Johnson nearly chased down teammate Jeff Gordon atAtlanta, but settled for second after ten laps of dramatic racing to close Tuesday’s rain-delayed race.
Jimmie Johnson has five straight titles, and he is again poised to add yet another finger bauble, but one man standing in his way operates out of the company's other shop.
The lyrics of that great old R&B song certainly rang true Labor Day weekend in Hampton-Georgia when rain, associated with tropical storm Lee, made it impossible to run the NASCAR Sprint Cup's AdvoCare 500 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Jeff Gordon won his 85th Sprint Cup race at the Atlanta Motor Speedway by winning the AdvoCare 500. With the win Gordon becomes takes the third position in all-time wins behind David Pearso.
Ron Hornaday knew that he got lucky on Friday night. In fact, he’d rather be lucky the last eight races of the 2011 season compared to what his No. 33 ARMOUR Chevrolet team has been to start the season.
Josh Berry and the No. 21 DEX team head to World Wide Technology Raceway this weekend looking to continue one of their strongest stretches of the season in Sunday’s Enjoy Illinois 300.
Can an oval racetrack behave like a road course? It can when you’re talking about World Wide Technology Raceway near St. Louis, site of Sunday’s Enjoy Illinois 300 NASCAR Cup Series race.