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Sonoma Notes & Facts – Friday – drivers:

- Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin, Bobby Labonte and Terry Labonte lead the series in starts at Sonoma with 21 each. - Jeff Gordon and Mark Martin leads the series in runner-up finishes at Sonoma with four; followed by Tony Stewart with three. - Jeff Gordon leads the series...

June 17: Jimmie Johnson Day in El Cajon:

June 17 will now be Jimmie Johnson Day in El Cajon in honor of the six-time NASCAR champion. Mayor Bill Wells as well as city councilors and Senator Joel Anderson bestowed the honor Tuesday to Johnson, a native of El Cajon, in a public celebration. The response was...

Top 10 Driver Ratings at Sonoma:

#9-Marcos Ambrose 108.0 #41-Kurt Busch 107.8 #14-Tony Stewart 102.4 #24-Jeff Gordon 101.6 #48-Jimmie Johnson 97.3 Juan Pablo Montoya 95.5 (will not race) #15-Clint Bowyer 95.2 #18-Kyle Busch 88.0 #31-Ryan Newman 88.0 #99-Carl Edwards 86.8 Note: Driver Ratings compiled...

NASCAR Numbers:

4: Now that Jimmie Johnson has gotten his long-awaited victory at Michigan International Speedway, the six-time champion has reduced the number of active NASCAR Sprint Cup Series tracks at which he hasn't won to four. The remaining venues-Kentucky, Watkins Glen, Chicagoland...

Chevy wins challenge trophy:

#48-Jimmie Johnson's victory also ended a three-race streak of Ford-powered cars in victory lane here, the Sprint Cup's closest stop to the headquarters of General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. Alba Colon, Chevrolet's program manager for NASCAR series, was happy ...

Johnson wins at Michigan:

#48-Jimmie Johnson won the Quicken Loans 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway for his 3rd win of 2014, his 1st win at Pocono and his 69th career win. The last five points races have been won by a Hendrick Motorsports driver, the first time...

Race Fast Facts – Michigan International Speedway:

#48-Jimmie Johnson won the 46th Annual Quicken Loans 400, his 69th victory in 450 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. Johnson is eighth on the all-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series wins list. This is his series-leading third victory and 10th top-10 finish in 2014. This is ...

2014 Sprint Cup Driver Chase Championship Points Standings:

[after Michigan, race 15 of 36] 1) #24-Jeff Gordon [1 win], 537 2) #48-Jimmie Johnson [3 wins], 522, -15 3) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. [2 wins], 514, -23 4) #20-Matt Kenseth, 513, -24 5) #2-Brad Keselowski [1 win], 490, -47 6) #99-Carl Edwards [1 win], 462, -75 7) #22-...

Current 2014 Sprint Cup Driver Chase Seedings:

[after Michigan, race 15 of 36 if Chase seeding started after this race] 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 3 wins, 2nd in points 2) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2 wins, 3rd 3) #22-Joey Logano, 2 wins, 7th 4) #4-Kevin Harvick, 2 wins, 9th 5) #24-Jeff Gordon, 1 win, 1st 6) #2-Brad Keselowski...

Michigan Notes & Facts – Saturday – drivers:

- Bill Elliott leads the series in starts at Michigan with 61. Jeff Gordon leads all active drivers with 42 starts. - Jeff Gordon leads the series in runner-up finishes at Michigan with eight; followed by Darrell Waltrip with seven. - NASCAR Hall of Famer Cale Yarborough...

Hendrick Motorsports on a streak:

#88-Dale Earnhardt's performance on Sunday at Pocono marked Hendrick Motorsports' fourth consecutive points-paying Sprint Cup win in 2014. #24-Jeff Gordon kicked off the current streak with his Kansas victory on May 10, which was followed by #48-Jimmie Johnson winning...

Top 10 Driver Ratings at Michigan:

#16-Greg Biffle 110.0 #20-Matt Kenseth 105.6 #99-Carl Edwards 104.7 #48-Jimmie Johnson 101.4 #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. 97.0 #14-Tony Stewart 95.9 #18-Kyle Busch 92.0 #55-Brian Vickers 91.5 #24-Jeff Gordon 89.8 #11-Denny Hamlin 89.7 Note: Driver Ratings compiled from 2005...

Lynda Petty named first-quarter recipient of the NMPA’s Spirit Award.:

Lynda Petty, one of the founding members of the Racing Wives Auxiliary, was named first-quarter recipient of the National Motorsports Press Association's Spirit Award. Petty, who passed away on March 25 at the age of 72, started the charitable organization, providing...

Michigan a tough track for Johnson:

#48-Jimmie Johnson has yet to win at Michigan International Speedway in 24 Sprint Cup races. In fact, MIS is just one of five Sprint Cup Series tracks overall that he has not won at in his career, a list which also includes Chicago, Homestead, Kentucky, and Watkins...

Why did winner Earnhardt Jr. get less winnings than Keselowski:

Anyone who looked at the winnings from the Pocono 400 probably did a double take. Dale Earnhardt Jr., the winner of the race, earned $198,965. Brad Keselowski, who finished second, earned $213,783. NASCAR, in order to encourage teams to run every race, decades ago ...

NASCAR Numbers:

2: The number of NASCAR Sprint Cup races Dale Earnhardt Jr. has won this year, significant because it's the first time since his watershed six-victory 2004 season that Earnhardt has been to Victory Lane more than once in the same year. 3: The finishing position of ...

2014 Sprint Cup Driver Chase Championship Points Standings:

[after Pocono, race 14 of 36] 1) #24-Jeff Gordon [1 win], 498 2) #20-Matt Kenseth, 482, -16 3) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. [2 wins], 476, -22 4) #48-Jimmie Johnson [2 wins], 475, -23 5) #2-Brad Keselowski [1 win], 448, -50 6) #18-Kyle Busch [1 win], 443, -55 7) #99-Carl...

Current 2014 Sprint Cup Driver Chase Seedings:

[after Pocono, race 14 of 36 if Chase seeding started after this race] 1) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2 wins, 3rd 2) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 2 wins, 4th in points 3) #22-Joey Logano, 2 wins, 9th 4) #4-Kevin Harvick, 2 wins, 12th 5) #24-Jeff Gordon, 1 win, 1st 6) #2-Brad Keselowski...

Pocono Notes & Facts – Saturday – drivers:

- Ricky Rudd leads the series in starts at Pocono with 55. Jeff Gordon leads all active drivers with 42 starts. - Mark Martin leads the series in runner-up finishes at Pocono with seven; followed by Jeff Gordon with six. - Mark Martin leads the series in top-five finishes...

Qualifying Fast Facts – Pocono:

#11-Denny Hamlin won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 33rd Annual Pocono 400 with a track qualifying record lap of 49.610 seconds, 181.415 mph. The previous record was held by Jimmie Johnson (180.654 mph/49.819 sec.) and set in August of 2013. This is the ninth track...