Can Jimmie Johnson win his sixth-straight Sprint Cup title? How well will NASCAR's new points format be accepted? Are Tony Stewart's troubles with Australians just beginning? Jeffrey Boswell has the answers and more in his NASCAR 2011 predictions.
Johnson finished second at Homestead, easily overcoming Denny Hamlin’s 15-point lead entering the race, to capture his fifth-straight Sprint Cup title.
Johnson finished fifth in the Tums Fast Relief 500, a solid result, albeit one that was outdone by his closest Chase For The Cup competitors, Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick.