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It's Jimmie 'Six-pack' Johnson now, winning his sixth NASCAR championship in a smooth cruise

(Edited) By Mike Mulhern mikemulhern.net HOMESTEAD, Fla. How great is Jimmie Johnson? The greatest of all-time? Mr. Five-Time became Mr. Six-Time here Sunday night, Jimmie Johnson finishing ninth in the final race of the season to clinch yet another NASCAR Sprint Cup championship -- his sixth in the last eight... Read More

Jimmie Johnson lets his actions do the talking....and he's the real deal, now a six-time champion

(Edited) By Mike Mulhern mikemulhern.net HOMESTEAD, Fla. Okay, six now. Seven next year? And eight -- a record -- before he hangs it up? Why not. It s almost impossible to beat Jimmie Johnson and crew chief Chad Knaus....unless they beat themselves. And Johnson and Knaus rarely make those kind of mistakes. Six... Read More

From Richard Petty 1967, and on...lately it occurs to me what a long, strange trip it's been...

By Mike Mulhern mikemulhern.net HOMESTEAD, Fla. I remember the very first big-time NASCAR race I ever saw. Richard Petty at Bowman Gray Stadium, late summer 1967. At the green, those big, long stock cars lined up all the way out to Stadium Drive. Still regret missing Bobby Allison s first big moment at the Stadium, in... Read More