NASCAR Number: 5
SportingNews - Tue Dec 1, 3:41 pm ETBy Bill Marx Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
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By Bill Marx Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
It all ends in South Florida. Will Jimmie Johnson clinch title No. 4? Will Jeff Gordon finally win in Miami?
Here's a look at the top five drivers in the Sprint Cup Series standings along with five more winless drivers to watch in Sunday's Ford 400. (Winless drivers Juan Pablo Montoya, Greg Biffle, Ryan Newman, Carl Edwards and Kevin Harvick were featured last week.)
1. We all know Dale Earnhardt Jr. has had a miserable season. But other than him, which driver who disappointed in 2009 needs to step it up next year?
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Despite their less-than-desired 21st-place finish in Sunday's Dickies 500, Casey Mears and the No. 07 Choctaw Casino Resort Chevrolet team left Texas Motor Speedway on a positive note, based on the gains found during the later stages of the event.
It's been a tough year for Richard Childress Racing. But after making a couple of changes, the team is experiencing a late-season resurgence -- particularly Jeff Burton, Brian De Los Santos says in his Power Rankings.
Jeff Burton's pairing with crew chief Todd Berrier has ignited a late-season turnaround for the No. 31 Richard Childress Racing driver and has raised hopes that he can return to the upper echelon of Sprint Cup teams in 2010.
Even after finishing second in Sunday's Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, Jeff Burton wasn't putting much stock in momentum as he pondered the season's final race and beyond.
The addition of new crew chief Todd Berrier has given driver Jeff Burton and his team a big lift.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Only Mark Martin (No. 5 Kellogg's/CARQUEST Chevrolet) stands between Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet) and arguably one of the greatest achievements in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series history.
Though he's finished runner-up four times and is on his way to five, Mark Martin has proven he's one of the best.
Posted: Sunday, November 15, 2009 11:00 pm | Updated: 10:51 am, Tue Nov 17, 2009. AVONDALE, Ariz. - When a fluke accident cost Jimmie Johnson a huge chunk of his points lead, he knew there was no more room for error in his bid to win a NASCAR record fourth consecutive championship.
NASCAR team reports as the Sprint Cup Series heads for the ninth round of its 10-race Chase playoff series at Phoenix International Raceway:
Jimmie Johnson, looking to rebound from his worst finish of the season and put the clamps on his fourth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship, will start on the second row in Sunday's Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500.
As the Sprint Cup series heads for the season’s final checkered flag, we look back on some of the high points.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL AP Top 25 Record Pts Pvs 1. Florida (36) 10-0 1,463 1 2. Alabama (14) 10-0 1,429 3 3. Texas (10) 10-0 1,424 2 4. TCU 10-0 1,307 4 5. Cincinnati 10-0 1,247 5 6. Boise St. 10-0 1,213 6 7. Georgia Tech 10-1 1,139 7 8. Pittsburgh 9-1 1,030 8 9. Ohio St. 9-2 990 10 10. LSU 8-2 968 9 11. Oregon 8-2 918 14 12. Oklahoma St. 8-2 754 17 13. Penn St. 9-2 689 19 14. Stanford 7-3 652 25 15 ...