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Orlando Magica s Rashard Lewis shoots over the Boston Celticsa Kevin Garnett during Orlandoa s 83-78 victory.

Jimmie Johnson took fifth place at the Ford 400 to secure his record-setting fourth consecutive Sprint Cup Sunday night at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Barring a blown engine or a multicar melee that snares his seemingly charmed Chevrolet, Jimmie Johnson will win a fourth consecutive NASCAR championship today - a feat never achieved by the legendary Richard Petty, the late Dale Earnhardt or any other driver to strap into a stock car.

Upon further review, Jimmie Johnson believes he probably blamed Sam Hornish Jr. a little too much for their costly accident last week at Texas Motor Speedway.

Sometimes it's not as easy as A-B-C. For J.J. Yeley , the ARCA-Busch-Cup route culminated with 95 Cup Series starts between 2004 and 2008 and included two top-five finishes and seven top-10s. Plucked into NASCAR's national touring series by Joe Gibbs, Yeley made his debut on March 6, 2004, at Las Vegas in the Busch Series' Sam's Town 300.

Jimmie Johnson won't plan any parties this week, or waste a minute pondering his place in NASCAR history.

It was a double celebration tonight in Victory Lane at Phoenix International Raceway at the end of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race.

Denny Hamlin will start on the pole for Saturday's Able Body Labor 200 Nationwide Series race after setting a new track qualifying record at Phoenix International Raceway.

Martin Truex Jr. shrugged off a penalty assessed by NASCAR to his team earlier this week by winning the pole for Sunday's Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.

Monroe High School graduate Richard Harriman will make his third start in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series this Friday at Phoenix International Raceway.

Kurt Busch was a little late getting to Victory Lane on Sunday night because his Dodge ran out of gas during his celebratory lap around the Texas Motor Speedway.

Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossage has pulled off several successful publicity stunts.

Kyle Busch is going for a sweep of the three races at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend, and he hurdled his first major obstacle Friday night.

A picture of race car driver Danica Patrick. Danica Patrick may be starting her 2010 race season in Daytona in February.

By ANTHONY ANDRO If Jimmie Johnson's racing in the Dickies 500 is nothing more than a Sunday drive for the likely Sprint Cup champion, what's Ron Hornaday's night going to be like Friday in the WinStar World Casino 350?If he has anything to do with it, it's not going to be any different than the first 22 races in the NASCAR Camping World Truck ...

Prior to the event, NASCAR announced it would implement a smaller restrictor plate to slow down the cars in an effort to ensure safer racing.

If there's one thing about the Talladega Superspeedway that is the most expected, it is that the unexpected will happen.

AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt Kyle Busch holds up the trophy after winning the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Mountain Dew 250 auto race Saturday, Oct.

Bostona s Rajon Rondo, top, and Charlottea s Gerald Wallace take a tumble while battling for the ball in the third quarter Wednesday.

For 2010 Chevrolet is bringing back the Grand Sport name as in the Corvette Grand Sport .