Nov. 3, 2013   By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service FORT WORTH, Tex. -- The speed in Jimmie Johnson’s No. 48 Chevrolet was positively jaw-dropping. Able to pull away from his pursuers with apparent ease, Johnson finished three positions ahead of Matt Kenseth in Sunday's AAA Texas 500, breaking a tie for the lead in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, but -- make no mistake -- Johnson's performance amounted to a brutal bludgeoning of Kenseth and the rest of the opposition. Kenseth hurt his own cause with a pit-road speeding penalty, but not even a perfect day on pit road…

  October 27, 2013     By Joe Menzer, Special to NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va. –  Who is Mr. Martinsville now? Jeff Gordon once appeared to own sole possession of that title, but he ceded it to Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jimmie Johnson several years ago. Gordon took a large step toward reclaiming it Sunday when he earned his first win of the season, and the eighth of his career at Martinsville Speedway, by capturing the Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500. Gordon made what proved to be the winning pass on Matt Kenseth with 21 laps to go and then held off Kenseth…