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Less than 48 hours after winning an unprecedented fourth consecutive Nascar Sprint Cup championship in Homestead, Fla., Jimmie Johnson took a private elevator Tuesday to the observation deck of the Empire State Building with Johnny Damon, the stock-car racing fan .

Hendrick Motorsports driver Jimmie Johnson made history on Sunday by capturing his fourth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship.

Juan Pablo Montoya and Tony Stewart could have used a referee. The final two races of the NASCAR season were more like a throwback to the good ol' boys who settled their feuds on the track.

Jamie McMurray feels right at home at Earnhardt Ganassi Racing. He should. He's been there before.

AVONDALE, November 16, 2009: With five wins, two poles and both its cars in the Chase for the Championship, Stewart-Haas Racing has certainly performed on the racetrack in its inaugural year of operation.

Jamie McMurray was named the driver of the No. 1 Chevrolet for Earnhardt Ganassi Racing in 2010 on Wednesday.

Results from Phoenix International Raceway 1. Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Chevrolet 5. Martin Truex Jr., No.

Brad Keselowski met with top NASCAR officials for about 20 minutes before Sunday's race at Phoenix International Raceway, where the young driver had yet another on-track run-in with Denny Hamlin.

There are young racers who go for the glory, and there are the young racers who give that glory to others.

Fears that Toyota might pack up its haulers in the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series in the wake of its pulling out of Formula 1 were put to rest this week.

Jeff Gordon was on the verge of winning his fourth NASCAR championship as a driver when he made his debut as a co-owner and teammate for an unproven driver named Jimmie Johnson.

OCTOBER 31: Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe's/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet, drives during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on October 31, 2008 in Fort Worth, Texas.

It looked like the Batmobile. The front and rear portions of the usually-familiar blue and silver Chevrolet were covered in plates of generic black sheet metal -- prefabricated for just the kind of emergency the No.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. says Danica Patrick would be good for NASCAR, but there's nothing new to report on the IndyCar star joining his team.

For James Buescher, the 2010 NASCAR season will be a busy one, as he's going to run full-time in the Nationwide Series with James Finch's PhoenixA Racing and also run 19 races for Turner Motorsports, LLC in the Truck Series.

RAY BUCK Ryan Newman stands out from the pack this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway.Trust me, he'd rather not ... certainly not because of some horrific crime that took place 170 miles south of here at the U.S. Army base at Fort Hood on Thursday afternoon.Thirteen dead.

A picture of NASCAR drivers Matt Crafton and David Gilliland. Matt Crafton sits on the pole for Friday night's Camping World Truck Series race in Texas.

AP Photo/Chris Graythen Jamie McMurray takes the chechered flag ahead of Kasey Kahne to win the AMP Energy 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race Sunday, Nov.

The main storyline coming from Talladega Superspeedway wasn't the final result, but how NASCAR exposed itself to more controversy after tweaking the rules in hopes of better and safer restrictor- plate racing.

TALLADEGA, November 1, 2009: Ryan Newman was evaluated and released from the infield medical center following a spectacular crash in the late stages of Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway.