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Jimmie Johnson Wins Daytona 500; Danica Patrick Finishes 8th

Joe Student — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 22:17:55 +0000

Jimmie Johnson won the Daytona 500 on Sunday, holding off Dale Earnhardt Jr., Mark Martin, Brad Keselowski and Ryan Newman to win the first points race of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. Pole-sitter Danica Patrick finished eighth. Earlier in the race on lap 90, Patrick became the first woman to lead a lap at the Daytona 500.

With two laps left in the race, Johnson led Greg Biffle and Patrick, with Earnhardt in fourth, when the final charge began. Johnson, a five-time Cup Series champion, was able to dash away while Earnhardt made his m

Brad Keselowski And Penske Racing Take NASCAR's Season Crown

Bruce Mikells — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:00:24 +0000

The season finale featured loads of drama but no fist fights and a first time champion.

Horrific Wreck Mars Talladega Finish [Video]

Bruce Mikells — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 10:57:52 +0000

The pundits who follow NASCAR were calling last weeks race at the Monster Mile in Dover Delaware, “Separation Sunday”. Those same pundits were calling the race at Talladega “Bring ‘em Back Together Sunday”. The 2.66 mile high banked speedway at Talledega is famous for two things, high speed and big wrecks. Sunday race fans got [...]

Tony Stewart Smokes Jimmie Johnson For NASCAR Win At Las Vegas

Bruce Mikells — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 23:40:30 +0000

Tony Stewart is known around the NASCAR garages as Smoke. Jimmie Johnson is known as 5-time, a reference to the number of times Johnson has won stock car racing's series championship. Sunday afternoon at Las Vegas Motor Speedway "Smoke" slipped through a crack in "5-times" defense and drove away with the victory in the Kobalt Tools 400.

Johnson Wins By A Whisker At Talladega

Bruce Mikells — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 07:45:44 +0000

Here lately the NASCAR races have been less than entertaining, take for example last time at California Speedway where the only action happened in the last 10 laps. But when you throw in the restrictor plates and say Talladega, things change in a hurry and you better look fast if you want to see who won. Even if you don't like racing a win by less than 2-thousandths of a second is pretty dang close.