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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 8:50 PM ET by Holly Cain (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Juan Pablo Montoya, Tony Stewart, NASCAR Crashes, Sprint Cup

HOMESTEAD, Fla. --
Tony Stewart and
Juan Pablo Montoya positioned themselves for a grand finale in NASCAR's Sprint Cup season-ender at Homestead Miami Speedway on Sunday. Montoya was set for a career-best points finish, with Stewart enjoying a great debut effort for his own new team.
Instead of finishing on a high note, the two veterans engaged in a spirited battle of fender-banging that resulted in both losing positions in the final championship standings.
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 9th 2009 6:24 PM ET by Geoffrey Miller (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Mark Martin, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Sprint Cup
Notes, quotes and a dash of commentary from a NASCAR weekend in Texas.
What a difference a crew chief makes. Kyle Busch, a
Sprint Cup nobody in the last few weeks, rocketed back to his expected form with new team leader Dave Rogers calling the shots Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway. Busch had the dominant car and led 232 of 334 laps before a fuel miscalculation or a blind shot at a win kept him from making history by being the first driver to win three races in one weekend.
And strangely, Busch's old form of letting his crew chief do the post-race talking returned, too.
Posted: Nov 8th 2009 1:00 PM ET by Geoffrey Miller (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Carl Edwards, Jeff Gordon, Kyle Busch, Sprint Cup
The Essentials
Race: Dickies 500
Where: Texas Motor Speedway
Time: Sunday 3:15 p.m. EST
TV/Radio: ABC, PRN Radio
Twitter: @
FanHouseRacing Forecast: Mostly cloudy, Low 70s
Distance: 334 laps (501 miles)
Pole Winner: Jeff Gordon
2008 Winner: Carl Edwards
The Storylines
Ladies and gentleman, there was nothing wrong with last week's race at Talladega -- if you ask
Tony Stewart or NASCAR.
This week, each of them blamed the fan uproar solely on the media (mainly ESPN) for ultimately putting such ideas about the bad racing at Talladega into the heads of fans. Race fans, Stewart and NASCAR feel, were induced with propaganda by television to believe that they were getting shafted by NASCAR.
Posted: Nov 4th 2009 11:14 AM ET by Geoffrey Miller (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Jamie McMurray, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, Talladega Superspeedway, Sprint Cup
Notes, quotes & commentary from a NASCAR weekend at Talladega.
What a weekend it was, huh? Yes, I do have some comments and ideas about the overall product at Talladega this week. I'm going to wait, though, until the end of this post. First, the finer notes on Sunday.
Can anyone make sense of NASCAR's pit road penalties? Had Sunday's race been at another track where track position isn't so easily gained like it is at Talladega,
Jimmie Johnson,
Ryan Newman,
Tony Stewart and eventual race winner
Jamie McMurray would have been downright hosed.
And good or bad as it relates to your particular driver, the rule that nabbed them just isn't fair.