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The ultimate NASCAR gift guide

Ryan McGee

Green Green Green and Ho Ho Ho! It's holiday time in NASCAR land! So, you still haven't picked up the perfect present for your favorite pit lizard or...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 14, 2009

NASCAR's Hunter in the fight of his life

David Newton, ESPN.com

Jim Hunter has extinguished a number of volatile situations as NASCAR's public relations extraordinaire. Today he faces his biggest test yet: lung cancer.

Story | Conversation | December 10, 2009

Nothing coincidental about Danica's deal

David Newton

...top owner in the garage. He now has two four-time champions in Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon, NASCAR's most popular driver in Dale Earnhardt Jr. and -- as the co-owner of JRM...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 09, 2009

Ranking the world's best 10 drivers

Terry Blount, ESPN.com

Jimmie Johnson won his fourth consecutive Sprint Cup championship, but how much weight does that carry in Terry Blount's rankings of the world's best drivers? Plenty.

Story | Conversation | December 08, 2009

Champions Week goes to Vegas

Ryan McGee

...the public never turned into reality. "I've thought about that a lot in the past," admits Jeff Burton, who won't be honored tonight but has participated in at least nine previous ceremonies. "You...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 04, 2009

Tiger Woods news rockin' the Strip

Terry Blount, ESPN.com

Jimmie Johnson will take boring any day. With the country all abuzz over the Tiger Woods uproar, the four-time Cup champ says being called vanilla isn't so bad.

Story | Conversation | December 03, 2009

Johnson roast the best show in town

Terry Blount, ESPN.com

They couldn't derail the four-time Cup champ on the racetrack. But the Chase drivers did make Jimmie Johnson squirm plenty at the celebrity roast Wednesday in Vegas.

Story | Conversation | December 02, 2009

Knaus: 'This is my time'

David Newton, ESPN.com

Chad Knaus is on track to become one of the greatest crew chiefs of all time, perhaps the greatest. One thing we know for sure: He already is the most committed.

Story | Conversation | November 29, 2009

What a ride: How JJ won the Cup

David Newton, ESPN.com

It started at New Hampshire and ended at Homestead-Miami. The crowning moment of the 10-race Chase for the Cup? A fourth straight title for a guy named Jimmie Johnson.

Story | Conversation | November 24, 2009

Blitz Awards and Razzies, Part IV

Terry Blount, ESPN.com

Drumroll, please. It's time to honor the best (and the worst) of the 2009 NASCAR season with the fourth annual Blount's Blitz Awards and Razzies … minus the red-carpet treatment, of course.

Story | Conversation | November 24, 2009

Crunching numbers after Homestead

Matt Willis

...had ever won four consecutive championships until Mr. Johnson came along. Not Petty, not Earnhardt, not Waltrip, Gordon or Yarborough. And since I'm an all-sports researcher out at ESPN, let's put it...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009

Post-Chase odds and ends

Ryan McGee

...67, 71-72, 74-75, 79 Dale Earnhardt 7 1979, 86-87, 90-91, 93-94 Jeff Gordon 4 1995, 97-98, 2001 Jimmie Johnson 4 2006-09 Darrell Waltrip 3 1981-82, 85...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 23, 2009

Can anyone stop the 48?

Terry Blount, ESPN.com

Jimmie Johnson's quest for five straight Cup titles begins Feb. 14 at Daytona. Will anyone be able to stop the 48?

Story | Conversation | November 22, 2009

Believe it or not, JJ not done yet

David Newton, ESPN.com

Even with four straight Sprint Cup titles in tow, it's too early to anoint Jimmie Johnson as the best driver in NASCAR history. And if he wins a fifth? Well, all bets are off.

Story | Conversation | November 22, 2009

Johnson worked hard for fourth title

Terry Blount, ESPN.com

Jimmie Johnson might make it look easy, but winning his fourth straight title was anything but, right down the the final laps at Homestead.

Story | Conversation | November 22, 2009