Chase for the Sprint Cup

...a span of eight races. And four straight top-five finishes from Aug. 22 through Sept. 20 not only vaulted him into the Chase for the Sprint Cup -- but left him atop the pack. Johnson was the only one who kept him from staying there. In all,...

In this article: Mark Martin, Jimmie Johnson, Nascar, Bobby Allison, Champagne, Ford 400, Daytona 500, and Homestead-Miami Speedway

That won't get it done against Johnson and Knaus, who won seven races this season and, as usual, turned it up a notch when the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship began. Johnson grabbed four of his wins in the Chase and played it safe...

In this article: Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Nascar, Mark Martin, Jeff Burton, Denny Hamlin, Dale Earnhardt, and Hendrick Motorsports

...to be considered one of the all-time greats." And so begins the debate over where the winner and the loser of this year's Chase for the Sprint Cup championship will stack up in NASCAR history. In one corner is Johnson, who's dominated the...

In this article: Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin, Nascar, Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Homestead-Miami Speedway, and Homestead

RANDOM EVIDENCE OF A CLUTTERED MIND NASCAR's Chase for the Cup in need of a tuneup Jimmie Johnson climbs from his car after practice for the NASCAR Ford 400 Sprint Cup series auto race at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla.,...

In this article: Nascar, Jimmie Johnson, Dolphins, Chase for the Cup, Jacory Harris, Golden Panthers, Homestead, Mark Martin, Joey Porter, and Miami, Florida

Posted on Friday, 11.20.09 Should NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup face the scrap heap? NASCAR's Chase for the Cup format was supposed to make the fight for the series title more dramatic. But with Jimmie Johnson on the verge of an...

In this article: Nascar, Jimmie Johnson, Denny Hamlin, Homestead, Juan Pablo Montoya, Matt Kenseth, and NFL

With Jimmie Johnson far ahead of the competition going into the final race of the NASCAR season, the Chase for the Sprint Cup looks like a done deal. There's still plenty of drama remaining, though, in the Great Gazette NASCAR Race...

In this article: Nascar, Ford 400, and Jimmie Johnson

...his lead over Mark Martin in the Sprint Cup has been trimmed to 73 points. NASCAR and ABC can boast that the Chase for the Sprint Cup title is back on with two races remaining. It really isn't. Johnson is still going to win his...

In this article: Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin, Dickies 500, Phoenix, Nascar, Texas Motor Speedway, Martin Truex, Kyle Busch, and Carl Edwards

Posted Sunday, Nov. 08, 2009 Comments (0) Print Share Reprints A A look at the day for the Chasers and where they stand now His accident on Lap 3 became the story of the race (at least until the Busch brothers started playing gas...

In this article: Kyle Busch, Jimmie Johnson, Texas, and Mark Martin

...has made it look easy. He has 22 top-10 finishes in 33 races this year. He has finished in the top 10 in all seven Chase for the Sprint Cup races and has won three. He finished second in April at Texas Motor Speedway and fourth two weeks...

In this article: Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin, Nascar, Chase, Kyle Busch, Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Sprint Cup, and 2000 Indianapolis 500