Hendrick Motorsports News

Despite gaining 111 points on defending champion Jimmie Johnson in Sprint Cup points after the Dickies 500 at Texas, Mark Martin isn't expecting his Hendrick Motorsports teammate to gift-wrap the title based on one poor performance.

Hendrick Motorsports owner Rick Hendrick and his drivers have always prided themselves on how well everyone works together.

To hear Mark Martin talk at Texas, the driver of the #5 Chevrolet is realistic - and resigned to finishing no better than second in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

You all know the phrase, "Everything's bigger in Texas." Well, this weekend there could not be anything truer than that.

So little to choose from, and so much time. The Cable Watch enters Day 7, Vince Young tries to rehabilitate himself further against the 49ers, NASCAR enters its final tedious three weeks with the Dickies 500 Jimmie Johnson won the damned thing already, for God's sake, the Warriors play the Kings in the Northern California Is Utterly Doomed Cup, and ...

A little while back Bob Griese got in trouble for saying Juan Pablo Montoya wasn't on the leader board because he stopped for tacos .

As Jimmie Johnson whizzes around Texas Motor Speedway today in his No. 48 Chevrolet, he'll be closing in on Sprint Cup history.

A high-pitched squeal crept through my bedroom door and into the bathroom where I was curling my hair.

NASCAR has tried all but one thing to "fix" the racing at Talladega after tinkering with the car and the drivers.

It's pretty much a foregone conslusion now. Jimmie Johnson's gonna win his fourth straight Sprint Cup crown.

Jimmie Johnson is sitting almost exactly where he was at this time a year ago. With three races remaining in NASCARs Chase for the Sprint Cup, Johnson leads the standings by an almost-insurmountable 184 points in his pursuit of a record fourth straight championship.

Dozens of people surprised the crowd at the Atlanta Pride Festival in Piedmont Park Sunday by breaking out into what's known as a "flash mob" dance.

If the Dickies 500 is nothing more than a Sunday drive for likely Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson, what's Ron Hornaday's night going to be like Friday in the WinStar World Casino 350? Hornaday has a 202-point lead over second-place Matt Crafton.

By Jimmie Johnson got a huge boost in his quest for an unprecedented fourth straight Sprint Cup Series championship after surviving last Sunday's "wild- card" race in the Chase at Talladega.

Jimmie Johnson walked up to crew chief Chad Knaus in the fading twilight at Talladega on Sunday, gave him a little bro-hug and exhaled.

In the end, chaos reigned, just like always. After 450 miles of what resembled a slow Sunday drive, the action picked up and the outcome was much of what everyone has come to expect out of Talladega: An unlikely winner, two spectacular crashes and an army of drivers frustrated about the unpredictability of restrictor-plate racing.

Jimmie Johnson will be starting from the pole at Talladega Superspeedway after rain washed out qualifying and the field was set by points.

There were rumors running around the Hendrick Motorsports camp earlier in the season, that either Tony Eury Jr or Alan Gustafson could possibly take over the role of Dale Earnhardt Jr's crew chief position after the season ended.

Heading into the seventh Chase race, Tony Stewart, who led for much of the regular season,A is fourth in the standings.

What: Amp Energy 500, 33rd of 36 races for NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series. Where: Talladega Speedway, 2.66-mile tri-oval. When: Sunday, Nov.