Jimmie Johnson News

Labbe offered to resign from RYR:

Labbe offered to resign from RYR:

May 13, 2006
#88-Dale Jarrett’s crew chief Richard “Slugger” Labbe this week offered to resign over penalties handed down by NASCAR following last weekend’s race at Richmond. However, car owner Robert Yates rejected the offer. Yates is appealing a $25,000 fine, the loss of 25 driver

Rumblings [Notes] – Darlington:

Rumblings [Notes] – Darlington:

May 13, 2006
Greg Biffle finally broke through tonight at Darlington Raceway as he held off a charging Jeff Gordon to take the Dodge Charger 500. Biffle led the most laps (7 times for 170 circuits) and takes his second straight victory at this hallowed oval.....his first win of

#29 Team Takes PIt Crew Honors at Richmond:

#29 Team Takes PIt Crew Honors at Richmond:

May 10, 2006
Kevin Harvick's race team scored its first win of the season in the weekly Checkers / Rally's Double Drive-Thru Challenge competition by spending the least amount of time on pit road in Saturday night's Nextel Cup race at Richmond International Raceway. The GM Goodwrench

#88 Team facing penalty? UPDATE penalties/suspension..Appeal:

#88 Team facing penalty? UPDATE penalties/suspension..Appeal:

May 10, 2006
The situation surrounding #88-Dale Jarrett Saturday night was murky [supposedly the rear away bar was taken], but NASCAR said it might issue penalties this week. Jarrett's crew apparently made some pre-race chassis adjustments that NASCAR didn't like, so NASCAR forced

Testing at Lowe’s Monday-Wednesday: Wednesday UPDATE 3:

Testing at Lowe’s Monday-Wednesday: Wednesday UPDATE 3:

May 9, 2006
Lowe's Motor Speedway will be the site of the final scheduled test session of 2006 for the NASCAR Busch Series today through Wednesday. This year, NASCAR set a schedule for when and where each of its national series tests at tracks that host NASCAR events. Those tests

Earnhardt Jr. wins at Richmond:

Earnhardt Jr. wins at Richmond:

May 6, 2006
#8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. took the lead with 43 laps to go and held on to win the Crown Royal 400 at Richmond International Raceway, for his first win of 2006, 1st in 28 races [last year at Chicago in July] and 17th of his career. #11-Denny Hamlin finished 2nd for his

Rumblings – Richmond:

Rumblings – Richmond:

May 6, 2006
Some questionable pit strategy by the dominant car (Kevin Harvick) led to a four car battle in the closing laps and Dale Earnhardt Jr emerged victorious tonight at Richmond International Raceway. He captured the Crown Royal 400 by a little over half a second over Denny

Testing at Lowe’s Next Week:

Testing at Lowe’s Next Week:

May 5, 2006
Almost 50 Busch Series teams have signed up to participate in the upcoming NASCAR test at Lowe's Motor Speedway. The sessions will run Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, but drivers may only test on two of those three days. Forty-nine teams, including 21 that field cars

Biffle wins pole at Richmond:

Biffle wins pole at Richmond:

May 5, 2006
#16-Greg Biffle went out late and beat teammate #6-Mark Martin for the Bud Pole for the Crown Royal 400 at Richmond International Raceway with a speed of 127.395mph for his 2nd pole of 2006 and 3rd of his career. #6-Martin held on for 2nd, the #42-Casey Mears, #25-

Johnson helps with Soap Box Derby Workshop:

Johnson helps with Soap Box Derby Workshop:

May 5, 2006
#48-Jimmie Johnson introduced an American tradition to boys and girls of the Greater Washington, D.C. area as the Levi Strauss Signature brand hosted a Soap Box Derby car-building workshop in the nation's capital. Youths ages 10 to 17 constructed gravity-powered cars

Richmond Qulaifying Notes:

Richmond Qulaifying Notes:

May 5, 2006
• Greg Biffle won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Bud Pole for the Crown Royal 400, lapping Richmond International Raceway in 21.194 seconds at 127.395 mph. Brian Vickers holds the track-qualifying record of 20.772 seconds, 129.983 mph, set May 14, 2004. • This is Biffle

#38 Team Takes PIt Crew Honors at Talladega:

#38 Team Takes PIt Crew Honors at Talladega:

May 4, 2006
Elliott Sadler's #38 team took top honors in the Checkers / Rally's Double Drive-Thru Challenge competition at Talladega Superspeedway. The M&M's pit crew, which spent 276.495 seconds on pit road in Monday's rain-delayed Aaron's 499, also won the competition at

Speed Channel Driver of the Year – 1st Qtr:

Speed Channel Driver of the Year – 1st Qtr:

May 4, 2006
Melanie Troxel became the first woman, in the 40-year history of the Driver of the Year award, to win the quarterly title in voting by a panel of leading journalists and broadcasters. The 33-year-old driver of the Skull Shine/Torco Race Fuels Top Fuel dragster impressed

Knaus Wins WypAll Wipers Crew Chief of the Race at Talladega:

Knaus Wins WypAll Wipers Crew Chief of the Race at Talladega:

May 2, 2006
In typical Talladega fashion, the Aaron's 499 played out like a 200 mph game of chess. In the end, it was Chad Knaus' decision to bring the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet in for service on the last round of pit stops which proved to be the game winning strategy. Jimmie Johnson

Johnson wins at Talladega:

Johnson wins at Talladega:

May 1, 2006
#48-Jimmie Johnson won the rain-delayed Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway, leading the final lap, drafting by #25-Brian Vickers on the last lap, bring #20-Tony Stewart with him. The win is Johnson's 3rd of 2006 and 21st of his career plus his 2nd straight restrictor

Rumblings – Talladega:

Rumblings – Talladega:

May 1, 2006
We had an early melee (a 13 car job on Lap 10), green flag pit stop mishaps (missing lugs.....catch can making laps), 56 lead changes and 22 different leaders. That can only mean one thing.....we're at Talladega Superspeedway. Jimmie Johnson survived a wild 9-lap shootout

Talladega Race Notes:

Talladega Race Notes:

May 1, 2006
• Jimmie Johnson won the 2006 Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway, scoring his 21st NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 156th career start. Johnson’s last victory came at Las Vegas in March, six races ago. • Johnson also won the $60,000 NASCAR NEXTEL Leader Bonus for

Rookie News and Notes:

Rookie News and Notes:

April 28, 2006
Clint Bowyer was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the April 22 Subway Fresh 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. Bowyer finished fifth, his first top-five in nine career NEXTEL Cup Series starts. He led for the first time in his NEXTEL Cup Series career, holding

#07 Team Takes PIt Crew Honors at Phoenix:

#07 Team Takes PIt Crew Honors at Phoenix:

April 26, 2006
Clint Bowyer's pit crew captured the Checkers / Rally's Double Drive-Thru Challenge competition in Saturday night's race at Phoenix International Raceway, helping propel its rookie driver to a Nextel Cup career-high fifth-place finish. The program awards $10,500 per

Harvick wins at Phoenix:

Harvick wins at Phoenix:

April 22, 2006
#29-Kevin Harvick won the Subway Fresh 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, leading the final 10 laps [of 312], blowing by #16-Greg Biffle [who was saving fuel and eventually ran out, finishing 16th] on lap 303 to win his first race of 2006, first since Bristol last