CONSECUTIVE WINS PUT JOHNSON BACK IN HUNT.Byline: - Tim Haddock Look out. Here comes Jimmie Johnson This article is about NASCAR driver. For the football player, see Jimmie Johnson (American football). For people named Jimmy Johnson, see Jimmy Johnson (disambiguation). . It took back-to-back victories, but Johnson, the driver of the No. 48 Chevrolet Monte Carlo The Chevrolet Monte Carlo was an American mid-size car. Originally introduced by Chevrolet for the 1970 model year (as competition with the Ford Thunderbird), it has gone through six generations as of 2007. for Hendrick Motorsports Hendrick Motorsports is a group of NASCAR racing teams started by Rick Hendrick in 1984 under the name "All Star Racing", racing only Chevrolets, racing in both the Nextel Cup and Busch Series circuits. , is back in the NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. Nextel Cup Series Chase for the Championship. Johnson, who led the Nextel Cup Series for eight weeks before the Chase started, still needs points leader Kurt Busch and Hendrick teammate Jeff Gordon to have a bad race to make his comeback complete. Dale Earnhardt Jr. obliged with his first bad race in the Chase format, finishing 33rd at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia last Sunday. Junior fell one spot in the standings, from second to third, and opened the way for Gordon to move up as Busch's closest competitor. CAPTION(S): box Box: THEN & NOW |
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