Jimmie Johnson's fifth win of the season made the driver of the No. 48 the easy top choice in this week's Power Poll for a second straight week. He has won at least five races in six of the last seven Sprint Cup seasons and 52 overall. Watch out in future weeks for Tony Stewart, who has now climbed...
By Jim Pedley Special to the Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (March 25, 2010) Jimmie Johnson did not seem to get the drift of the question when he was asked this week if he thought that maybe his early-season success was taking some of the fun out of the young 2010 Sprint Cup season. “No,”...
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (March 21, 2010) BRISTOL, Tenn.—In a milestone race Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway, Jimmie Johnson—the last driver third-place finisher Kurt Busch wanted to see win the race—took the checkered flag for the 50th time in his NASCAR Sprint...
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By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (February 28, 2010) LAS VEGAS—Jimmie Johnson didn’t need luck in Sin City—he was just that good when it counted in Sunday’s Shelby American at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. A week after parlaying a lucky break on pit road at Fontana...
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By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (Photo Credit: Jeff Gross/Getty Images) (February 21, 2010) FONTANA, Calif.—A career came full circle for Jimmie Johnson, who won his first NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Auto Club Speedway in 2002 and on Sunday claimed his fifth victory at the 2-mile...
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