambling to salvage the day. Johnson ended up finishing 38th and the point lead the No. 48 team had accumulated going into Texas had [...]

Jimmie Johnson looks for Dover sweep

Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus have the No. 48 team second in the standings after a fourth-place finish at New Hampshire.
But unlike leader Mark Martin, who hasn’t won at Dover since 2004, Johnson dominated the track’s 2009 spring race, becoming one of only three drivers this season to score a perfect Driver Rating.
Johnson has 15 [...]

NASCAR Awards Banquet Observations

QUICK AWARDS OBSERVATIONS
-Dale Jr. (there as most popular driver) sported a full beard
-Tony Stewart was dateless, doing photo ops with Jimmie Johnson instead
Photo Credit: CIA Stock Photo
-Celebs in attendance, Tom Cruise (sat with Jeff Gordon), Kevin Costner, Matchbox 20
-60 years of NASCAR video montage was amazing
-Richard Petty gave a complete history of NASCAR…seemingly going on [...]

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