Tag Archives: Jimmie Johnson

“To the rear for inspection failure” Those words were all too common in 2018 as NASCAR’s race weekend inspection process has become more and more technologically based. The precision optical sensors used to scan each race car are meant to catch even the tiniest variance from NASCAR’s rules, and they …

2018 was a year of transition for everybody in NASCAR. For the fans, it was the first season without the sport’s most popular driver for the last 16 years making an appearance in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. For NASCAR’s management, it was a year where both a new …

Who’s in the headline When it was all said and done at Homestead-Miami Speedway, it was Joey Logano holding up the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship trophy. Logano was the least decorated of the four finalists but was running as well as anyone when the final four races of …

On Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Joey Logano took on the Big Three and won.  He was victorious not only in the race but also secured his first championship in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.  The title caps off a great season for Logano and a superb performance in NASCAR’s …

Heading into 2018, it felt almost guaranteed Denny Hamlin and Jimmie Johnson would find Victory Lane. But as the season progressed, it became a little bit far-fetched. Hamlin entered the season winning Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races in every year since 2006, when he was a rookie. Johnson’s streak …

The end of a season always brings change. When the year comes to a close, several relationships, careers and streaks end as well. This weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway will be no different. We will say goodbye to a countless number of drivers, crew chiefs, teams and sponsors. Some of them, …

One of my favorite things to see when I was growing up was a NASCAR season finale where two drivers celebrated two different things — the race win and the championship win. I always viewed it as, “One won the battle, the other won the war.” The greatest example of …

For the fifth year, the NASCAR playoffs will conclude with a championship race, the third that it will happen across all three national touring series. The rules of a championship race are fairly straight forward: the highest finishing driver among the final four playoff drivers will end the night as …

Every season since 2002, Homestead-Miami Speedway has hosted championship weekend, providing some of the best racing on the NASCAR circuit.  Should Homestead always host the season finale or would it be better to have tracks bid to host the championship?  Is there a better track for a championship race, or …

Who… gets my shoutout of the race? Let’s make it a pair this week. Shy of a win at Homestead (and even with one), you won’t hear much about a couple of drivers who will very likely drive quietly into the sunset after the checkers next week.  You didn’t hear …