Tag Archives: Jimmie Johnson

2017 is the year of long-term contracts in NASCAR. First, it was Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano, both announcing at Daytona they would be remain with their respective teams. Then, it was Jimmie Johnson. Now, it is Chase Elliott. Clearly, team owners have not paid much attention to Major League …

Sorry, guys, the stages are pretty ok I know there are some fans who are not behind the race structure, but after nearly half a season of racing, has it really changed the racing all that much?  The answer is yes…and no. Why it works is that the actual race …

Who’s in the headline: In a race that saw strategies all over the board, 10 different leaders exchanged the lead 13 times, and questions about leaders having enough fuel to the make the finish emerged to make the Toyota/Save Mart 350 one of the most compelling races of the season. When …

Sonoma, 1991 I’d nominate the 1991 Sonoma (then Sears Point) race. Ricky Rudd got to the finish first but was black-flagged for knocking Davey Allison out of the way. Rudd claims he never saw the black flag and the contact wasn’t that flagrant, certainly nothing that hadn’t been done in …

ONE: Home Track For the first 13 years of the 16-plus years I’ve lived in this great country, my home was Manhattan. Not exactly a hot bed of NASCAR activity, to be fair, except for the occasional trial balloon “street race” concept that gets raised from time to time and …

Who’s in the headline – For only the fourth time this season, a driver led the most laps in a race and went onto Victory Lane. Kyle Larson started on pole, led the most laps and finished the deal to grab his second-career victory at Michigan International Speedway. Martin Truex …

Saturday morning, Furniture Row Racing’s Martin Truex Jr. was fastest in the second practice session for Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series teams at Michigan International Speedway.  Truex’s lap of 36.293 seconds (198.385 mph) was eight-hundredths of a second faster than Kyle Busch in second. Jimmie Johnson was third quickest, two-tenths …

Jimmie Johnson isn’t going anywhere, and he isn’t hanging up his helmet just yet. The seven-time champion is returning to Hendrick Motorsports, his home since 2001, signing a three-year extension through 2020. Longtime primary sponsor Lowe’s will also be returning to the No. 48 team, sponsoring each of the 38 races …

With maybe an exception or two, most everyone cheers for the winner of a NASCAR race. But Sunday at Pocono was different. It was last week when the iconic No. 3 reached victory lane with Austin Dillon winning his first Cup race. Now another iconic number and team reached victory …

Who’s in the headline – For the third time this season, we have a first-time winner in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. It’s Ryan Blaney, who drove to the lead after a late-race restart with fresher tires than a dominant Kyle Busch. He then held off Kevin Harvick in a thrilling finish after …