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Autoblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: Motorsports , Volkswagen This year's Sprint Cup was awarded this past weekend at Homestead , where Jimmie Johnson scored his record fourth consecutive championship with a fifth-place finish behind race winner Denny Hamlin. (Oh yeah, "spoiler alert".) Anyway, on to the interesting part: the oval speedway had some unlikely German visitors for the series finale, leading the motorsport...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | yesterday
Today is Jimmie Johnson's to savor in the Big Apple. The NASCAR record breaker will flip on the lights at the Empire State Building as he is introduced to dignitaries and fans by Yankees leftfielder Johnny Damon while stockcar racing celebrates "Jimmie Johnson Day." On Sunday, Johnson captured a fourth consecutive Sprint Cup championship, which had never been done in the 61-year...
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Ask the Expert: IRL (Free subscription) | yesterday
Question: I wish Lowe's would sponsor J.R. Hildebrand in IndyCar. Wickedly fast and well-spoken California kid; sound familiar? (John, Zionsville, Ind.) Answer: Yes. First and third in NASCAR points. I'd like to think J.R. will land a ride, but it won't be with Michael Andretti's team. Question: Why is IndyCar being so secretive with the new chassis designs? Do you think this secretive approach alienates...
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The Nascar Insiders (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
As promised here is an update of the points under the old points system. If you didn’t catch it, I wrote a post the other day about it. 1. #48 Jimmie Johnson, 5156 2. #24-Jeff Gordon, 5090, -66 3. #14-Tony Stewart, 5085, -71 4. #11-Denny Hamlin, 4806, -350 5. #5-Mark Martin, 4762, -394 6. #2-Kurt Busch, 4758, -398 7. #16-Greg Biffle, 4541, [...]
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Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
NASCAR put its foot down on Denny Hamlin and Juan Pablo Montoya for their actions this weekend. I though the two lap penalty was more fitting for the crime that was committed on the track. It would make it tougher for the driver with the penalty to get on the lead lap. I loved that Denny Hamlin [...]
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Denny Hamlin beamed from ear-to-ear as he gleefully explained his role in the latest round of bumper cars with nemesis Brad Keselowski.
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Fox News (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Winning the final race of the season, Denny Hamlin marks himself as a man to challenge Jimmie Johnson for the Cup next year.
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USA Today (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Denny Hamlin's good days in this year's Chase for the Sprint Cup, such as Sunday's Ford 400 victory, made it easy to buy his ...
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SPEED (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Denny Hamlin won his fourth race of the season...
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Washington Post (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Jimmie Johnson finishes fifth in the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway to clinch a record fourth consecutive NASCAR championship.
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CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Denny Hamlin put the rest of the Cup field on notice for 2010.
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The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Homestead, FL (AHN) – Four was the magic number Sunday night at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Denny Hamlin led three times for 71 laps en route to his fourth win of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, while Jimmie Johnson won an unprecedented fourth consecutive Cup championship. “We’re going be there in the next couple of years. I promise [...]
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) -Denny Hamlin put the rest of the Cup field on notice for 2010.
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Fox News (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Juan Pablo Montoya and Tony Stewart could have used a referee. The final two races of the NASCAR season were more like a throwback to the good ol' boys who settled their feuds on the track. Montoya and Stewart must have paid attention to the Nationwide Series race a night earlier when Brad Keselowski and Denny Hamlin added another explosive edition to their long-running conflict.