By Jared Turner 1. JJ, Hendrick Remain In A Funk Just when it seemed like Hendrick Motorsports’ recent slump and the struggles of Jimmie Johnson, in particular, couldn’t get any worse, think again. In Sunday’s race at Michigan, Johnson suffered a tire failure, overshot his pit stall and spun out – all separate incidents. The end result: A 39th-place finish and a failure by Johnson to finish in the top five for the eighth time in nine races. Of course, Johnson’s woes are just a microcosm of the issues that are ailing Hendrick as a whole. Since Johnson triumphed at Dover on…

George Moore said “A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.”  The drivers and teams in the Chevrolet camp certainly are living this quote in recent weeks.  Team Chevy has been on the cusp of traveling to Victory Lane over the last few weeks at different venues across the United States, only to have their efforts dashed by pit strategy, fuel mileage, or unforeseen on-track incidents. As the series travels back to the home state of Chevrolet World Headquarters stationed in Detroit, Michigan, the Bowtie Brand and its associates hope this journey…

By Jared Turner 1. JoLo Is Crushing It Already on a roll before arriving at Watkins Glen for Sunday’s race, Joey Logano is now arguably the sport’s hottest driver. With his win at The Glen, the Team Penske wheelman has finished in the top five in seven of the past nine races. In one of the two races where he didn’t finish in the top five, he led before running out of gas with three laps to go. Making Logano’s victory at The Glen all the more sweet was that it enabled him to complete the weekend sweep after dominating Saturday’s XFINITY…