Easy Rider: Chase Proves More Relaxing for Johnson
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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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ST. LOUIS -- Jimmie Johnson won driver of the year honors from The Sporting News on Wednesday despite coming up short in the race for the NASCAR Nextel Cup title.
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MARTINSVILLE, Va. - Jimmie Johnson&#39;s series-high sixth victory of the season Sunday was overshadowed by word that a plane carrying members of the Hendrick Motorsports organization crashed on the way to Martinsville Speedway.
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Scott Verplank hobbled his way through some miserable weather last week at the American Express Championship. In the desert, where conditions were perfect, he not only walked better but played better, too.
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It would be easy for Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson to just pack it up and forget about competing for this year&#39;s Nextel Cup Series championship.
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ATHENS, Greece -- He was leading the race, but for some reason, you just had the feeling he might slow down. I don&#39;t know what it was about American Jeremy Wariner, his technique or thin muscles or something
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Jimmie Johnson thought he needed a victory to jump back into contention for the Nextel Cup championship.
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Tony Stewart prefers winning races on raw speed, not fuel strategy, but was content to coast across the finish line and win yesterday's Banquet 400 in Kansas City, Kan.
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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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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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As Tim Johnson crossed the finish line at the USA Cycling National Championships earlier this month, the rider's wide smile was the only thing not splattered with mud.
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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 went from top contender to also-ran to unbeatable, and now he has all the momentum heading into the last race of the Nextel Cup season.
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Don't spend too much time comparing NASCAR rookies and former open-wheel drivers Juan Pablo Montoya and A.J. Allmendinger.
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Valentino Rossi is easily bored. He craves diversions and new challenges as much as track success. As motorcycle racing&#39;s great humorist, he has as much a feel for zany stunts as he does for flicking his rumbling MotoGP bike through chicanes.
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Masters champion Zach Johnson hoped to jump into contention at the John Deere Classic on Friday. Instead, he missed the cut.
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Zach Johnson kept his head up and waited for things to get better, as he knew they would. Even though he missed four makable birdie putts and bogeyed one of the five holes he had to play at dawn Saturday to complete his rain-delayed second round, Johnson had an inkling this was going to be his day at the International.