Putting JJ's dominance in perspective
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comIt took us 30 years to fully appreciate the magnitude of Cale Yarborough's three-peat. Here's hoping it won't take that long for us to acknowledge Jimmie Johnson's place in NASCAR history.
Story | Conversation | November 22, 2009Changes to car won't be coming soon
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comFor NASCAR fans hoping changes are coming to the Sprint Cup car -- aka Contraption Of Turmoil -- you can keep on waiting. The league seems convinced the car is not a problem.
Story | Conversation | November 12, 2009Johnson wills his team to finish
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comEven when the 48 car was a mangled mess sitting in the garage at Texas Motor Speedway, Jimmie Johnson refused to exit. That decision just may have saved his season.
Story | Conversation | November 08, 2009Martin so close, yet so far … again
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comThe math says Mark Martin is still in contention for his first Sprint Cup championship. The reality? The best Martin likely can do is finish second -- for the fifth time in his career.
Story | Conversation | November 06, 2009A Chase with more sizzle, less fizzle
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comYou want Chase drama? Let's end the 10-race playoff at Daytona ... on a figure-eight course ... and force the winner to run a match race against Dale Earnhardt Jr. for the title.
Story | Conversation | November 04, 2009NASCAR better be worried about drivers' power
Ed Hinton...to get something done -- such as Mark Martin and Jeff Gordon struggling to gain points on Jimmie Johnson in the Chase. Without that, there might have been no show at all. Zero. And the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 03, 2009Johnson's finish as good as a win
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comJamie McMurray won the race Sunday at Talladega, and Jimmie Johnson won the title. Oh, not officially for Johnson, not yet. But it will take a miracle to catch him now.
Story | Conversation | November 01, 2009Talladega the great equalizer? Not for JJ
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comStill think Sunday's Cup race at Talladega -- the world's largest roulette wheel -- is the Chase field's best chance to derail three-time defending champ Jimmie Johnson? You kiddin'?
Story | Conversation | October 28, 2009Martinsville offers high-octane made-for-TV racing
Ed Hinton, ESPN.com...or 2-mile tracks you fans loathe so -- viewers might have howled, "Dull race! BO-ring!" Jimmie Johnson led and led, and then Denny Hamlin led and led and led. Then toward the end...
Page | ConversationIs NASCAR playing it too safe?
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comErnest Hemingway said motor racing was one of three sports -- the rest are mere games. Have we reduced your once-deadly, once-electrifying sport to just another game?
Story | Conversation | October 22, 2009Montoya fuming after bump with Martin
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comJuan Pablo Montoya and Mark Martin have been big buddies this season. One bump on the track Saturday night put Martin in a Chase hole and may have Montoya all but out.
Story | Conversation | October 17, 2009Pearson's plight could be bad news for Johnson
Ed Hinton...NASCAR and its following. Never has there been a clearer confluence of names and careers than Jimmie Johnson and David Pearson, here, this week. Johnson's four-peat onslaught continues unabated yet uncelebrated, and...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 16, 2009Knaus vs. NASCAR a suspenseful game
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comChad Knaus produces some of the fastest race cars anywhere. NASCAR likes to make sure he does it within the rules. It's that high-stakes game that is the real wild card in this year's Chase.
Story | Conversation | October 15, 2009So, who gets left out next year?
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comFiltering in NASCAR's Hall of Fame electees to five per year means 2010 is likely to be as controversial as the inaugural class. Who's next? Let's say Pearson, Allison and Yarborough are locks, but that hardly scratches the surface of who's deserving.
Story | Conversation | October 15, 2009The NASCAR show again trumps sport
Ed Hinton, ESPN.comNASCAR doesn't like dominance lest it stink up the show. And one thing The Strange Case of the 5 and the 48 clearly demonstrates: The show still trumps sport.
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