http://nascar.com?eref=/drivers/dps/jjohnson NASCAR.COM is the official league site for the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. This is where fans find up-to-the-minute NASCAR news, expert opinions, point standings, schedules, driver and team information as well as real-time race telemetry and live team communications. en-us © 2009 NASCAR, Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. All rights reserved. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:15:35 EST 10 http://nascar.com/2009/news/headlines/cup/11/20/jjohnson.wins.pole.homestead/index.html?eref=/drivers/dps/jjohnson http://nascar.com/2009/news/headlines/cup/11/20/jjohnson.wins.pole.homestead/index.html?eref=/drivers/dps/jjohnson Jimmie Johnson kept his promise -- to try to qualify up front -- and at the same time took another giant step toward his record fourth consecutive Cup Series championship. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:14:11 EST http://nascar.com/2009/news/headlines/cup/11/20/jjohnson.lowes.hendrick.extension/index.html?eref=/drivers/dps/jjohnson http://nascar.com/2009/news/headlines/cup/11/20/jjohnson.lowes.hendrick.extension/index.html?eref=/drivers/dps/jjohnson Rick Hendrick understands you don't mess with a good thing. That's perhaps why one of his top priorities was to sign potential four-time champion Jimmie Johnson and sponsor Lowe's Companies, Inc. to long-term contract extensions, something that was announced Friday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:37:12 EST http://nascar.com/2009/news/opinion/11/19/inside.line.dcaraviello.mmartin.jjohnson/index.html?eref=/drivers/dps/jjohnson http://nascar.com/2009/news/opinion/11/19/inside.line.dcaraviello.mmartin.jjohnson/index.html?eref=/drivers/dps/jjohnson As Jimmie Johnson and Mark Martin sat on a stage for NASCAR's annual championship contenders press conference, the differences between them stood in stark relief. One is a 34-year-old native of Southern California, the other a 50-year-old from rural Arkansas. One is a three-time champion of the sport's premier division, the other a four-time runner-up. On the surface, they seem separated by so much more than just the 108 points that stand between them on the race track -- side-by-side, the fresh-faced Johnson and wizened Martin look less like competitors for the Sprint Cup title and more like father and son. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:33:12 EST http://nascar.com/2009/news/features/11/19/numbers.cup.homestead.jjohnson.mmartin/index.html?eref=/drivers/dps/jjohnson http://nascar.com/2009/news/features/11/19/numbers.cup.homestead.jjohnson.mmartin/index.html?eref=/drivers/dps/jjohnson Twenty-fifth place. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:15:48 EST http://nascar.com/2009/news/features/11/18/enterprise.inside.nascar.fourtime.champs.jjohnson.rpetty.jgordon.dearnhardt/index.html?eref=/drivers/dps/jjohnson http://nascar.com/2009/news/features/11/18/enterprise.inside.nascar.fourtime.champs.jjohnson.rpetty.jgordon.dearnhardt/index.html?eref=/drivers/dps/jjohnson Much has been made, and rightly so, of the record. It stood for nearly three decades, owned solely by one simple, private man who lived on a South Carolina plantation, and as the years passed it came to be seen as unbreakable. And then came this unknown from Southern California, this former dirt biker and off-road racer, who attacked his sport with a surgical precision and an unflappable cool. Cale Yarborough and Jimmie Johnson stand side-by-side in history, the only drivers to win three consecutive championships on NASCAR's premier division, but only for a few more days. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:26:56 EST