Jimmie Johnson’s record-tying seventh Sprint Cup Series title put him in elite company with the legendary Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt. It’s quite the feat that the #48 team achieved, but Johnson’s already thinking about eight. For crew chief Chad Knaus. Dale Inman currently holds the record for most championships as a crew chief with eight premier series championships. Having been atop of the pit box for of all seven of Johnson’s championships, Knaus would tie that record with an eighth Sprint Cup title. ‘I mentioned it to him that we need to go get eight for him,’ Johnson told NASCAR.com on Tuesday morning. ‘ ‘¦ He’s honestly been such a huge part of my success and deserves the title of ‘greatest ever.’ So one way to really nip that is to go and put him up there with the same stats as Dale Inman.’(NASCAR.com)
