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Jimmie Kenneth Johnson (born September 17, 1975) is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver.
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When Sprint Cup drivers showed up at Dover International Speedway – then Dover Downs International Speedway – for its first race in 1969, most had raced only a couple of days before at Daytona.
The wackiness of the schedule that season and the appearance of a brand new superspeedway in a new market saw drivers racing July 4 at Daytona, traveling that night up the East Coast and then racing July 6 at Dover.A new track, new setups and everything that came with that on very little sleep.No one was surprised when a wily veteran, Richard Petty, won the track's first race. In fact, Petty won three of the first four races at Dover, and another star from that era, Bobby Allison, won the other two.More than 40 years later, Petty and Allison, long retired and safely sitting in the NASCAR Hall of Fame, remain the all-time kings of Dover with seven victories each.On Sunday, in the FedEx 400 Benefiting Autism Speaks, current-era superstar Jimmie Johnson can join them. Johnson is the leader in Dover ...NASCAR drivers and teams are pretty good at looking at the rules and figuring out how to use them to their advantage.That much was obvious two weeks ago at the Sprin...
All three of NASCAR's national touring series -- Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck -- will be at Dover International Speedway this weekend. The IZOD Ind...
Dover International Speedway is a one-mile race track. Its measurement in length, however, is virtually the only thing it has in common with other one-mile racing fa...
There were many storylines that we laid out to the viewers of our "NASCAR on FOX" broadcast Sunday afternoon before they waved the green flag on the Sprint Cup sched...
Kasey Kahne captured the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway to claim his first victory of the season. But it's runner-up Denny Hamlin who moves to the top of ...
As I have told you many times, the crown jewels of NASCAR Sprint Cup racing back in the day were Daytona, Darlington, Charlotte and then Talladega. When Winston was ...
Rick Hendrick says he made a mistake last year, something the owner's teams haven't done much lately.Hendrick acknowledged he added pressure to his programs when he ...
Back in the depths of winter, burdened by a blown engine and a 42nd-place finish in the Daytona 500 and a subsequent points penalty (that later disappeared), Jimmie ...
After months of wondering when any Hendrick Motorsports car would win again, NASCAR's powerhouse program is on a major roll heading into the Coca-Cola 600.Five-time ...
They've got nine championships between them and a combined five victories on the single most prolific day of racing of the year.Dario Franchitti and Jimmie Johnson a...
Look out. Jimmie Johnson and his No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports team are on a hot streak heading into the summer stretch of the Sprint Cup Series schedule.In a period o...
Kasey Kahne won a Sprint Cup Series race for the first time as a Hendrick Motorsports driver on Sunday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway.Kahne put on a dominating pe...
KENSETH THE MAN TO BEAT? — Whenever the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series comes to Dover International Speedway, Matt Kenseth is always one of the favorites. Kenseth, the 200...
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is hoping to pick up the next memorable victory for Hendrick Motorsports.First, Jimmie Johnson raced to owner Rick Hendrick's 200th win. Then Kase...
It is safe to say that the performance we saw Sunday night out of Kasey Kahne and his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports team is something we'd seen coming for about six wee...
When Jimmie Johnson left his pit stall with his gas can — and his gas man — still attached to his No. 48 Chevrolet it cost the five-time Sprint Cup champion a chance...
When Jimmie Johnson left his pit stall with his gas can — and his gas man — still attached to his No. 48 Chevrolet it cost the five-time Sprint Cup champion a chance...
Five years have passed since Martin Truex Jr. recorded his first and only win so far in the Sprint Cup Series.Truex, who hails from Mayetta, NJ, won the 2007 spring ...
Kasey Kahne's win was awesome, not only for him, but for that whole No. 5 team. I see a really unique situation developing now at Hendrick Motorsports. I wonder if t...
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