Jimmie Johnson News

Only three months ago Tony Stewart won his third Cup championship in dramatic fashion, and NASCAR crowned new champions in its Nationwide and Trucks series .

Ruth F. Collins, 72, passed away on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, at her residence with her family at her bedside.

Tony Stewart thrilled NASCAR fans with an amazing comeback and championship run last season.

Maine native Ricky Craven will continue to work with ESPN as an in-studio analyst for its "NASCAR Now" show and will also be a color analyst for five Nationwide Series races.

Drivers: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne . Crew Chiefs: Steve Letarte , Alan Gustafson , Chad Knaus , Kenny Francis .

Professor Wanda Wakefield understood what Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus needed -- and indeed all of NASCAR and its Nation needed -- years before they realized it themselves.

K'NEX Brands, the US construction toy company focused on Building Worlds Kids Lovea , is pleased to expand its officially licensed NASCAR- building toys product line with new building sets that let young race fans expand their high-speed world.

As we get closer to the start of the season, the predictions are popping up about who will win the title this year.

NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski tweets to followers as he heads to greet people at Loveland Distributing Company in Richmond, VA.

NASCAR drivers, crewmembers and officials haven't talked much about the debut of electronic fuel injection - perhaps the biggest sea change in the Sprint Cup Series for 2012.

Tigers pitchers and catchers are still two weeks away from their first formal workouts of Spring Training.

Think back to when you faced a key decision. Maybe it didn't seem as big then. Maybe the choice seemed easy.

So the former Hendrick Motorsports engineer now finds himself settled in at Earnhardt Ganassi Racing as crew chief for Juan Pablo Montoya and one of several new hires faced with the daunting task of turning around a program that stumbled mightily in 2011.

Carl Edwards and Trevor Bayne , known to most sports fans as winners in the Sprint Cup Series, could soon add "Dance Machine" and "Gnarliest Newb" to their respective resumes.

When the 2011 season arrived, Jimmie Johnson was considered by many as the favorite to win his 6th consecutive Sprint Cup title.

The phone call came, of all times, when Cole Whitt was home in Southern California visiting his parents for Christmas.

In four of the past six NASCAR seasons, Kevin Harvick has finished either third or fourth in the Sprint Cup standings.

Golly, I don't think I was ever been this excited at Christmas when I was growing up to see this car today and seeing the ZL1s.

Jimmie Johnson says that while he failed to win a sixth consecutive Cup title in 2011, the season proved to be a learning experience for himself as well as his Hendrick Motorsports team.

Chad Knaus says that while he enjoyed his recent trip to South Africa, the five-time champion crew chief is looking forward to getting back to work with driver Jimmie Johnson and the No.