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This is a May 8, 2009, file photo showing IRL driver Danica Patrick, right, and car owner Michael Andretti watching from the pit area during practice for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis.

Jimmie Johnson and his wife, Chandra, signal the driver's new place in NASCAR history.

When Mark Martin announced in July of 2008 that he would be retuning full-time in 2009 with Hendrick Motorsports, he said it was because he didn't want to regret never getting the chance to drive one of Rick Hendrick's cars.

Four-year-old Sebastian Montoya's favorite driver is Kyle Busch. Montoya bought him an M&Ms hood to put in his room and is working on getting a Target hood to go along with it.

Jamie McMurray has been hired to drive the No. 1 Chevrolet for Earnhardt Ganassi Racing.

Jimmie Johnson, on the verge of a NASCAR record fourth consecutive championship, signed a contract extension Friday to drive for Hendrick Motorsports through the 2015 season.

For Hendrick Motorsports, this NASCAR season might seem easy as 1-2-3. OK, maybe it only looked easy.

Up-and-coming NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski passed through Scottsdale on Thursday to take a tour of Scottsdale-based Go Daddy Group's offices.

From his fiasco in Fort Worth, Jimmie Johnson rose like a phoenix in -- where else? -- Phoenix.

Carl Edwards rolled to a dominating win at Phoenix International Speedway that temporarily stalled Kyle Busch's bid to clinch the Nationwide Series title.

Jimmie Johnson has such a stranglehold on the championship that it's out of reach for every driver besides Mark Martin.

Martin Truex Jr. has won the pole at Phoenix International Raceway. Truex turned a lap at 135.120 mph Friday to qualify first for Sunday's race at PIR in his No.

Imagine this a Chase of Dreams. Take 12 of the best drivers in NASCAR history all nominees for the new NASCAR Hall of Fame and throw them into the Chase For The Sprint Cup format, racing on today's tracks, against today's stars, going for NASCAR's ultimate prize.

What's the best way to push criticism out of today's sports news cycle? Simple: Come up with other news to overshadow the criticism.

The No. 1 Chevrolet driven by Martin Truex Jr. failed a post-race inspection when NASCAR officials found the height of the car was too low.

Jimmie Johnson's drive to history took a hard hit against the wall and Kyle Busch ran out of gas trying to complete an unprecedented NASCAR trifecta.

Despite a growing body of evidence that it eventually will happen, nothing's been signed between Danica Patrick and Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Chevrolet-based JR Motorsports.

More importantly, though... Two cars went upside down during two different wrecks in the final eight laps of NASCAR's Amp Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.

Just three races remain in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series, and Jimmy Johnson has all but wrapped up his fourth straight title.

Reporting from Talladega, Ala. - It was shortly after Ryan Newman's No. 39 Chevrolet flipped and landed on its roof, crushing the roll cage onto his helmet and preventing him from getting out of his car, that Jimmie Johnson all but won the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup championship.