Jimmie Johnson is on a roll. A week after collecting the 200th win for Hendrick Motor Sports, Johnson followed up with a dominating win in the All-Star Race. Johnson's car was passed exactly three times all night. Three. To put that into perspective, the next closest number was nineteen. Johnson won the race of pit road by a bumper and went on to win the race by a mile*. He cruised the final ten laps without a serious challenge to his lead.
Johnson was also the winner of the first
Bojangles’ Southern 500
by Ronald A. Rowe May 17th, 2012 | NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series
Jimmie Johnson was in control for much of the Bojangles’ Southern 500. Ryan Newman and Kurt Busch’s teams were out of control after the Bojangles’ Southern 500. It was another race day at Darlington.
Johnson did some clever fuel-saving maneuvers, including shutting down to coast under yellow, in order to keep the #48 car running all the way to the end. And it was running spectacularly well on the Green-White-Checkered restart to finish the race. Johnson pulled away from the pack of NASCAR notables that included runners-up Denny Hamlin, Tony Stewart, Kyle Busch, and Martin Truex Jr.
There was a little
Johnson did some clever fuel-saving maneuvers, including shutting down to coast under yellow, in order to keep the #48 car running all the way to the end. And it was running spectacularly well on the Green-White-Checkered restart to finish the race. Johnson pulled away from the pack of NASCAR notables that included runners-up Denny Hamlin, Tony Stewart, Kyle Busch, and Martin Truex Jr.
There was a little
Aaron’s 499
by Ronald A. Rowe May 10th, 2012 | NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series
Saturday, Kyle Busch was leading the race at Talladega only to get passed on the final lap of a Green- White- Checkered finish. Sunday, the tables were turned. Busch was in second on the final lap after a restart hoping to execute the same kind of slingshot move that burned him the night before. But it wasn’t to be and Busch finished second for the second day in a row.
No, Sunday belonged to Brad Keselowski, who held off Busch to take the checkered flag by three-tenths
No, Sunday belonged to Brad Keselowski, who held off Busch to take the checkered flag by three-tenths
Capital City 400
by Ronald A. Rowe May 1st, 2012 | NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series
You know it was an odd NASCAR race when the guys who finished third and tenth both think they were robbed of the victory. The named- at- the- last- minute Capital City 400 Presented By Virginia Is For Lovers (sigh) was as unusual as its name. All the strangeness certainly suited Kyle Busch just fine as he racked up his first Sprint Cup victory of the season.
Tony Stewart thought that he had the race wrapped up with 13 laps left to go, but a caution for debris
Tony Stewart thought that he had the race wrapped up with 13 laps left to go, but a caution for debris
STP 400
by Ronald A. Rowe April 24th, 2012 | NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series
Martin Truex Jr. owned the first three quarters of the STP 400. Unfortunately for Truex, it’s that one final lap that really counts. And the winner of that one all-important lap was Denny Hamlin. Hamlin’s (pictured) second victory of the season was the 199th time that a #11 car has taken the checkered flag, a new NASCAR record. Truex finished second, followed by a red-hot Jimmie Johnson.
Matt Kenseth and Greg Biffle rounded out the top 5. The remainder of the top
Matt Kenseth and Greg Biffle rounded out the top 5. The remainder of the top