Johnson Wins, Championship Race Tightens
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Jimmie Johnson took advantage of a pit mistake by Jeff Gordon's team and won the final Southern 500 on Sunday, making the tightest championship chase in NASCAR history even closer with one race remaining.
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Jimmie Johnson&#39;s joy in winning the Subway 500 at Martinsville (Va.) Sunday was dampened by news of the crash of plane belonging to Hendrick Motorsports owner Rick Hendrick in which 10 people died.
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Saturday's raceÃÂ is the last chance to earn points toward qualifying, andÃÂ only Jimmie Johnson and points leader Matt Kenseth have their places secured in the 10-driver Chase.
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CONCORD, NC -- Jimmie Johnson thought he needed a victory to get himself back into contention for the Nextel Cup championship. He got it, and it still wasn&#39;t enough.
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HAMPTON, Ga. - A year ago, the pressure was almost unbearable for Jimmie Johnson as he prepared for the fall race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
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For the majority of his victory in yesterday&#39;s Southern 500, Jimmie Johnson was driving blind. With each trip through a treacherous Turn 3 drenched in unusually blazing sunlight, Johnson&#39;s No.
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It took a fast pit stop to get Jimmie Johnson into the lead. Once he got there, Johnson knew the Budweiser Shootout was his.
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Glen Johnson knows what it&#39;s like to put his fate in the hands of boxing judges and have decisions go against him. Glen Johnson wins a tightly contested fight with Antonio Tarver.
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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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Jimmie Johnson won the final Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway to surge to just 18 points behind the leader, Kurt Busch, heading into the Nascar finale.
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Jimmie Johnson raised the checkered flag and pointed to the sky, the late-afternoon sun shining behind him. After a week of sadness, it seemed the only fitting end.
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CONCORD, NC Â· Jimmie Johnson won the UAW-GM 500 Saturday night, but the overwhelming drama of the race was the uncanny comeback of his mentor and teammate, Jeff Gordon, from two separate wrecks to finish second.
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HOMESTEAD, Fla. - The Nextel Cup championship, after 35 races, winds down to one, and the same man who will start on the pole in todayâs Ford 400 occupies a similarly lofty perch in the title race.
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Jimmie Johnson will try to join Cale Yarborough as a winner of three consecutive titles in Nascarâs premier racing division, now called the Sprint Cup.
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CROMWELL, Connecticut  - Rookie Zach Johnson  produced the day's joint best score, a five-under-par 65, to  join Fred Funk at the top of the leaderboard after the second  round of the $4.2 million Buick Championship Friday.
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Juan Pablo Montoya demonstrated his road course prowess again yesterday, stretching his final fuel load to the limit and grabbing his first NASCAR Nextel Cup win at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif.
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Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Glen Johnson, with patience and persistence, earned a split-decision victory over Antonio Tarver on Saturday night in a battle between conquerors of Roy Jones Jr.