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48 team swipes momentum from Hamlin
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Just when you thought they were down and out … Jimmie Johnson and his indestructible No. 48 team clawed their way back into the Sprint Cup championship conversation. They did it with an all-or-nothing gamble, but a gamble where the risk was carefully calculated. And they took advantage of Denny Hamlin’s No. 11 team, which was asleep at the switch in its failure to anticipate that others might be able to stretch their fuel to the end of Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. Johnson’s fifth-place finish at Phoenix may prove as significant and decisive as any of his 19 victories in previous Chase races. The fifth-place run allowed Johnson to trim a 33-point deficit to Hamlin entering the Phoenix race to 15 points entering … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Ford lays down gauntlet to 48 team
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Mike Ford isn’t just tugging on Superman’s cape—he’s trying to shred it. On Sunday evening, after Denny Hamlin won the AAA Texas 500, the rest of the world found out what the NASCAR Sprint Cup garage already knew: Hamlin’s crew chief is intensely competitive and fiercely proud of the team he has assembled for this year’s championship run. And while Hamlin was tactfully downplaying the mistakes—make that collapse—of Jimmie Johnson’s pit crew, Ford wasn’t mincing words when he described the scenario that allowed Hamlin to turn a 14-point deficit to Johnson into a 33-point advantage with two races left in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. “I think our race team is better than their race team, and I’m not going to tiptoe around them because … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Gordon’s pit crew replaces Johnson’s for final two races
Jeff Gordon’s pit crew will serve as the pit crew for Jimmie Johnson for the remainder of the season, Hendrick Motorsports announced Monday. Johnson’s pit crew, which was benched because of poor performance in favor of Gordon’s crew after Gordon was knocked out of the AAA Texas 500 on Sunday, will serve as Gordon’s pit crew for the final two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races—at Phoenix and Homestead. Johnson, the four-time defending Cup champion, fell from the top spot in the standings and now trails Denny Hamlin by 33 points following Hamlin’s win at Texas Motor Speedway. Johnson placed ninth in the event. Running in the top five, Johnson lost several positions during an early stop when the crew had trouble with the right-front tire and, as a result, Johnson returned to the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Lowe’s Racing Teleconference with Jimmie Johnson
Four time Sprint Cup Champion Jimmie Johnson sat down for a Q&A and talked about Atlanta Motor Speedway, Darlington Raceway, his friendship with Jeff Gordon and his thoughts about the day when crew chief Chad Knaus steps down from his pit box. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
DW on Kyle Busch, Cautions and the Jimmie Johnson Phenomenon
NASCAR on FOX’s Darrell Waltrip gets on his webcam and talks about Kyle Busch’s change in crew chief, the problems revolving around caution flags, and the performance of Jimmie Johnson and the 48 team. … Read entire article »
Autism Speaks 400 Winning Team Press Conference
The Autism Speaks 400 presented by Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips & Cheese Post-Race Transcript … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR, Sprint Cup
Johnson to honor Military and Lowe’s Employees With Patriotic Scheme
Charlotte – Jimmie Johnson will drive a specially designed No. 48 Lowe’s Impala SS for this weekend’s Sprint Cup event at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. The car’s design carries the names of 12,548 Lowe’s employees who are military veterans or reservists. … Read entire article »
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