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Watching Jimmie Johnson drive through the garage area at Auto Club Speedway in a Chevrolet is not an unusual sight.

This is a May 8, 2009, file photo showing IRL driver Danica Patrick, right, and car owner Michael Andretti watching from the pit area during practice for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis.

's run for his fourth straight Cup title starts from the pole. Johnson turned a lap of 173.919 mph on Friday to top qualifying at Homestead-Miami Speedway, a big boost for the Hendrick Motorsports star as he tries to become the first driver in NASCAR history to win four consecutive championships.

The announcement comes just two days before Johnson is likely to wrap up the Sprint Cup championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

As Sam Hornish Jr.'s car slid off of the wall and hit the No. 48 Chevrolet last week at Texas, it brought many Rusty Wallace fans back to 1989.

Jimmie Johnson rebounded from a rare bad race with a dominating victory at Phoenix International Raceway that pushed him to the edge of a NASCAR-record fourth consecutive championship.

SportsMinute Gators gettin' ready...Big Ten and Pac 10 showdowns...Final set in Paris UNDATED Top-ranked Florida is getting ready for an SEC road test at South Carolina while No.

Dale Earndhardt's biggest fan can't start his day without a caramel macchiato. Starbucks, the people who made it cool for non-yuppies to break the bank for an espresso, is the newest sponsor of NASCAR.

Turner Motorsports is poised to make its debut race in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and it's only fitting it happens on their home track, Texas Motor Speedway.

For James Buescher, the 2010 NASCAR season will be a busy one, as he's going to run full-time in the Nationwide Series with James Finch's PhoenixA Racing and also run 19 races for Turner Motorsports, LLC in the Truck Series.

RAY BUCK Ryan Newman stands out from the pack this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway.Trust me, he'd rather not ... certainly not because of some horrific crime that took place 170 miles south of here at the U.S. Army base at Fort Hood on Thursday afternoon.Thirteen dead.

When Texas Motor Speedway President Eddie Gossage heard the news of Fort Hood shootings, he knew he had to do something to honor those troops during the big racing weekend at the Fort Worth track.

Circle Bar Racing's James Buescher will compete for Phoenix Racing next season in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.

When Jamie McMurray got home on Sunday night following his dramatic win at Talladega hours earlier, he turned to his wife, Christy, and asked what they should do to celebrate his first victory in nearly three years.

Crew chief Tony Gibson looks over the #39 U.S Army Chevrolet, driven by Ryan Newman after the first big wreck in the AMP Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.

The television cameras captured Krissie Newman giving her husband a kiss before the start of Sunday's AMP Energy 500 at the Talladega Superspeedway.

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A picture of Ron Hornaday Jr. Ron Hornaday was honored with the American Driver of the Year award for the third quarter.

Published: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 10:08 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 10:10 p.m. Members of the automotive technology and collision repair classes of the Etowah County Career Technical Center visited the Talladega Superspeedway Friday to participate in the Army Motorsports Education Outreach program.

When this racing season began, Ryan Newman didn't know what to expect. He was with a new team, co-owned by fellow Hoosier Tony Stewart.