Jimmie Johnson News

#11 Team Takes PIt Crew Honors at Texas:

#11 Team Takes PIt Crew Honors at Texas:

April 12, 2006
Denny Hamlin's pit crew became the fifth team of the season to secure the weekly Checkers/Rally's Double Drive-Thru Challenge competition by spending the least amount of time on pit road in Sunday's NASCAR NEXTEL Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway. "The #11 FedEx Racing

Richmond NEXTEL Cup Series Testing, April 11-13:

Richmond NEXTEL Cup Series Testing, April 11-13:

April 10, 2006
the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series drivers will take their turn for three consecutive days of testing starting Tuesday, April 11. Below is the tentative schedule of when the drivers expect to test at Richmond International Raceway. Testing each day will run from 9:00am to

Kahne wins at Texas:

Kahne wins at Texas:

April 9, 2006
#9-Kasey Kahne won the Samsung/RadioShack 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, leading 63 of 334 laps for his 2nd win of 2006 and 3rd of his career. #17-Matt Kenseth passed #20-Tony Stewart late and held on to 2nd place, with Stewart finishing 3rd after leading the most laps

Rumblings – Texas:

Rumblings – Texas:

April 9, 2006
Kasey Kahne passed Tony Stewart on lap 308 today at Texas Motor Speedway and drove off into the sunset to capture the Samsung/RadioShack 500 by a margin of over five seconds....giving himself an early birthday present (it's Monday). This was Kasey's second win of the

Goodyear Tire Update for LMS:

Goodyear Tire Update for LMS:

April 8, 2006
A successful second Goodyear race tire test was held Tuesday, April 4, on the new track surface at Lowe's Motor Speedway in preparation for the May NASCAR races, according to Goodyear race tire engineers. Data collection and driver input confirmed the choice of tougher

Shamu To Join Johnson At Daytona In July:

Shamu To Join Johnson At Daytona In July:

April 8, 2006
Lowe's and SeaWorld announced today that Jimmie Johnson will feature a Shamu paint scheme on his Chevrolet when the Daytona 500 champion returns to the superspeedway on July 1. Lowe's is the official Home Improvement Store of all the Busch Entertainment Corp. theme

Sadler’s Team Earns Pit Crew Challenge Win:

Sadler’s Team Earns Pit Crew Challenge Win:

April 5, 2006
Elliott Sadler's #38 M&M's pit crew claimed its first win of the season in the weekly Checkers / Rally's Double Drive-Thru Challenge competition, helping boost the Robert Yates Racing driver to a sixth-place finish in Sunday's (April 2) Nextel Cup race at Martinsville

Who’s Hot – Texas Motor Speedway:

Who’s Hot – Texas Motor Speedway:

April 3, 2006
• Jimmie Johnson is the only driver to score four top-five and five top-10 finishes in the first six races in 2006. • Mark Martin is the only driver to score top-15 finishes in each of the six races in 2006. • Mark Martin has scored 10 straight top-15 finishes; extending

Martinsville Race Notes:

Martinsville Race Notes:

April 2, 2006
• Tony Stewart won the DIRECTV 500 at Martinsville Speedway, scoring his 25th career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 254th career start. • Stewart’s last victory came at Watkins Glen last August, 20 races ago. • Stewart scored his second Martinsville victory. His

Rumblings – Martinsville:

Rumblings – Martinsville:

April 2, 2006
Tony Stewart led the most laps (five times for 288 circuits), then held off Jeff Gordon for a three lap sprint (after a late red flag) to take today's DIRECTV 500 at Martinsville Speedway. In a caution filled race (we had 16 of 'em) Stewart grabs his second win at

Stewart wins at Martinsville:

Stewart wins at Martinsville:

April 2, 2006
#20-Tony Stewart won the DIRECTV 500 at Martinsville Speedway, leading 288 or 500 laps for his first win of 2006, 25th of his career and first since Watkins Glen last August. #24-Jeff Gordon held on for 2nd, with #48-Jimmie Johnson 3rd, then #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. in

Johnson wins pole at Martinsville:

Johnson wins pole at Martinsville:

March 31, 2006
#48-Jimmie Johnson won the Budweiser Pole for the DIRECTV 500 at Martinsville Speedway with a speed of 96.736mph for his first pole of 2006, his 9th career pole in 153 races and first in 23 races, since Chicago last July. #26-Jamie McMurray will start on the outside

Martinsville Qualifying News and Notes:

Martinsville Qualifying News and Notes:

March 31, 2006
• Jimmie Johnson won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Bud Pole for the DIRECT 500, lapping Martinsville Speedway in 19.575 seconds at 96.736 mph. Tony Stewart holds the track-qualifying record of 19.306 seconds, 98.083 mph, set Oct. 21, 2005. • This is Johnson’s ninth

Ramblings – Martinsville:

Ramblings – Martinsville:

March 31, 2006
Jimmie Johnson becomes our fifth different pole winner in as many races (we got snowed out last week if you remember) today at Martinsville Speedway as he captured the Bud Pole for Sunday's DIRECTV 500 with a speed of 96.736 mph (19.575 sec). This is career pole #10

LMS testing, restrictor plate doubtful UPDATE:

LMS testing, restrictor plate doubtful UPDATE:

March 30, 2006
Official lap times were not reported during a tire test at Lowe's Motor Speedway Tuesday and Wednesday, but #43-Bobby Labonte said he came within .3 second of the last October's pole-winning lap, Elliott Sadler's 27.948-second lap at 193.216 mph. "It's going to be

Johnson wrecks in LMS tire testing:

Johnson wrecks in LMS tire testing:

March 29, 2006
#48-Jimmie Johnson crashed in Turn 4 when his right rear tire went flat at Lowe's Motor Speedway during the Goodyear tire test Wednesday morning. Johnson was not injured in the accident, but his Hendrick Motorsports Chevy could not be repaired enough for him to continue

Tire Testing at Lowe’s coming up UPDATE:

Tire Testing at Lowe’s coming up UPDATE:

March 27, 2006
The repaving at Lowe's Motor Speedway is expected to be finished this weekend. Goodyear has scheduled a tire test there March 28 and 29. Scheduled to test are #21-Ken Schrader, #29-Kevin Harvick, #10-Scott Riggs and #43-Bobby Labonte, along with Bobby Hamilton in his

Kurt Busch wins at Bristol:

Kurt Busch wins at Bristol:

March 26, 2006
#2-Kurt Busch won the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, booting #17-Matt Kenseth out of the way with 4 laps to go to win his 1st race of 2006, his first in the #2 Dodge, his 5th at Bristol and 15th career win. It is the first win for the #2 Penske Racing Dodge

Rumblings – Bristol:

Rumblings – Bristol:

March 26, 2006
One good gauge as to how entertaining a race has been is by how many upset drivers we have at the end of the event. Today, we had 42 ticked off and one happy.....by all accounts, that makes this the best race of the year. Kurt Busch put the "bump and run" on former

Rookie News and Notes:

Rookie News and Notes:

March 23, 2006
Reed Sorenson was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the March 20 Golden Corral 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Sorenson finished 10th, his first top-10 finish in six NEXTEL Cup Series starts and took top rookie honors for the first time this season. The finish was