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Kurt wins when Kyle runs out of gas

Associated Press

Jimmie Johnson's drive to history took a hard hit against the wall and Kyle Busch ran out of gas trying to complete an unprecedented NASCAR trifecta.

Story | Conversation | November 08, 2009

Johnson's points lead shrinks at Texas

Associated Press

Jimmie Johnson crashed on the third lap of the NASCAR race at Texas, where he was trying to move closer to an unprecedented fourth consecutive Sprint Cup season championship.

Story | Conversation | November 08, 2009

Johnson leads; Busch seeks history

Richard Durrett, ESPNDallas.com

Jimmie Johnson's all but run away, yet Sunday's TMS race has plenty of intrigue.

Story | Conversation | November 07, 2009

Nationwide win brings Busch to brink

Adam Amick/Special contributor, ESPNDallas.com

Kyle Busch is a Sprint Cup win away from an unprecedented NASCAR sweep.

Story | Conversation | November 07, 2009

Texas the real wild card in Chase for the Cup

Terry Blount

...he earned his first Cup victory nine years ago? Hey, anything's possible. Or is this Jimmie Johnson's show the rest of the way en route to his historic fourth consecutive championship? That...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 07, 2009

Busch wins Nationwide again at Texas

Associated Press

Kyle Busch keeps extending streaks at Texas in search of a NASCAR first.

Story | Conversation | November 07, 2009

White: NASCAR can learn from F1 woes

Terry Blount, ESPN.com

Lee White, president of Toyota Racing Development, said Toyota's departure from Formula One has no bearing on its NASCAR program, but he also said NASCAR should learn from F1's mistakes.

Story | Conversation | November 07, 2009

Gordon wins first pole of season

Associated Press

Jeff Gordon won his first pole of the season with a qualifying lap of 191.117 mph at the 1½-mile, high-banked track where he got his only victory of the season in April. It was his first win in Texas.

Story | Conversation | November 06, 2009

Martin so close, yet so far … again

Ed Hinton, ESPN.com

The 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, 2009

NASCAR's Heisman would go to JJ

Marty Smith, ESPN.com

Sure, Jimmie Johnson would have to be the winner of a NASCAR Heisman -- we'll call it the Petty Trophy -- but who else would belong at the banquet?

Story | Conversation | November 06, 2009

Texas Chase Chasers

Ryan McGee

...parentheses. Best Chance at Texas Driver Starts Wins Top-10s Avg. Finish Apr. 5* Driver Rating** Jimmie Johnson (1) 12 1 9 8.5 2nd 103.8 Carl Edwards (10) 9 3 4 13...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 06, 2009

Readers tell us who they'd like to be

ESPN.com

The Kings of Leon told us which athlete they'd want to be, and here are your selections of sports stars you said you'd want to be if you could "Be Somebody."

Story | Conversation | November 05, 2009

NASCAR's return to moonshine roots

Ryan McGee, ESPN The Magazine

In the November 16, 2009 issue of ESPN The Magazine, Ryan McGee writes a column on NASCAR's return to its moonshine roots -- and not simply for the buzz this time.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | November 05, 2009

Crunching numbers for Texas

Matt Willis

Jimmie Johnson just took the points lead! No, you're not reading an old blog entry. I just...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 04, 2009

A Chase with more sizzle, less fizzle

Ed Hinton, ESPN.com

You 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, 2009