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Posted: Nov 24th 2009 3:46 AM ET by Geoffrey Miller (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson, Juan Pablo Montoya, Tony Stewart, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Sprint Cup
Notes, quotes & commentary from a championship weekend in Homestead.
Well, there you have it.
We, as NASCAR fans in 2009, have seen something that has never been done before in the 61 years of NASCAR competition, and something that could very easily not happen for another 161 years if this sport lasts that long.
Yep,
Jimmie Johnson -- the smooth-drivin' Californian -- is the first guy in all of NASCAR's moonshining and intimidating history to take four straight championships at any level. But, strangely, he's not the first to do so in a major stock car racing series.
Posted: Nov 22nd 2009 10:34 PM ET by Holly Cain (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Jimmie Johnson, Chase for the Sprint Cup

HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- With two laps to go, pop star Nick Lachey began clapping and cheering on his good friend. The back slaps and handshakes among crew, family and friends started coming like a slow wave picking up speed as
Jimmie Johnson slid his Chevy out of the final turn and approached the last checkered flag of the NASCAR Sprint Cup season.
His father, Gary, stood behind the growing celebration in his son's pit stall at Homestead Miami Speedway -- a huge smile on his face, a sparkling Superman pin attached over the logo of his Hendrick Motorsports cap.
Superman is the nickname bestowed on Johnson, who on Sunday became the first driver in NASCAR's 61-year history to win a fourth consecutive Sprint Cup championship.
Posted: Nov 22nd 2009 6:45 PM ET by FanHouse Newswire (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Jimmie Johnson, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Sprint Cup

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) --
Jimmie Johnson was chasing much more than a championship.
He was also chasing NASCAR history.
The most dominant driver of this decade won a record fourth consecutive championship Sunday night at Homestead-Miami Speedway, where he raced hard to finish fifth when 25th-place would have gotten the job done.
In doing so, Johnson joined Richard Petty (7), Dale Earnhardt (7) and teammate
Jeff Gordon (4) as the only drivers to win more than three titles.
Posted: Nov 22nd 2009 11:50 AM ET by Geoffrey Miller (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Sprint Cup
The Essentials
Race: Ford 400
Where: Homestead-Miami Speedway
Time: Sunday 3:15 PM ET
TV/Radio: ABC, MRN Radio
Twitter: Updates @
FanHouseRacing
Forecast: Mostly sunny, High 60s
Distance: 267 laps (400.5 miles)
Pole Winner: Jimmie Johnson
2008 Winner: Carl Edwards
The Storylines
Like Jimmie Johnson or not, and like the Chase or not, should Johnson go on to win his fourth career
Sprint Cup championship Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway it would be completely worthy of every bit of the praises gien and the historical references noted.
Posted: Nov 20th 2009 8:25 PM ET by Holly Cain (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin, Chase for the Sprint Cup

HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- The hard-core conspirators will think NASCAR scripted it. The reality is
Jimmie Johnson was the fastest driver of the day.
Johnson will start his No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet from the pole position in Sunday's Ford 400 at Homestead Miami Speedway -- the ultimate beginning to the last chapter in his quest to become the first driver to win four consecutive championships.
Of all things Johnson knocked his Hendrick Motorsports teammate -- and only title challenger left --
Mark Martin off the top spot on the qualifying speed chart. Johnson leads Martin by 108 points and needs only to finish 25th or better to clinch his historic championship.
Posted: Nov 20th 2009 1:25 PM ET by Holly Cain (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Jimmie Johnson, Hendrick Motorsports

HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Two days before he attempts to wrap up a historic fourth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup championship,
Jimmie Johnson has announced a contract extension with Hendrick Motorsports that will keep the champ driving the No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet through the 2015 season.
"It's the only car I've ever driven,'' Johnson said with a smile Friday morning. "I'm very proud of that.''
Posted: Nov 19th 2009 6:35 PM ET by Holly Cain (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Hendrick Motorsports

MIAMI -- NASCAR's Championship Weekend officially kicked off Thursday during a contenders press conference that couldn't have been less like boxing's version of a pre-bout showdown. This was more meet-and-greet than stare-and-glare.
The players here -- three-time defending Sprint Cup champion
Jimmie Johnson and his Hendrick Motorsports teammate
Mark Martin -- like each other, so much so it was difficult to remember that they are actually competing against one another.
Johnson gushed about what a great driver Martin is. And Martin humbly insisted he was just happy to be in position to challenge Johnson. And their team owner Rick Hendrick maintained, "I'm just living the dream."
Posted: Nov 18th 2009 2:15 PM ET by David Whitley (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Jimmie Johnson

Jimmie Johnson doesn't need help winning. He desperately needs help making people appreciate winning.
On Sunday, Johnson clinched his fourth straight Sprint Cup title. To put that in layman's terms, Johnson is the Yankees, Patriots and
American Idol wrapped into one.
That makes Johnson the most under-loved dynasty in sports history. When he won the crown Sunday at Homestead, most of America likely stifled a yawn unless he would have popped out of the cockpit dressed as Danica Patrick. (Needless to say, he didn't.)
Jimmie, we're here to help.
Posted: Nov 18th 2009 1:30 PM ET by Holly Cain (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Jimmie Johnson, Chase for the Sprint Cup
With Jimmie Johnson becoming the first racer in history to win four consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup championships on Sunday, FanHouse motorsports writer Holly Cain took a trip to his hometown outside San Diego last week. This is the second of a two-part series looking at the unlikely start for a stock car great.
Posted: Nov 17th 2009 4:02 PM ET by Holly Cain (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Jimmie Johnson, Chase for the Sprint Cup

With Jimmie Johnson becoming the first racer in history to win four consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup championships on Sunday, FanHouse motorsports writer Holly Cain took a trip to his hometown outside San Diego last week. This is the first of a two-part series looking at the unlikely start for a stock car great. EL CAJON, Calif. -- The
neighborhood sits just beyond a miniature horse farm, up Crest Mountain in unincorporated El Cajon, where dusty pick-up trucks buzz by impatiently, dirt bikes strapped in their truck beds.