Jimmie Johnson News

Where the 2009 Chase Drivers finished at Lowe’s Motor Speedway:

Where the 2009 Chase Drivers finished at Lowe’s Motor Speedway:

October 17, 2009
(by the drivers Chase standing at start of race) 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, won the race 2) #5-Mark Martin, 17th 3) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 35th 4) #14-Tony Stewart, 13th 5) #24-Jeff Gordon, 4th 6) #2-Kurt Busch, 10th 7) #16-Greg Biffle, 16th 8) #99-Carl Edwards, 39th/

UNOFFICIAL Sprint Cup CHASE Standings [after LMS, Chase race 5 of 10; Season race 31 of 36]:

UNOFFICIAL Sprint Cup CHASE Standings [after LMS, Chase race 5 of 10; Season race 31 of 36]:

October 17, 2009
pos, car#, driver, points, behind, [wins], race finish 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson [6 wins], 5923, finished 1st 2) #5-Mark Martin [5 wins], 5833, -90, 17th 3) #24-Jeff Gordon [1 win], 5788, -135, 4th 4) #14-Tony Stewart [4 wins], 5768, -155, 13th 5) #2-Kurt Busch [1 win],

Where the 2009 Chase Drivers practice in Happy Hour practice at LMS:

Where the 2009 Chase Drivers practice in Happy Hour practice at LMS:

October 16, 2009
(by the drivers Chase standing) 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 1st/fastest 2) #5-Mark Martin, 2nd 3) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 25th 4) #14-Tony Stewart, 12th 5) #24-Jeff Gordon, 14th 6) #2-Kurt Busch, 36th 7) #16-Greg Biffle, 16th 8) #99-Carl Edwards, 32nd 9) #11-Denny Hamlin

Dale Jr. feels he’s at ‘end of my rope’:

Dale Jr. feels he’s at ‘end of my rope’:

October 16, 2009
#88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. didn't sound like a driver who was sure Lance McGrew should be his crew chief in 2010. In fact, he didn't sound like a driver who was sure about anything: "I'm about to the end of my rope," he said. NASCAR's most popular driver, who for months

Pop Tarts for Martin at LMS:

Pop Tarts for Martin at LMS:

October 16, 2009
For the third time this season, Pop-Tarts, Kellogg's most popular morning food product, will be on the hood of the #5 Chevy during this weekend's events at Lowe's Motor Speedway. In its most recent race, the Pop-Tarts/Carquest Chevy finished second in Martin's 1,000th

Johnson on pole at Lowe’s:

Johnson on pole at Lowe’s:

October 15, 2009
#48-Jimmie Johnson won the Coors Light Pole Award for the NASCAR Banking 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway with a lap of 192.376mph for his 3rd pole of the season and 22nd career pole. #5-Martin is 2nd fastest followed by #9-Kahne, #17-Kenseth, #14-Stewart, #39-Newman, #

Qualifying Fast Facts – Lowe’s Motor Speedway:

Qualifying Fast Facts – Lowe’s Motor Speedway:

October 15, 2009
#48-Jimmie Johnson won the Coors Light Pole Award for the NASCAR Banking 500 only from Bank of America with a lap of 28.070 seconds, 192.376 mph. This is his 22nd pole in 286 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. This is his third pole and 23rd top-10 start in 2009. Johnson

Where the 2009 Chase Drivers start at Lowe’s Motor Speedway:

Where the 2009 Chase Drivers start at Lowe’s Motor Speedway:

October 15, 2009
(by the drivers Chase standing) 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson, starts 1st on the pole 2) #5-Mark Martin, 2nd 3) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 18th 4) #14-Tony Stewart, 5th 5) #24-Jeff Gordon, 9th 6) #2-Kurt Busch, 15th 7) #16-Greg Biffle, 23rd 8) #99-Carl Edwards, 28th 9) #11-Denny

Johnson to be chronicled in HBO show:

Johnson to be chronicled in HBO show:

October 15, 2009
HBO Sports' groundbreaking "24/7" reality franchise, which has captured seven Sports Emmy Awards, will debut its first non-boxing series with 24/7 Jimmie Johnson: Race to Daytona, an all-new, four-episode, all-access series chronicling the driver and his team as they

Chase Stats going into Lowe’s Motor Speedway:

Chase Stats going into Lowe’s Motor Speedway:

October 15, 2009
#5-Mark Martin has pounded out 5716 points in four races of Chase VI, but three-time champ #48-Jimmie Johnson is setting the most torrid pace in Chase history, with 5728 points thus far. Johnson is 10 points ahead of his 2008 pace, which was record-setting at the time

Lowe’s Motor Speedway Tire Notes:

Lowe’s Motor Speedway Tire Notes:

October 15, 2009
Teams in the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series will be running the same combination of left- and right-side tires at Charlotte this weekend . . . this is the same tire combination that NASCAR teams ran at Charlotte this past May . . . this is the only track at

Dale Jr. still leads drivers in sales:

Dale Jr. still leads drivers in sales:

October 14, 2009
Danica Patrick has won just 1 of 81 IRL races (1.23%). But Dale Earnhardt Jr. has Patrick easily beat on that winning percentage. "Little E" has won 1 of the last 129 Sprint Cup races (0.77%) and he's 0 for the last 51. Yet, Earnhardt seems to be humming along in the

Indy staff plants trees:

Indy staff plants trees:

October 14, 2009
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway provided the manpower and NASCAR the material to add a little more green to Indianapolis Gustafson Park on Oct. 13. A total of 36 IMS employees volunteered their time to plant 40 trees in the 30-acre Indy Parks facility, located at the

Phantom caution issue raised by Kahne:

Phantom caution issue raised by Kahne:

October 13, 2009
The [phantom debris] issue has come roaring back behind #9-Kasey Kahne's accusation that NASCAR threw a bogus caution Sunday to bunch up the field and avoid a boring runaway win by Jimmie Johnson at Auto Club Speedway. Kahne was likely headed to a top-10 finish when

Auto Club Notes and Facts:

Auto Club Notes and Facts:

October 12, 2009
* Joey Logano won the Copart 300 at Auto Club Speedway. It was Logano's sixth Nationwide win in his 38th start and his first at California in his third start there. * Logano won his fifth race of 2009, ranking second among all drivers to Kyle Busch with six. * Logano

Auto Club Notes and Facts:

Auto Club Notes and Facts:

October 12, 2009
* Jimmie Johnson won the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway. It marked the third straight victory by Johnson in the fall race at California. He scored his fourth Cup win in 14 races at California, the most by any driver. * A Chase driver won the 21st straight Chase race

Johnson wins at Auto Club Speedway:

Johnson wins at Auto Club Speedway:

October 11, 2009
#48-Jimmie Johnson won the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway for his 5th win of the season and 45th of his career. #24-Gordon finished 2nd (for the second race in a row) followed by #42-Montoya (his fourth top 5 in a row), #5-Martin, #14-Stewart (who overcame a speeding

UNOFFICIAL Sprint Cup CHASE Standings
[after Auuto Club, Chase race 4 of 10; Season race 30 of 36]:

UNOFFICIAL Sprint Cup CHASE Standings
[after Auuto Club, Chase race 4 of 10; Season race 30 of 36]:

October 11, 2009
pos, car#, driver, points, behind, [wins], race finish 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson [5 wins], 5728, finished 1st 2) #5-Mark Martin [5 wins], 5716, -12, 4th 3) #42-Juan Montoya 5670, -58, 3rd 4) #14-Tony Stewart [4 wins], 5644 -84, 5th 5) #24-Jeff Gordon [1 win], 5623 -105

UNOFFICIAL Sprint Cup CLASSIC

UNOFFICIAL Sprint Cup CLASSIC

October 11, 2009
the OLD way - Driver Points Standings [after Auto Club, race 30 of 36]: pos, car#, driver, points, behind 1 #14-Tony Stewart,4420 2 #24-Jeff Gordon 4240, -180 3 #48-Jimmie Johnson 4232, -188 4 #11-Denny Hamlin 3980, -440 5 #5-Mark Martin 3967, -453 6 #42-Juan Montoya

Race Fast Facts – Auto Club Speedway:

Race Fast Facts – Auto Club Speedway:

October 11, 2009
Jimmie Johnson won the Pepsi 500, his 45th victory in 285 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. This is his fifth victory and 19th top-10 finish in 2009. This is his fourth victory and 10th top-10 finish in 14 races at Auto Club Speedway. He is the first driver to win four