Jimmie Johnson News

Mr. James Milton Clark, 58, passed away may 12, 2013 at his residence. He was a native of Wheeling, W. VA., and was predeceased by both of his parents.

WHERE HE STANDS: Jimmie Johnson remained in first place for the sixth straight week after Darlington.

The chase to set NASCAR's 12-driver field for 2013 Chase for the Sprint Cup is on.

Jimmie Johnson played an odd strategy to win last year's NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race that left fans dissatisfied.

Any race fan, whether you like Patrick or think she's just a publicity stunt, could have seen this coming.

48 Lowe's Patriotic Chevrolet SS, has three All-Star Race trophies o Dale Earnhardt Jr., No.

By no means set, the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup field does seem to be taking shape.

You know the NASACAR narrative by now: Personality is too vanilla. Has a crew chief who cheats.

Sprint Cup Series will take a week off from points racing to reward its All-Star drivers.

Yawn . We've heard it all before. The only argument that's older is "Who is the best driver of all time?" And the key difference is that only one of these questions can be answered in many different ways.

One year removed from celebrating a historic 200th win for car owner Rick Hendrick, Jimmie Johnson had much more modest elation this time around at Darlington Raceway .

Slot makers spend a lot of money - sometimes millions - paying for licensing fees and developing character-driven games based on pop stars, movies and TV shows.

Clint Bowyer, series runner-up last year, looks to be one of the six locks to make what's looking like a wide-open NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase field.

In his 700th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career start, Jeff Gordon took the lead for Team Chevy by scoring a third-place finish at the Bojangles' Southern 500 in his No.

Hamlin - completing his first full race since injuring his back in a wreck at California in March - finished second.

"I'm excited. Hopefully we can start this race tomorrow night from a good position.

NASCAR Racing 6 p.m. on Chs. 25 and 64. The Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. Jimmie Johnson prevailed last year on this venerable 63-year-old track, leading the last 44 of 368 laps.

The Southern 500 is a part of NASCAR tradition, albeit not on Labor Day weekend anymore.

NASCAR Sprint Cup standings leader, two-time winner and defending champion Jimmie Johnson headlines the field at the Bojangles Southern 500.

Busch 's lap of 181.918 mph Friday earned him his third career pole at Darlington and broke the two-year old mark of 181.254 mph held by Kasey Kahne .