Post-Chase odds and ends

...90-91, 93-94 Jeff Gordon 4 1995, 97-98, 2001 Jimmie Johnson 4 2006-09 Darrell Waltrip 3 1981-82, 85 Cale Yarborough 3 1976-78 David Pearson 3 1966, 68-69 Lee...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 23, 2009

Homestead Chase Chances

Once again, it's time to tunnel into the numbers of the Chase like an earthworm hopped up on Red Bull. For the final time this year, we'll rank the Ch...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 20, 2009

The Jimmie Johnson story, again

In the newest edition of ESPN The Magazine our motorsports department page looks at the havoc that Jimmie Johnson's amazing three-peat, soon to be fou...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2009

The Chicken Bone Section

After a brief hiatus, we now return you to the only place where rubber dust, carbon monoxide and Crisco combine to form a taste in one's mouth that on...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009

Historically, Johnson's lead still enough

Before you get too excited about the Chase being back on with Jimmie Johnson's wreck at Texas, realize it will still take an epic collapse for him to lose the title.

Texas Chase Chasers

Once again, it's time to get deep inside the numbers of the Chase racers as they approach their upcoming track, in this case the super-fast, 1.5-mile ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 06, 2009

Fans love to hate on Jimmie Johnson

Jimmie Johnson is on the cusp of staking claim to being one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history, so why isn't he revered? The man who holds that "greatest" title thinks the problem is you.

...1983: Dale Earnhardt had the momentum, with the lapped Bobby Allison in tow, to shoot past Darrell Waltrip on the final lap to win the Talladega 500 in 1983. Waltrip was 2nd, Allison was...

JJ just a part ... but a very big part

Is Jimmie Johnson a product of the system at Hendrick Motorsports or is the three-time defending Sprint Cup champ just that good? The debate continues ...

NASCAR revamps its diversity program

A few hours before the green flag was waved for Saturday's Bank of America 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway, one group receiving a tour of the track stood...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 21, 2009

The mecca of racing that is Martinsville

Pilgrimage to the oldest track on the NASCAR circuit, built in Virginia in 1946.

Jimmie's current run is stuff of legend

...including the infamous "And there's a fight!" throwdown at the end of the Daytona 500. Darrell Waltrip 1981-84 When Yarborough left Junior Johnson's team at the end of the 1980 season...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 19, 2009

Expect the unexpected, except with JJ

AP Photo/Gerry Broome There's one constant in this smorgasbord of a Cup season: Jimmie Johnson is still the man to beat. At first glance, the h...

Mark Martin's most memorable moments

From making 1,000 -- and counting -- starts to winning 95 races across three NASCAR series, it's been an amazing career for Mark Martin. Here are 10 defining moments for the 50-year-old.

Crunching numbers for Charlotte

...a driver, he also won six championships during a 10-year span with Cale Yarborough and Darrell Waltrip as his drivers. So Johnson gets the honor of being the first person voted into the...