Getting Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s team back on track is Rick Hendrick's top priority now that Jimmie Johnson has his record fourth consecutive NASCAR championship. "We're all over it, and we've been all over it," Hendrick said Tuesday in a conference call. "It's my primary focus here, starting Monday." Johnson gave Hendrick Motorsports its NASCAR record 12th championship in Sunday's season finale, and Hendrick drivers swept the top three spots in the standings. Mark Martin finished second and won... Read Full Story
Jimmie Johnson has put together the kind of winning streak that Johnny Damon and the Yankees can certainly appreciate. It took Damon four years to win his first World Series in New York. Johnson has won an unprecedented four straight championships in NASCAR's premier series. Johnson received a proclamation from the mayor's office designating Tuesday "Jimmie Johnson Day" in New York City. He also flipped the switch that lit the top of the Empire State Building in the blue, yellow and white... Read Full Story
Kyle Busch made it a double dose of celebration, winning the Nationwide Series championship before completing a lap and capping his night at Homestead-Miami Speedway with his ninth trip to Victory Lane. Busch held off a hard-charging Carl Edwards to win the 300-mile race, a fitting ending because the two NASCAR stars finished 1-2 in the final standings. Team owner Joe Gibbs led the Joe Gibbs Racing team in a short prayer shortly after Busch won the race. Busch only needed to start the race... Read Full Story
HOMESTEAD, Florida (Reuters) - Jimmie Johnson won an unprecedented fourth consecutive Sprint Cup points championship on Sunday. Johnson, driving a Chevrolet, came into the final race of the season at the Homestead Miami Speedway with a commanding lead in the championship and finished the race in fifth. The 400 mile race was won by Denny Hamlin in a Toyota, who finished ahead of Jeff Burton's Chevrolet by a wide margin. Kevin Harvick finished third, also in a Chevrolet. Johnson's team mate... Read Full Story
Jimmie Johnson captured his fourth straight NASCAR Sprint Cup championship with a fifth-place finish in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Johnson needed only to finish 25th or better to claim the driving title. Johnson says his strategy was to stay out of trouble and be smart.
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HOMESTEAD, FL (November 21, 2009)–Rusty Wallace Racing’s Steve Wallace (No. 66 Chevrolet Impala SS) closed out both his 2009 season and his two-year run with Chevrolet in a big way Saturday night, in the 300-mile event at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
After starting from the 15th position, the young wheelman battled both a loose race car and a slow late-race pit stop to score an eighth-place finish in his final race with Chevrolet, before joining the Toyota camp for 2010. Wallace’s finish in... Read Full Story
In celebration of Jimmie Johnson’s historic fourth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup championship, Team Chevy is offering fans the opportunity to personally congratulate Jimmie on the Team Chevy Facebook page.
Log on to http://www.facebook.com/TeamChevy and write your own best wishes to Jimmie and the entire No. 48 crew. Your message will be included with all the other fan messages in a giant “congratulations” card that will be personally delivered by one lucky fan. It might even be you... Read Full Story
Mark Martin has lost to Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart — some of NASCAR's greatest drivers — in his frustrating bid for an elusive championship. Standing in his way now? Jimmie Johnson, who takes a 108-point lead over Martin into Sunday's season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Barring a total collapse, Johnson will be the one to send Martin to a fifth runner-up finish in the standings. In doing so, Johnson will become the first driver in NASCAR history to win four... Read Full Story
Jimmie Johnson has won a NASCAR record fourth consecutive championship with a fifth-place finish in the finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Johnson needed only to finish 25th or better to beat teammate Mark Martin in the race, won by Denny Hamlin, to give team owner Rick Hendrick his own NASCAR record, a 12th championship. Johnson did better than that in a sometimes-testy Sunday drive into history. He was at times annoyed at rival drivers and even Jeff Gordon, the mentor and teammate who... Read Full Story
Rick Hendrick’s Family Emergency has kept him from attending the celebrations as NASCAR history was in making. Jimmie Johnson legend continued as he lifted the cup and a bottle of champagne.
Rick Hendrick’ spoekesm an later stated that he would definitely have attended the event, but the pressing family emergency required his presence and of course his first priority is his family.
Jimmie Johnson’s real competition was his own team mate Jeff Gordon, but he stood third. Jubilant Johnson... Read Full Story
