The Chase for NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series Championship is heading to the unfriendly confines of Talladega for the next race in the competition, today’s Amp Energy 500. Talladega is a fun track for the fans because it’s a smaller track where the drivers have less room to move around the track and the chances of crashing and banging on the track is absolute.
Jimmie Johnson started on the pole for this race, due to qualifying for the Amp Energy 500 being rained out on Saturday morning and his closest rival for the Sprint Cup Series Championship, Mark Martin, will start next …read more

2009 has been a busy year for racing and the fastest sports in the world are coming down to the wire in the case of NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series with Jimmie Johnson leading the Chase and looking good for his fourth straight Sprint Cup Series Championship. There are only a few races left and as long as Jimmie keeps his cool and his car running straight and fast, it’s going to be hard for his rivals for the Sprint Cup Series Championship to catch him. Kyle Bush leads in the Nationwide Series and looks to be good for the championship …read more

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season is a war that is won by the racer and team that has the most consistent finish in all of the included races. Points are awarded on a race to race basis for both teams and racers, which are the basis for the standings that determine the overall winner at the end of the Sprint Cup Series. Winning a race is nice but to win the overall you need to do more than just win a race or two, you also need to have a good showing in the races you don’t win. To …read more

The Chase continues today as NASCAR’s Sprint Cup darlings will be in Concord, North Caroline on the track of Lowe’s Motor Speedway competing in the NASCAR’s Banking 500. The fifth race of the Chase today’s race is going to probably cut the field of contenders for the Sprint Cup Championship a little more. Currently Jimmie Johnson in the No. 48 Chevrolet leads the Chase by 12 points to his Hendrick Motorsports team mate Mark Martin in the No. 5 Chevrolet.
Jimmie is chasing history and his fourth NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship in a row, while Mark Martin is just trying to …read more

Jimmie Johnson moved into a familiar position at the top of the Chase standings after he came out on top during a three-lap race to the finish in Sunday’s Pepsi 500 at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. The win allowed him to move 12 points ahead of Mark Martin, 58 ahead of Juan Montoya and 89 points ahead of Tony Stewart in the race for the Sprint Cup Series championship. This victory is the fifth of the 2009 Sprint Cup Series for Johnson and the 45th Sprint Cup win of his career and his fourth at Fontana, which …read more

NASCAR has had a stellar decade that has seen three different racers achieve the ultimate in the Sprint Cup Series by winning the yearly championship in one of the fastest sports on the planet. The only question at the end of the decade is which driver has been the best and should be considered the best NASCAR racer of the decade. Every Joe has their own opinion about which driver has had the best decade of the NASCAR champions that won during the past decade. The front runner is certainly Jimmie Johnson and his four Sprint Cup Series Championships, including …read more

The 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is starting to get interesting as Sunday Mark Martin picked up the gauntlet thrown on Dover International Speedway by Jimmie Johnson in the AAA 400 and then proceeded to race his way to a second place finish at Dover that keeps him and the team in the running for the Sprint Cup Series Championship. This victory makes Johnson a definite threat to take the Sprint Cup Series Championship in his No. 48 Chevrolet, which would be the fourth in a row for his team, if he and they can manage to keep the momentum …read more

The next round of NASCAR’s playoff round, the Chase is about to put the metal to the pedal in a few days. Tire testing and qualifying for the next round of the Chase, Sunday’s AAA 400, were held on the pavement of Dover International Speedway today and there weren’t really any surprises to be had.

Jimmie Johnson had an excellent day as he was out on the track running and testing the rubber that is available from Goodyear. This was something that I was expecting to see Johnson achieve and he didn’t disappoint in Friday’s qualifying session at the Monster Mile. …read more

Tony Stewart is breathing a little easier after securing his invitation to NASCAR’s postseason showdown last weekend during the race at Michigan. Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson will be competing Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway. They need a sixth and second place respectively to book their spots for the Chase and you can expect them to run a fast and controlled race. Winning is always the goal but with the Chase being so important to NASCAR these days, expect them to stay within themselves and not take any unnecessary chances that could cost them their berth in the Chase.
Kyle …read more

President Barack Obama is a fan of NASCAR and was recently interviewed live during ESPN’s NASCAR Now program originating from the White House in Washington, D.C. The president has decided to show his support for NASCAR by honoring three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson and all the racers and drivers that took part in the 2008 Chase for the Championship. To show respect for the champions that helped create the NASCAR of today, the current industry and the future of an industry that is very important to life in America. President Obama held a ceremony on the South Lawn …read more