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Johnson is hopeful NASCAR won't react too harshly to the unapproved body modifications discovered on his No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports ride on Friday. That crew chief Chad Knaus is still at the track – he was immediately ejected for an infraction in 2006...
NASCAR confiscated part of their Daytona 500 car Friday because of illegal modifications, a rocky start to Speedweeks for a team trying to bounce back from its worst season. Sprint
DAYTONA BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 17: Crew chief Chad Knaus (R) and a crew member look at work on the C-post of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet of Jimmie Johnson after NASCAR confiscated the old one due to a modification violation in an initial inspection at Daytona... View Photo »
In the past, sitting at the banquet is another level of everything setting in and I have hung onto that moment more than anything in years past, [I] have carried that into the offseason
NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson and crew chief Chad Knaus are back in the spotlight at one of racing's biggest stages -- and not for the right reason. NASCAR confiscated part of their Daytona 500 car Friday because of illegal modifications, a rocky start...
BEACH, Fla.—Jimmie Johnson said he hopes that the fact NASCAR allowed Hendrick Motorsports to fix the car that failed inspection and that crew chief Chad Knaus was not ejected is a sign that the violations found Friday are not too severe. NASCAR...
BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Five-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson and crew chief Chad Knaus are back in the spotlight at one of racing's biggest stages — and not for the right reason. NASCAR confiscated part of their Daytona 500 car Friday because of illegal...
DAYTONA BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 17: Jimmie Johnson (L), driver of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, talks with Dale Earnhardt Jr. , driver of the #88 Diet Mountain Dew/National Guard Chevrolet, during practice for the NASCAR Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International... View Photo »
I don’t know ... I want to believe in it. How long I can race into my career? I think there is a chance, I don’t know how realistic that chance is, but I want to believe in it and think that I can.
Feb. 17, 2012 at 9:27 PM DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. , Feb. 17 (UPI) -- NASCAR officials announced Friday that the car Jimmie Johnson had planned to drive in the Daytona 500 had failed opening-day inspection. Parts from the car were confiscated for further...
(21 laps) 21. #24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 45.609s (-1.002) 197.329mph (22 laps) 22. #16 Greg Biffle Ford 45.720s (-1.113) 196.850mph (19 laps) 23. #42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet 45.809s (-1.202) 196.468mph (9 laps) 24. #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet...
Jimmie Kenneth Johnson (born September 17, 1975 in El Cajon, California) is a current NASCAR Sprint Cup race car driver who drives the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala SS co-owned by Rick Hendrick and his teammate Jeff Gordon and operated by Hendrick Motorsports. Johnson is the three-time reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup champion. He is one of only two... Full Article
DAYTONA BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 17: Jimmie Johnson (L), driver of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, talks with Dale Earnhardt Jr. , driver of the #88 Diet Mountain Dew/National Guard Chevrolet, during practice for the NASCAR Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway on February 17, 2012...
View Photo »NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Jimmie Johnson (C) speaks to crew members in the garage area during a break in practice for the Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida February 17, 2012.
View Photo »DAYTONA BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 17: Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, pulls into the garage area during practice for the NASCAR Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway on February 17, 2012 in Daytona Beach, Florida.
View Photo »Jimmie Johnson's car goes through a second NASCAR inspection after his car failed an initial inspection for the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, in Daytona Beach, Fla.
View Photo »Jimmie Johnson, center, meets with crew members in his garage during NASCAR auto race practice at Daytona International Speedway, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, in Daytona Beach, Fla.
View Photo »Members of Jimmie Johnson's crew replace the c-posts on his Daytona 500 auto race car after it failed inspection at Daytona International Speedway, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, in Daytona Beach, Fla.
View Photo »Jimmie Johnson's crew members work on his Bud Shootout race car, right, as his Daytona 500 auto race car, left, is covered in the garage after the Daytona 500 car failed NASCAR inspection at Daytona International Speedway, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, in Daytona Beach, Fla.
View Photo »NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (88) leads driver Jimmie Johnson (48) as they come through the tri-oval during practice for the Budweiser Shootout, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida February 17, 2012.
View Photo »Crew members of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Jimmie Johnson work to replace two C-pillars on his #48 car in the garage after the pieces were removed after they were found to be altered from the series' template during an inspection of Johnson's Daytona 500 car at Daytona International...
View Photo »DAYTONA BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 17: The #48 Lowe's Chevrolet of Jimmie Johnson sits in the garage after NASCAR confiscated a C-posts due to a modification violation in an initial inspection at Daytona International Speedway on February 17, 2012 in Daytona Beach, Florida.
View Photo »DAYTONA BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 16: Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, poses during NASCAR Media Day at Daytona International Speedway on February 16, 2012 in Daytona Beach, Florida.
View Photo »Auto racing driver Jimmie Johnson answers questions during an interview at NASCAR media day at Daytona International Speedway, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, in Daytona Beach, Fla.
View Photo »DAYTONA BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 17: Crew chief Chad Knaus reacts as crew members work on the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet of Jimmie Johnson after NASCAR confiscated C-posts due to a modification violation in an initial inspection at Daytona International Speedway on February 17, 2012 in Daytona Beach,...
View Photo »DAYTONA BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 17: Crew members work on the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet of Jimmie Johnson after NASCAR confiscated C-posts due to a modification violation in an initial inspection at Daytona International Speedway on February 17, 2012 in Daytona Beach, Florida.
View Photo »NASCAR Sprint Cup Series director John Darby (C) answers questions from the media after two C-pillars were removed from the #48 car of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Jimmie Johnson after the parts were found to be altered from the series' template during an inspection of Johnson's Daytona...
View Photo »A cover conceals the rear end of the #48 car of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Jimmie Johnson after two C-pillars were removed from the car after they were found to be altered from the series' template during an inspection of Johnson's Daytona 500 car at Daytona International Speedway in...
View Photo »A NASCAR official looks over two C-pillars removed from the #48 car of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Jimmie Johnson after the parts were found to be altered from the series' template during an inspection of Johnson's Daytona 500 car, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach,...
View Photo »NASCAR official Dean Monroe looks over C-posts, parts that were confiscated from Jimmie Johnson's Daytona 500 auto race car, after the car failed inspection at Daytona International Speedway, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, in Daytona Beach, Fla.
View Photo »CONCORD, NC - JANUARY 25: Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe's/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet, speaks with the media during the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Media Tour hosted by Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 25, 2012 in Concord, North Carolina.
View Photo »CONCORD, NC - JANUARY 25: (L-R) Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe's/Kobalt Chevrolet, Dale Earnhardt Jr. , driver of the #88 Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet, Jeff Gordon, driver of the #24 Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet, and Rick Hendrick, owner of Hendrick Motorsports, speak with the media...
View Photo »NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Jimmie Johnson answers questions during the NASCAR Media Tour at Hendrick Motorsports in Concord, North Carolina January 25, 2012.
View Photo »NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers Jimmie Johnson (L) and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (C) talk as Jeff Gordon looks on during the NASCAR Media Tour at Hendrick Motorsports in Concord, North Carolina January 25, 2012.
View Photo »NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Jimmie Johnson (L) answers a question as driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr. listens during the NASCAR Media Tour at Hendrick Motorsports in Concord, North Carolina January 25, 2012.
View Photo »Jimmie Johnson listens to a question during a news conference at the NASCAR Media Tour in Charlotte, N.C. , Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012.
View Photo »Driver Jimmie Johnson talks with the media at Hendrick Motorsports during a NASCAR Media Tour news conference in Charlotte, N.C. , Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012.
View Photo »DAYTONA BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 17: Jimmie Johnson (L), driver of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, talks with Dale Earnhardt Jr. , driver of the #88 Diet Mountain Dew/National Guard Chevrolet, during practice for the NASCAR Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway on February 17, 2012...
View Photo »In the past, sitting at the banquet is another level of everything setting in and I have hung onto that moment more than anything in years past, [I] have carried that into the offseason
I don’t know ... I want to believe in it. How long I can race into my career? I think there is a chance, I don’t know how realistic that chance is, but I want to believe in it and think that I can.
Some of those little parts of last year (were) bleeding over into here and looking at those experiences and not necessarily emotional, just thinking about it, like, ‘Wow,’ it really is over
I do not see any changes taking place next year
We do not have that nice seat upon the stage
for synchronizing his best Chase performance with my worst. What's the bigger story here? Stewart's crowning, or my un crowning? I hate to 'reign' on Stewart's parade, but the end of a five-year run as champion trumps Stewart's third title in ten years.
I don't know but I want to believe in it ... How long I can race into my career, I think there is a chance; I don't know how realistic that chance is, but I want to believe in it and think that I can.
I certainly learned from my mistakes
Just thinking about it, like wow, it really is over ... I'm disappointed that it is over but very proud of what this team has done. What we have done over the last, really, 10 years, the last five obviously stand out, but what we have done as a group over the 10-year run so far has been truly amazing.
We think we had a motor problem
I worked my way up there pretty good and was having some fun. (It's a) sad way to end the season but it is racing, we will come back next year
I started getting some warning signs on the way into the pits that it was an internal situation and those internal parts were trying to find a way out ... So we are out of the points — (was) trying to finish in the top five — but if we can get on the track and get going, other guys have some trouble, ma...
It's been a slow, steady reality of what is coming, and unfortunately we're not in a position to win a championship this year
There are little things that keep playing through my mind. Last time I was sitting at this table, sitting here on top of the world, with just winning my fifth
There are little things that keep playing through my mind, last time I was sitting at this table, sitting here on top of the world, with just winning my fifth
I think about last year and how dominant Denny was and looked like things were going his way
There's a reason why no one had won five in a row before, and it just doesn't happen
To a certain degree, being on top for as long as we have been takes a lot of effort to maintain that
