Johnson Slips Past Gordon to Win Martinsville
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Jimmie Johnson sneaked by Jeff Gordon with 44 laps to go Sunday and held on to win at Martinsville Speedway for his series-high seventh victory of the year.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. pulled away from Jeff Gordon in a pair of overtime laps to win the NASCAR Nextel Cup race yesterday at Phoenix International Raceway, tightening the championship chase with two races to go.
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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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On a grim day for most of NASCAR&#39;s championship contenders, Jimmie Johnson took his third straight checkered flag. Johnson held off Mark Martin&#39;s dominating car to win Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway, easing
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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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Kurt Busch leads Jimmie Johnson by 18 points and Jeff Gordon by 21 heading into Sunday&#39;s season finale at Homestead. Kurt Busch has finished in the top 10 in eight of the past nine races.
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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 Johnson and Jeff Gordon.
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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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Jimmie Johnson was supposed to be finished a month ago in the Nascar Nextel Cup playoff for the season points title. He was down by 247 points with too few races left to make up the difference.
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There was no joy in victory Sunday at Martinsville Speedway for Jimmie Johnson and team. Soon after Johnson took the checkered flag in the Subway 500, the team was told a
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Juan Pablo Montoya spun teammate Scott Pruett to take the lead with eight laps left, then held off Denny Hamlin to win the Busch Series race on Sunday for his first NASCAR victory.
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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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Jeff Gordonâs team furiously tried to fix a poorly performing car before its driverâs lead in the Chase for the Nextel Cup points race over Jimmie Johnson disappeared Sunday in Atlanta.
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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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Jeff Gordon, seeking a victory that would tie him with the late Dale Earnhardt in career wins, found himself a lap behind the leaders through 65 laps of the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard on Sunday.
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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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Ryan Newman left misfortune behind and ran away from the field, while four-time series champion Jeff Gordon took the NASCAR Nextel Cup points lead Sunday at Dover International Speedway.