Jimmie Johnson News

Blame it on Jeff Gordon . If only he had averted his eyes from the kid in the red and white car running the perfect line around Darlington Raceway at that test session so many years ago.

Dolphins hit .500 mark...Johnson extended again...Westwood the leader in Dubai CHARLOTTE, N.C. After getting off to an 0-and-3 start, the Miami Dolphins are 5-and-5 after holding off the Carolina Panthers 24-17. Ricky Williams rushed for 119 yards and scored three touchdowns for the winners.

There has been one big question on everyone's mind over the last four years in NASCAR: when will Jimmie Johnson's dominance end? The answer has yet to be seen, and the fact that he's not getting ready to retire anytime soon doesn't bode well for haters of the No.

AP Photo HMS108 B9 JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer HOMESTEAD, Fla. NASCAR chairman Brian France doesn't think Jimmie Johnson's four-year reign signals a flaw in the Chase for the Sprin4 Cu0 championship format.

Jimmie Johnson has won the right to a fourth straight title thanks to his four wins and eight top-10s in nine Chase races.

Eds: APNewsNow. By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer HOMESTEAD, Fla. Three-time defending NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson has signed a contract extension with Hendrick Motorsports through 2015.

For Hendrick Motorsports, this NASCAR season might seem easy as 1-2-3. OK, maybe it only looked easy.

Jimmie Johnson's had to put aside a multitude of distractions on his drive to his fourth title.

Cale Yarborough liked to point out after last season that Jimmie Johnson hadn't made history.

This is what it has come to for Jimmie Johnson : open begging. The soon-to-be four-time Sprint Cup champion wants corporate America to know that he likes ice cream and tequila.

The Frontstretch: Top Ten Reasons Jimmie Johnson Might Not Win The Chase, Redux by Jeff Meyer -- Wednesday November 18, 2009 Author's note: This list is a revision of one I wrote about a year ago! Sad how apropos it is today as when I wrote it last year.

We all have a friend or relative, maybe two or three, we fear riding with or being next to in another car.

The Frontstretch: Jimmie Johnson: Continuing To Dominate In Spite of a Dreaded Disease by Vito Pugliese -- Wednesday November 18, 2009 With Jimmie Johnson on the brink of winning his fourth consecutive Sprint Cup Championship, one thing stands out as he and the No.

News flash...Jimmie Johnson won another Chase race. No, really. He did. No. 18 in a career total of 47 came at Phoenix and basically put Johnson in the driver's seat for a fourth consecutive title.

Really, did many think Jimmie Johnson would finish poorly two races in a row? One thing Johnson and his team have proved is an ability to bounce back after a bad result.

A fluke accident cost Jimmie Johnson a huge chunk of his points lead last week, leaving Johnson with little margin for error in his bid to win a NASCAR-record fourth consecutive championship.

Q. Talk about your race out there today. JIMMIE JOHNSON: Great performance. I just can't thank the team enough for staying focused.

Jeff Burton turned in his best finish of the 2009 season on Sunday at Phoenix, showing an end-of-season resurgence after a mediocre year that saw him miss the Chase.

The Atlanta Hawks bea4 the Celtics 97-85 5 last night behind Joe Johnson's 24 points.

For several weeks now, we have pretty much accepted the fact that most of our conversation for the remainder of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season will revolve around Jimmie Johnson.