Jimmie Johnson

highmileage asked:

NASCAR legend Jimmie Johnson pilots the 2010 Chevy Camaro SS at Texas Motor Speedway before the Samsung 500 Sprint Cup race in Dallas. My colleague Jon taped his drive with Jimmie — check out how quiet the 1SS is at 140mph! More Camaro news and updates liveblogged at utterli.com

JAYSON

ESPN asked:

Johnson is the man to beat at the Brickyard 400

CLIFFORD

elculver2424 asked:

Click “watch in HIGH QUALITY” below the video. The quality is baaad if you don’t. A great pair of friends, on and off the track. Jeff Gordon came to NASCAR in 1992. Jimmie Johnson arrived in 2001, and Jeff, as a Hendrick Motorsports teammate, taught Jimmie all about racing. He may have taught him a little too much, LOL. Jimmie just won 3 straight chanpionships. But, anyway, here’s the 2 best racers in NASCAR.

HORACE

Stephen Lars asked:


One more time Jimmie Johnson demonstrated his capacity as pilot by leading amazingly 217 of the 313 laps of the Checker O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway (PIR). After obtaining the pole on Saturday’s practice session, Johnson kept himself on first position during most of the competition, taking a vast advantage on distance and time from the rest of the competitors.

With this new victory and just a race away from the finale of the season, Jimmie lifted his punctuation being 141 points above Carl Edwards, which puts him closer and closer from the precious title of the Sprint Series Championship. If he wins the title it would be his third time consecutive as champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup, historic fact only achieved until today by Cale Yarborough. For Johnson this has been the seventh triumph of 2008, the fortieth of his career and of those the third occasion to win in PIR.

On this exciting competition Edwards, winner of the previous date, couldn’t stand out on his performance, because on the last classification he could only caught the 15th position for the start of the Auto Parts 500. However, due to a series of passes through the pits stop, he finished the race on the fourth spot, something that in points distances him more from the indisputable leader Johnson. In spite it, Edwards is the only pilot that still has a chance to reach Johnson on the final board.

For this event Johnson and his team of mechanics, lead by Chad Knaus, made a great effort to leave the #48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet in the best conditions to compete. They did an excellent job revising every fundamental aspect of the automobile from the basics to the smallest details that could be enhanced, which allowed Jim to perfectly control the car and take it to its maximum. This triumph was worth it as well for Chevrolet, who’s now about to gain its 32nd Constructors Championship.

The race was a total emotions rollercoaster that lasted more than the established as a result of several yellow and red flags waved during big part of the challenge. The first delay came on the 43rd lap as precaution for the weather conditions that were making impossible the development of the contest and it was kept for 26 minutes. The red flag was also shown at the middle of the 273 lap, but this time the reason was an accident that started with Casey Mears and Juan Pablo Montoya, but it ended up affecting six more pilots, some even had to be transfer to be checked.

When the competition was continued after the interruption, thanks to the amount of races leaded by then, Johnson was carrying 5 points in advance from the other contenders, lead that kept until the end of the battle (95 laps) without much threat.

Homestead-Miami Speedway will be the point for the last competition to close the season 2008 and it looks like obtaining this priceless up won’t be a difficult job for Jimmie Johnson, who comes leading the general position table with a total of 65161 points. Following is Carl Edwards with 6420 points and with a last and low opportunity of passing over Johnson, who by simply arriving to the winning post in the 36th position as minimum would crown himself automatically as the new three-times Champion of the Sprint Cup.



RON

fluffy asked:


I don’t blame Kurt for being mad at Jimmie. Kurt was way on the other side of the track. Kurt left Jimmie more than enough room on his right. (and don’t tell me about Jimmie apologizing after the race, I saw that too) Did it look like Jimmie did it intentionally, or did Jimmie honestly have poor car control?

MARSHALL

Richard Paul asked:


Winning back-to-back championships is a rare feat in NASCAR these days. Prior to the recent Jimmie Johnson ascendancy, the last driver to win championship is succession was none other than Jeff Gordon in 1997 and 1998.Many fans and analysts perceived three consecutive championships in today’s NASCAR as virtually impossible to accomplish. Cale Yarborough won three championships in a row in 1976, 1977, and 1978. Many will contend that NASCAR was a different sport during that stretch of time. There were fewer teams with powerful resources. There were only a handful of teams capable of winning on a consistent basis.

In our current era, the competition is tight; nevertheless, if a team discovers a technological advantage, it can make a huge difference on race day, and that team can leave the competition in the dust. That seems to be the case with Jimmie Johnson and the No. 48 team. The Hendrick Motorsports team won championship in 2006, 2007, and 2008, making him only the second driver to three-peat. Even prior to his championship seasons, he was winning, and winning often. In fact, ever since Johnson arrived to NASCAR’s highest level of competition, he has finished no worse than fifth in the final Sprint Cup standings. It is apparent that Jimmie Johnson and crew chief Chad Knaus have this NASCAR thing down pat. They lead the list of favorites in 2009.

How would a fourth consecutive championship affect the sport of NASCAR? Would it be good for the sport? It is a double-edged sword. It would be good for the sport because it has never been accomplished, and may never be accomplished again in our lifetime, meaning that we would be witnessing one of the most impressive achievements in Sprint Cup history. It could also present a negative affect on the sport based on the lack of parity. While Johnson has a respectable fan base, the majority of fans have not embraced Johnson the way other champions have been embraced. Some fans just simply want to see someone different hoist the championship trophy at Homestead in November. It is becoming habitual for Johnson to sit at the head table during the December awards banquet, and fans are starving for a new champion.

Winning four championships would be unbelievable, perhaps the second most impressive NASCAR statistic behind only the seven total championships won by Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt.



RODRIGO

Matt Gerwitz asked:


NASCAR Weekend Report

5/10/2009

Author:  Matt Gerwitz

http://www.RacingWeeklyNews.com, U. S. Sports Media, Inc 

DARLINGTON, S.C. - The track nicknamed “The Lady in Black” and “The Track Too Tough to Tame” hosted NASCAR’s top two series over the weekend, adding to its reputation of being a track that puts drivers right on the edge. Darlington Raceway’s odd egg shape makes it difficult to set up a car to work well in all the turns, and although sixty-two feet wide in turns three and four, the only place to get a grip is right up against the wall. Many a good driver has finished his day hitting the wall coming out of turn four and this weekend was no exception.

The fun began on Friday with qualifying for the Nationwide Series Diamond Hill Plywood 200 rained out. The starting order was determined by owner points, putting Kyle Busch out front followed by Ryan Newman, Carl Edwards, Joey Logano, and surprise rookie Erik Darnell. Qualifying for the Sprint Series Southern 500 went off as usual with Matt Kenseth turning a record lap of 179.514 mph. Jeff Gordon turned the second fastest lap but watched as Hendrick teammate Jimmie Johnson was smacked by The Lady in Black. Coming out of turn two he got loose and it the wall, then bounced off and turned down to hit the bottom. Johnson still qualified on driver points but had to settle for the 42nd spot.

The afternoon turned into evening and brought the start of the Nationwide race. Kyle Busch dominated most of the way and appeared to be a lock to win the 200 mile contest, but despite leading 143 laps, a flat tire with three to go forced him into the pits and a 16th place finish. A wreck involving Scott Lagasse Jr. and Joe Nemechek brought out the ninth caution and left debris on the track that cut Busch’s tire. Matt Kenseth took the lead and finished under a record-tying 10th caution.

Sprint Cup practice meanwhile, claimed 10 victims as Darlington added more stripes to her already impressive collection. Among the drivers to kiss the Lady was Greg Biffle, whose number 16 Ford had managed to stay off the wall for the last three years. Asked about the contact he responded, “Thank goodness it didn’t hurt the car any, it just beat the side up a hair.” Three drivers, Scott Speed, David Reutimann and David Stremme ended up wrecking during practice, forcing them to backup cars for the race.

The victory in Saturday’s Southern 500 went to classy and respected Mark Martin, with Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, Ryan Newman and Jeff Gordon rounding out the top five. The track continued her assault on NASCAR’s best drivers, claiming plenty of victims and bringing a record 16 cautions. Among them was Clint Boyer who came in riding a streak of 83 consecutive races in which he was still running at the finish. That streak ended when contact with A.J. Allmendinger sent him into the outside wall and then the inside wall, destroying his ride. Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. were a few of the other Darlington victims.

For the season, points leader Jeff Gordon leads second-place driver Tony Steward by 29 points. Kurt Busch is 55 points down in third place, Jimmie Johnson is fourth, and Denny Hamlin fifth. Jeff Burton, Kyle Busch, Ryan Newman, Greg Biffle, Matt Kenseth, Mark Martin and Carl Edwards fill out the top twelve positions.

Source: http://www.RacingWeeklyNews.com, U. S. Sports Media, Inc



STAN

I love watching cars turn left asked:


Nice place to post photos and talk to other fans.

If you are I will send you a message.

If not collect your two points.
No we won’t be selling any toilet paper. That is funny though.

JESS

rockyPC48 asked:

Jimmie Johnson tries to be a comedian lmao go JJ!!!

MAXWELL

Winter Glory asked:


Do you think people are going to question whether or not he’s ’sandbagging’?

RAMON