Read more about the article Texas Preview: Jimmie Johnson Is the Only Chase Driver Feeling Secure
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Texas Preview: Jimmie Johnson Is the Only Chase Driver Feeling Secure

By Jared Turner With one race down and two races left to set the Championship 4 for Homestead-Miami Speedway, only Jimmie Johnson is guaranteed to fight for the Sprint Cup Series title in the 2016 season finale. His three challengers in South Florida will be determined over the next two weekends, and it’s anyone’s guess who among the remaining seven championship-eligible drivers they will ultimately be. While Johnson was celebrating his Championship 4-qualifying win in last Sunday’s Round of 8 opener at Martinsville Speedway, title-contending teammates Kevin Harvick and Kurt Busch were scratching their heads trying to figure out why their Stewart-Haas…

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Read more about the article Just Sayin’: Jeff Gordon Left the Door Open for a Return to Racing
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Just Sayin’: Jeff Gordon Left the Door Open for a Return to Racing

By Jared Turner Jeff Gordon Probably Isn’t Done Yet Sunday’s race at Martinsville was possibly the final start of Jeff Gordon’s legendary career. The four-time champ, called on to help sub for teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. this season, didn’t deliver what would have been his 94th victory in NASCAR’s top division, but was in the mix all day long, ultimately coming home sixth at a track where he’d won nine times. So what’s next for Gordon? He’ll be back in the FOX Sports broadcast booth at next year’s Daytona 500 and the remaining portion of FOX’s NASCAR coverage that runs through June.…

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Jimmie Johnson’s win at Martinsville; qualifies for final race

Oct. 30, 2016 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Mr. Martinsville is back – and with him, a realistic shot at a record-tying NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship. Winless at the .526-mile short track since the spring race of 2013, Jimmie Johnson ended his “drought” on Sunday with a victory in the Goody’s Fast Relief 500 and earned a berth in the Championship 4 race, set for Nov. 20 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. In winning for the ninth time at Martinsville, the fourth time this season and the 79th time in his career, Johnson didn’t take the lead until he…

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Johnny Sauter advances to championship race

Oct. 29, 2016 By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va. – With a finish that was the diametric opposite of his last run at Martinsville Speedway, Johnny Sauter punched his ticket to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship race with a victory in Saturday’s Texas Roadhouse 200 at the .526-mile short track. After a restart with 18 laps left, Sauter, who finished last at Martinsville in April, held off pole winner Chase Elliott, beating the No. 71 Chevrolet driver to the finish line by .316 seconds. On Lap 176, Sauter took the lead from John Hunter Nemechek, who had gained…

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