BREAKING: No longer 5-Time – Jimmie Johnson wins his 6th Sprint Cup Series Championship in 8 years, only Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt have more. In his 12th Cup Series season.
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2013 NASCAR Cup Series Homestead-Miami Starting Lineup – Matt Kenseth On Pole
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1 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota 30.394 177.667
2 78 Kurt Busch Furniture Row / Denver Mattress Chevrolet 30.432 177.445
3 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 30.460 177.282
4 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford 30.498 177.061
5 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota 30.535 176.846
6 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevrolet 30.568 176.655
7 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe`s Chevrolet 30.578 176.598
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8 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 30.606 176.436
9 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. # Ford EcoBoost Ford 30.606 176.436
10 55 Elliott Sadler(i) Aaron`s Dream Machine Toyota 30.610 176.413 Continue reading “2013 NASCAR Cup Series Homestead-Miami Starting Lineup – Matt Kenseth On Pole”
Jimmie Johnson Nears Sixth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Title
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Jimmie Johnson’s drive to the cusp of a sixth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship has been nothing short of spectacular. His 28-point lead has been built via an average finish of 4.7 through the Chase’s first nine races, a record pace. Regardless of what anyone else does, Johnson can capture the title by finishing 23rd or better in Sunday’s Ford EcoBoost 400; 24th or better if he leads a lap and 25th or better if he leads the most laps.
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FYI WIRZ: NASCAR’s Chase Finale Has Two Contenders And Maybe One Super Human
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Five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson and the No. 48 team with crew chief Chad Knaus may seem like they have super human qualities, but we all know they are just people. Great people, no doubt.
by Dwight Drum at Racetake.com
Those talented people take their No. 48 Chevrolet hauler full of super machines to Homestead-Miami Speedway this weekend for the Ford EcoBoost 400 during the Ford Championship Weekend in Homestead, Florida.
They are seeking a sixth NASCAR Sprint Cup championship in the HMS finale after nine races of NASCAR’s playoffs, the Chase for the Sprint Cup.
Their team sits at the top of the point heap with a 28 point buffer. That’s no guarantee as a total of 48 points remain to be grasped potentially by some winner, but given their performance history it’s a substantial hurdle for Matt Kenseth and team. Continue reading “FYI WIRZ: NASCAR’s Chase Finale Has Two Contenders And Maybe One Super Human”
Matt Kenseth Faces Deficit But Runners-Up Have Prevailed Before
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Matt Kenseth faces a huge handicap heading to Homestead-Miami Speedway. The second-place driver entering the season finale has won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship before but Kenseth’s 28-point deficit is far greater than the 15 points Jimmie Johnson overcame in 2010 and the three points Tony Stewart erased the following season. NASCAR Sprint Cup history’s biggest comeback is 30 points – roughly seven under the current system – by Alan Kulwicki in 1992.
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