Johnson Wins Southern 500, Closes in on Busch
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DARLINGTON, S.C. (Sports Network) - Jimmie Johnson captured  the 55th and final running of the Southern 500 at the  Darlington Raceway. The No.48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet  driver crossed the finish line 0.959 seconds ahead of runner-up  Mark Martin.
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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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Kurt Busch has the lead position in the Chase for the Championship and the pole for today&#39;s Ford 400, but Jimmie Johnson has the momentum.
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HOMESTEAD, Florida (Ticker) -- Kurt Busch overcame a variety of setbacks, including a wheel falling off his car early in Sunday&#39;s Ford 400, to clinch the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
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What should be a joyful and hopeful time for Jimmie Johnson has instead been bittersweet. While Johnson has won three straight races and moved back into contention for the Nextel Cup championship, he can&#39;t
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Jimmie Johnson pulled away from Rusty Wallace and Ryan Newman in the Subway 500 to climb four spots in the season ending title chase Sunday.
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DARLINGTON, South Carolina (Ticker) - With so much emphasis being placed on NASCAR&#39;s &quot;Chase for the Championship,&quot; it won&#39;t be hard to keep track of those 10 drivers in Sunday&#39;s Southern 500.
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The age-old NASCAR ethic of hard work and patience has helped Jimmie Johnson win three straight races and put him back in the Nextel Cup championship picture.
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No. 97 Ford, Roush Racing: Busch finished fifth at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway and, thanks to the 25-point penalty assessed to Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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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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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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Pressure? What pressure? Kurt Busch, last in the qualifying line and first in the NASCAR Nextel Cup points, waited out 54 other drivers Friday and then won the pole for the season-ending Ford 400, which will determine the 2004 champion.
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A dominating performance in the Sylvania 300 yesterday at New Hampshire International Speedway at Loudon, NH, gave Kurt Busch a sweep of the 2004 events at the New Hampshire track and lifted him into a tie with Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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If Kurt Busch wasn&#39;t already the man to beat for the Nextel Cup championship, he is now. Anyone expecting Busch or his Roush Racing team to crack under the pressure of the
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As the top seed in the Chase for the NASCAR Nextel Cup, Jimmie Johnson knows whom he will be watching out for when the Chase gets under way Sunday with the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway.
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For five drivers and a multitude of fans, NASCAR&#39;s biggest race has moved to the southern edge of this state. In the inaugural year of the Chase for the Nextel Cup - a 10-race, bunched-together-by-points playoff
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Jimmie Johnson locked up his spot as the favorite for the Nextel Cup title, while Dale Earnhardt Jr. was locked out of Nascarâs Chase for the championship.