Johnson Making a Race of the Chase
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Teammates Jimmie Johnson, Sunday's winner in Georgia, and Jeff Gordon are turning the Chase for the Nextel Cup championship into a private duel.
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The Chase for the Nextel Cup will begin in earnest Sunday with the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway. It will be the first event of NASCAR&#39;s inaugural 10
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With two races to go before the Chase field is set, Dale Earnhardt Jr. is 158 points from the 12th and final qualifying spot.
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Jimmie Johnson was the clear favorite to win last season's Nextel Cup championship, an easy pick after coming so very close so many times before.
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MARTINSVILLE, Va. - The good news for the drivers chasing Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson in the Nextel Cup Series championship is that five opportunities remain to cut into their lead and ruin their season-long domination.
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The Chase for the Nextel Cup will begin in earnest Sunday with the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway. It will be the first event of NASCAR&#39;s
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If Jimmie Johnson can capture the Sprint Cup this year, he will stand alongside Cale Yarborough, who is the only driver to win three straight championships.
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A two-tire stop for Jimmie Johnson paid off with a victory Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway, turning the Chase for the Nextel Cup championship into a virtual dead heat between the reigning champion and teammate Jeff Gordon.
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Jimmie Johnson has fought through mistakes, mechanical failures and the despair of losing friends in a plane crash to charge back into NASCAR&#39;s closest championship battle ever.
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If experience counted for everything, Jeff Gordon would be a lock to win NASCAR&#39;s first 10-man, 10-race championship playoff. The four-time series champion goes into Sunday&#39;s Sylvania 300, the first event
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The leader in the &#39;Chase for the Cup&#39; hasn&#39;t run well in his last three races at Martinsville. Kurt Busch arrived at Martinsville Speedway with a 24-point lead over Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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MARTINSVILLE, Va., Oct. 20 -- The good news for the drivers chasing Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson in the Nextel Cup Series championship is that five opportunities remain to cut into their lead and ruin their season-long domination.
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This year's Chase for the Nextel Cup has been far more relaxing than last year's stressful battle for Jimmie Johnson, who is second in the standings behind Jeff Gordon.
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LOUDON, N.H. -- Well before the green flag dropped on yesterday's Sylvania 300, signaling the start of the Chase for the Nextel Cup, Dale Earnhardt Jr. expressed concern about how the other 33 drivers would race the top 10 in contention for the title.
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Jimmie Johnson's racing goals were a bit different before being stranded in 1994 in the Baja desert. Until then, the Southern California 19-year-old, was content to run off-road races and, maybe some day, win the Baja 1000 or an off-road title.
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After going four months without a victory, Jimmie Johnson picked a great time to get back to Victory Circle.
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DARLINGTON, S.C. -- Jimmie Johnson took advantage of a pit mistake by Jeff Gordon's team and won the Southern 500 yesterday, making the tightest championship chase in NASCAR history even closer with one race remaining.