Damon, Johnson celebrate titles

Johnny Damon knows how difficult it can be to win a championship. That's why even he marvels at Jimmie Johnson, who wrapped up an unprecedented fourth consecutive Cup championship.

Post-Chase odds and ends

...came back to win another title in '75. • The New York Yankees won five consecutive World Series with Joe DiMaggio and company from 1949-53. • Hockey has had two four-time champs...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 23, 2009

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...

Power to run full-time for Penske in 2010

Fresh off the announcement of a new title sponsor, the IZOD IndyCar Series got another boost Thursday when Penske Racing revealed plans to run a third full-time entry in 2010 for Australian driver Will Power.

The Chicken Bone Section

After a brief hiatus, we now return you to the only place where rubber dust, carbon monoxide and Crisco combine to form a taste in one's mouth that on...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009

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.

Stars aligned in open-wheel world

From Danica to Dario to the new title sponsor for the IndyCar Series, the world of open-wheel racing has a lot to be thankful for in 2009 ... and beyond.

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.

2009 Power Rankings: Final

...s Ryan McGee ranks the top 20 drivers in the series. Don't agree with McGee's list? Let him -- and the whole world -- know in the Conversation section at the bottom of the...

Johnson accomplishes the unthinkable

AP Photo/Rusty Jarrett Jimmie Johnson did something that many NASCAR observers thought would never be done. HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Jimmie Johnson wa...

NASCAR Surround Index

Want Air Johnsons? You're outta luck

He has the looks. He's articulate. He has three Sprint Cup titles and is closing in on a fourth. So why aren't the advertisers beating down Jimmie Johnson's door?

Ron Hornaday Jr., right, winner of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Championship, hugs Kevin Harvick, winner of the Ford 200 truck race as they celebrate at Homestead...

Kevin Harvick, center, winner of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series' Ford 200 truck race, is doused with champagne at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009...

Kevin Harvick begins to celebrate after he won the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series' Ford 200 truck race at the Homestead-Miami International Speedway in Homestead, Fla., Friday, Nov. 20...