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At long last! Johnson wins 200th for owner Rick Hendrick
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service DARLINGTON, S.C. – Finally! After months of frustration, Jimmie Johnson gave Rick Hendrick his 200th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory, running away from the rest of the field on a green-white-checkered-flag restart that took the Bojangles’ Southern 500 one lap past its scheduled distance. On Saturday night at Darlington Raceway, Johnson ended his own winless streak of 16 races, a drought of relative epic proportions for the five-time champion. The victory was … Read entire article »
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NASCAR Notebook: Late caution, wild restart spoil Hendrick’s 200th victory party
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va. — For 497 laps on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon, a 200th NASCAR Sprint Cup victory for Hendrick Motorsports seemed a foregone conclusion. The only real question was whether Jeff Gordon or Jimmie Johnson would deliver the win in the Goody’s Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Between them, Gordon and Johnson led 440 laps. The teammates — with 13 Martinsville victories and nine championships between them — were fighting for … Read entire article »
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Hendrick Motorsports, Jimmie Johnson penalty overturned on final appeal
NASCAR Wire Service Penalties levied against Hendrick Motorsports’ No. 48 team driven by Jimmie Johnson were overturned Tuesday. National Stock Car Racing Chief Appellate Officer John Middlebrook rescinded the loss of 25 driver points, 25 owner points and six-race suspensions for crew chief Chad Knaus and car chief Ron Malec. The decision was reached after a final appeal hearing at NASCAR’s research and development center in Concord, N.C. Middlebrook also ruled that the $100,000 fine assessed to … Read entire article »
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Appeals Panel Upholds Penalty Against Chad Knauss and 48 Team
NASCAR Wire Service The National Stock Car Racing Appeals Panel upheld penalties issued to the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports team Tuesday, keeping Jimmie Johnson outside the top 20 in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points standings. After a five-hour appeal hearing at NASCAR’s research and development center in Concord, N.C., the three-member panel unanimously ruled to retain the original penalties for illegal modifications to Johnson’s No. 48 car for the Daytona 500. Johnson’s car flunked pre-race inspection Feb. … Read entire article »
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Jimmie Johnson’s team hit with 25-point penalty, six-race ban for Knaus
Jimmie Johnson’s campaign for a sixth NASCAR Sprint Cup championship will start in an unfamiliar place — in the red. NASCAR docked Johnson’s team 25 points Wednesday for illegal modifications to the No. 48 Chevrolet before qualifying for the season-opening Daytona 500. The sanctioning body also suspended crew chief Chad Knaus and car chief Ron Malec for six races and slapped Knaus with a $100,000 fine. Johnson finished 42nd at Daytona, earning just two points after a … Read entire article »
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Rick Hendrick released from hospital
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Rick Hendrick was released Monday afternoon from a hospital in North Carolina after a six-day stay following a crash landing of his plane in Key West, Fla. The Hendrick Motorsports owner has four broken ribs and a broken clavicle from the Oct. 31 accident, which occurred when the brakes failed on the team’s plane. The plane crossed a 600-foot overrun, impacted the far side of a ditch, crossed a dirt road, cleared … Read entire article »
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Jeff Gordon prepared to help get Dale Earnhardt Jr. in Chase
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service RICHMOND, Va.—Within limits, Jeff Gordon and his Hendrick Motorsports teammates will do all they can to help Dale Earnhardt Jr. clinch a spot in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. “It’s very important for us at Hendrick Motorsports to get him in the Chase, not just because he’s Junior, but because we want to get as many of our teams into that Chase as possible,” Gordon told Sporting News … Read entire article »
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. happy to avoid hassles in a contract year
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service HAMPTON, Ga.—Dale Earnhardt Jr. and team owner Rick Hendrick had a meeting of the minds—neither wanted to postpone Earnhardt’s contract extension with Hendrick Motorsports and invite questions and distractions next season. So they got the deal done a year early. Earnhardt, in the fourth year of a five-year deal with Hendrick, earlier this week announced a five-year extension that will keep him in a Hendrick Chevrolet through 2017. “I’m happy that it … Read entire article »
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. signs five-year extension with Hendrick Motorsports
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Dale Earnhardt Jr. has signed a five-year contract that will keep him behind the wheel of a Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet through 2017, the organization announced Thursday. “We’re excited to have everything formalized and announced,” team owner Rick Hendrick said in a statement announcing the agreement. “Junior and I had a handshake agreement months ago, and we let other people work out the finer points from there. It was as simple … Read entire article »
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