His look is clean-cut. His outward personality is polite. Jimmie Johnson wears a Lowe’s patch on his fire suit sleeve, not his heart.
And so it has become easy to miss what’s true about Jimmie Johnson – how his legendary combination of competiveness and talent has driven him to the brink of a historic fourth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup title.
After a dominating first-place finish here on Sunday at the Checker O’Reilly Auto Parts 500, he carries a 108-point lead into next weekend’s finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. He needs to finish just 25th or better to make history… Details
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Jimmie Johnson rebounded from a rare bad race with a dominating victory at Phoenix International Raceway that pushed him to the edge of a NASCAR record fourth consecutive championship.
Johnson led 238 laps Sunday to win for the fourth time in the last five races at Phoenix. It was his seventh victory of the season, and fourth since the start of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.
More important, it stretched his lead to 108 points over Hendrick Motorsports teammate Mark Martin heading into the finale …Â Details
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Team owner Buckler looking to make a big splash in 2010
Bobby Labonte has signed a one-year contract to drive TRG Motorsports’ car in 2010 — and at least for the season-opening Daytona 500 he’ll have a teammate in TRG’s hoped-for full-time second car.
On Saturday morning at Phoenix International Raceway, TRG owner Kevin Buckler and Labonte announced the deal and a 12-race primary sponsorship with TaxSlayer.com, a provider of online tax preparation software, that Buckler hopes will be the first of several.
“Bobby’s the total package, and …Â Details
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Michael Waltrip Racing on Saturday announced the extension of its partnership with Toyota in the Sprint Cup Series. The new agreement will keep the organization with the manufacturer through the end of 2012.
MWR launched its full-time Cup Series teams in 2007 during Toyota’s inaugural year in the premier series. With Toyota’s support, MWR has won three poles, the 50th running of the Coca-Cola 600 and competed for a berth in the Chase for the Sprint Cup until …Â Details
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