David Stremme (64) spins out at the start finish-line during the Emerson Radio 250 NASCAR Nationwide Series auto race at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Va., Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Scott k. Brown)
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NEW YORK - Double NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson held off Tony Stewart over the final 10 laps and won his second consecutive race with victory at Richmond, Virginia on Sunday.
Johnson overtook Martin Truex with 33 laps to go, yielded the lead
Jimmie Johnson stormed into NASCAR's Chase for the championship by winning his second consecutive race on Sunday to boost his pursuit of a third straight title.
The two-time defending Sprint Cup champion passed Tony Stewart and Martin Truex for
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team won from 1996-1999 in the now-defunct CART/Champ Car series.
«I go back in the day and I think about the other championships and the people that were involved in those championships, whether it was team members or
Never mind that Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards dominated the regular season, the Chase is Johnson's time of the year and the two-time defending NASCAR champion isn't turning his title over without a fight.
He won Sunday at Richmond (Va.) International
RICHMOND, Va. -- Just as Jimmie Johnson was asked if he's the favorite to win his third straight Chase, Kyle Busch walked into the room and answered for him: "Yes."
That's Kyle Busch, mind you, the guy who dominated much of this season until Carl
It's a beautiful day here in Richmond and we're about three hours from the first race. Nationwide is set for 7 p.m. With one race until the Chase, drivers will go off in points order today since qualifying was rained out. That means Kyle Busch on the
THE MODERATOR: We're joined by the 2008 Bombardier IndyCar Series Rookie-of-the-Year, Hideki Mutoh. The third driver in Andretti Green Racing history to win the league's Rookie-of-the-Year honor.
Hideki, talk about winning your Rookie-of-the-Year
RICHMOND, Va. -- The urgency was evident in the tone of Jimmy Fennig's voice.
"Work on the back panel! Work on the back panel!" the crew chief commanded to his pit crew over the radio, as men in red, white and blue firesuits scrambled about the No. 6
RICHMOND, Va. -- Kyle Busch was leading 212 laps into Sunday's Sprint Cup race at Richmond International Raceway, in position for his ninth win of an amazing season, when Dale Earnhardt Jr. got into his left-rear quarter panel as the two fought for