Most prolific race winners of 2009 not yet locks for Chase
John Schwarb, Special to ESPN.com...start. The only multiple winner all but locked into the Chase is three-time defending champion Jimmie Johnson, who has run consistently well all year, including wins at Martinsville, Va., and Dover, Del. Winning...
Page | ConversationReal road course ringers are year-round stars
John Schwarb, Special to ESPN.comGeoff Burke/Getty Images Kyle Busch won both road course events in 2008, including the Toyota/Save Mart 350 in Sonoma, Calif. Start your engines ...
Page | ConversationWide-open Michigan might be spot for Ford to recharge
John Schwarb, Special to ESPN.com...have. If championship contenders were listed today, the front-runners would be Hendrick Chevys (Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson), quasi-Hendrick Chevys (Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman, who have Hendrick engines in their Stewart-Haas...
Page | ConversationPocono Raceway a critical stop for Chase hopefuls
John Schwarb, Special to ESPN.com...each June winner has turned around for a seventh-or-better finish at the second race. Jimmie Johnson in 2004 and Denny Hamlin in 2006 won both Poconos, and in Hamlin's case those...
Page | ConversationCoke 600 is Cup's version of an endurance race
John Schwarb, Special to ESPN.com...are programmed for 500 miles," said three-time defending series champion and three-time 600 winner Jimmie Johnson. "When you hear 'halfway' and you look up at the scoreboard and you realize you've...
Page | ConversationNow playing: "Everybody Loves Richmond"
John Schwarb, Special to ESPN.com...Talladega last weekend, many drivers teed off on restrictor-plate racing ("Man, it sucks racing here," Jimmie Johnson said) and Sprint Cup officials backed into damage-control mode ("Talladega and Daytona are not the...
Page | ConversationWild-card Talladega needs to be savior for some
John Schwarb, Special to ESPN.com...It's desperation time for Sprint Cup drivers -- if your name isn't Jeff Gordon or Jimmie Johnson, that is. Start Your Engines Desperation time is now in parts of the Sprint Cup Series...
Page | ConversationIt's Gordon's, JJ's world ...
John Schwarb, Special to ESPN.com...you're either title material or not. In Sprint Cup, that talk means Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson. Period. Seven races in, no one else matters. Yes, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch and Matt Kenseth...
Page | ConversationRoush Fenway Fords back in their comfort zone
John Schwarb, Special to ESPN.com...Engines The Sprint Cup Series' recent short-track doubleheader suited several drivers and teams just fine. Jimmie Johnson scored his annual win at Martinsville and ended a drought for Chevrolet. Ryan Newman and Mark...
Page | ConversationMartinsville preview: Chevy long overdue
John Schwarb, Special to ESPN.comAP Photo/Steve Helber Jimmie Johnson just beat teammate Jeff Gordon to the finish line in the 2007 spring race at Martinsville...
Page | ConversationVegas preview: All bets are off
John Schwarb, Special to ESPN.com...5-mile tracks, and Vegas is kind of in that middle stage," three-time defending champion Jimmie Johnson said. "Big, flat tracks we've got a great setup. It's just the ones with...
Page | ConversationCalifornia preview: The real season begins at Fontana
John Schwarb, Special to ESPN.comAP Photo/Mark J. Terrill Don't count out Jimmie Johnson, who's got two wins, a second and a third the past two seasons at Cali...
Page | ConversationBodine comes up big with win while seeking sponsor
John Schwarb, Special to ESPN.comAP Photo/Glenn Smith With plenty of wins beneath his belt, Todd Bodine, aka "Onion," knows what to do before he heads to Victory Lane. Camping ...
Page | ConversationDaytona preview: 500 victory doesn't guarantee success rest of the season
John Schwarb, Special to ESPN.com...did get a boost Saturday in winning the Budweiser Shootout for Richard Childress Racing. At least Jimmie Johnson in 2006 rode the wave of momentum from a Daytona 500 title to a Cup title...
Page | ConversationNo finale flourish for Schumacher, but it's still a year for the ages
John Schwarb, Special to ESPN.comWill any driver from here on out be able to do what Tony Schumacher did this year in his U.S. Army Top Fuel dragster? Consider the numbers: a sixth overall championship, 15 national event titles, 76 round wins. "The Sarge" is in total command, writes John Schwarb.
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