What a ride: How JJ won the Cup

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.

Blitz Awards and Razzies, Part IV

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.

Juan Pablo Montoya (42), of Colombia, makes contact with Tony Stewart (14) during the NASCAR Ford 400 Sprint Cup Series auto race at Homestead-Miami Speedway in...

Rivalries a fun sideshow to JJ's 4-peat

Go figure. The 2009 NASCAR season ends just as the real fun begins. Now we have to wait until February for Denny Hamlin's title run and the rematch between Tony Stewart and Juan Pablo Montoya.

Will you be able to say you saw history?

HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Many years from now, lots of people will say, "I was there." The crowd of 75,000 for the Ford 400 on Sunday will grow to about 750...

Junior: New Enquirer story bunk; hot tub one …

...at the time, was that Martin Truex Jr. also was with the group but identified as Tony Stewart because that's who he told everybody he was. Back to the current Enquirer article. Earnhardt...

Johnson wins pole at Homestead

Jimmie Johnson will go for his fourth straight Cup title from the pole.

Homestead Chase Chances

...only four of the Chase guys have won here. 2. Don't read too much into Tony Stewart's two wins. They came in the first two races he ran at Homestead and were...

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

Jayski.com: 11/19

...find out if Jeff Gordon is frustrated by his lack of a fifth title and hear Tony Stewart's secret to finding a sponsorship

Crunching numbers for Homestead

...Ragan will get into the Chase field this year, knocking out Clint Bowyer, Kevin Harvick and Tony Stewart. Outcome: I got two out of three on both of these, so give me some credit...

NASCAR awards, Page 2 style

With the 2009 Sprint Cup season all but complete, Page 2 hands out its own unique awards to the NASCAR world.

Who will take season-ending Ford 400?

Mark Garrow previews the final race in the Chase set for Sunday at Homestead.

What will, won't and may be

Jimmie Johnson should win, Mark Martin and maybe even a Ford driver could win and Kyle Busch will win. How does all that figure? Homestead is the place to be this weekend to sort it all out.

2009 Power Rankings: Homestead-Miami Speedway

...Biggest movers Denny Hamlin, Jeff Burton, and A.J. Allmendinger jump three spots each. Biggest losers Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman fall four spots each. Also considered Jamie McMurray, Casey Mears, Alan Kulwicki, Bob...