jimmie_chad_banquet1_2013THE CHAMPION JIMMIE JOHNSON

We wrap up our look at the Top 10 drivers of the 2013 NASCAR Racing season, and winning The 2013 Sprint Cup Series Championship is JIMMIE JOHNSON who is now a 6 Time Sprint Cup Series Champion.

STATS: 6 Wins, 16 Top 5’s, 24 Top 10’s 3 Poles, only 1 DNF
$7.9 million in winnings

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Final Lap Logo InvertSHOW #282 – Guest: Toby interviews Joe Nemechek – We also preview Champions Week in Las Vegas next week. Feature News of the Week, find out what the drivers are doing for Thanksgiving and the off season and more. Hosted by Kerry Murphey and Toby Christie.

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jimmie-johnson-nascar-sprint-cup-series-new-hampshire-july-2013DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 17, 2013) – Jimmie Johnson took another step closer to stock car racing history on Sunday, claiming his sixth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship at Homestead-Miami (Fla.) Speedway.

Johnson, who entered the race with a 28-point lead over 2003 series champion Matt Kenseth, finished ninth in the Ford EcoBoost 400, putting his final margin over Kenseth at 19 points.

The championship is a record-extending 11th in the series for Hendrick Motorsports. Rick Hendrick’s organization also won four titles with Jeff Gordon, co-owner of Johnson’s No. 48 Chevrolet, and one with Terry Labonte. Johnson’s crew chief, Chad Knaus, has led the team to all six titles. Continue reading “Jimmie Johnson Wins 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship Hendrick Motorsports Celebrates Record-Extending 11th Series Title”

Rick Hendrick Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports 200th WinNov. 3, 2013

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service

FORT WORTH, Tex. — As dominant as Jimmie Johnson was in Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, is team owner Rick Hendrick confident that the driver of the No. 48 Chevrolet will deliver the organization’s 11th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title two weeks from now at Homestead?

Yes, Johnson destroyed the opposition at Texas, leading 255 of 334 laps and beating teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr., the race runner-up, to the finish line by 4.390 seconds.

Yes, Johnson leads fourth-place finisher Matt Kenseth by seven points in the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings. But Johnson led Brad Keselowski by seven points after eight Chase races last year before losing the title to the Penske Racing driver.

Accordingly, Hendrick isn’t ready to stake his claim to the championship. Continue reading “Chalk Up Another Championship? Not Yet, Says Rick Hendrick”