| Johnson enjoying his place in NASCAR history
Days after capturing his third-consecutive
Sprint Cup Series championship, Jimmie Johnson has returned to his home in
North Carolina to relax and allow his record-tying accomplishment to finally
sink in. Johnson, who finished 15th in last Sunday's season-ending race at the
Homestead-Miami Speedway, matched Cale Yarborough's 30-year-old record of
three titles in a row.
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| Menard to drive No.98 for Yates in '09
Yates Racing announced Tuesday that Paul Menard
will drive the No.98 Ford for the team during the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series season.
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| Johnson, No.48 team the next dynasty in professional sports
After capturing his third-consecutive
Sprint Cup Series championship Sunday at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, Jimmie
Johnson and his No.48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet crew have not only
established themselves as one of the greatest teams in NASCAR, but as the
latest in a string of professional sports dynasties.
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| Three-Peat: Johnson captures record-tying third-straight Cup title
Carl Edwards dominated Sunday's season-ending
Ford 400, but Jimmie Johnson was the "tropic" of conversation at the
Homestead-Miami Speedway as he drove into NASCAR's record books with his
record-tying third consecutive Sprint Cup Series championship. Johnson
finished 15th to join Cale Yarborough as the only drivers in NASCAR's 60-year
history that have won three titles in a row. Yarborough accomplished the feat
from 1976-78.
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| Reutimann captures first Cup pole for season-ending Ford 400
David Reutimann recorded his first career
pole in the Sprint Cup Series by taking the top starting spot in Friday's
qualifying for the Ford 400 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. Reutimann, the
driver of the No.44 Toyota for Michael Waltrip Racing and a native of
Zephyrhills, FL, rounded the 1.5-mile oval in 31.462 seconds (171.636 m.p.h.).
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| NASCAR cancels 2009 testing at sanctioned tracks
In an effort to cut costs for teams, NASCAR
announced it will suspend testing at its sanctioned tracks for its three
national touring and two regional racing series during the 2009 season.
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| This Week in Auto Racing November 14 - 16
All three of NASCAR's national touring
series championships will be decided this weekend in South Florida. While
Jimmie Johnson is on the verge of capturing his record-tying third-straight
Sprint Cup Series title, the best race will likely be the Craftsman Truck
Series, featuring the close points battle between Johnny Benson and Ron
Hornaday, Jr.
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| Nothing "funny" about moving tail end of NASCAR race to ESPN2
With the second-to-last race in the "Chase
for the Sprint Cup" reaching its climactic point and Jimmie Johnson on the
verge of clinching his record-tying third consecutive series championship,
viewers in the Eastern and Central time zones were stunned to see the
remaining 34 laps of Sunday's Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix
International Raceway switched from ABC to ESPN2.
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| Johnson on the brink of third-straight title with Phoenix win
Jimmie Johnson took a huge step closer towards
capturing his record-tying third-consecutive Sprint Cup Series championship
with a dominating victory in Sunday's Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at
Phoenix International Raceway. Johnson led 217 of 313 laps and held off Kurt
Busch in a green-white-checkered finish.
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| Johnson on the brink of third consecutive title with Phoenix win
Jimmie Johnson won Sunday's Checker O'Reilly
Auto Parts 500 with a dominating performance at the Phoenix International
Raceway. Johnson, the two-time defending Sprint Cup Series champion, led 217
of 313 laps and held off a hard-charging Kurt Busch in a green-white-checkered
finish.
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