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NASCAR drivers share their favorite Johnson stories

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NASCAR drivers share their favorite Johnson stories

By USA Today Sports - Nov 6, 2020, 3:49 PM ET

After more than 20 years in NASCAR, Jimmie Johnson has made a lot of friends. And those friends were only too happy to share some of their best memories of the seven-time champion, who will retire from full-time racing after Sunday's season finale at Phoenix Raceway. After that, he's off...

Hamlin wins Daytona 500 as JGR finishes 1-2-3

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Hamlin wins Daytona 500 as JGR finishes 1-2-3

By USA Today Sports - Feb 17, 2019, 8:38 PM ET

In a closing stage marred by big wrecks, Denny Hamlin outlasted his competitors and teammates to win his second Daytona 500, making a huge statement to open the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season after going winless in 2018."It's gonna be a great year!" Hamlin exclaimed after crossing the...

Logano wins first Cup Series championship

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Logano wins first Cup Series championship

By USA Today Sports - Nov 18, 2018, 7:06 PM ET

Joey Logano bumped his way into the finals. The 28-year-old Team Penske driver’s run to his first career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship was clean, although no less dramatic.Logano didn’t need to nudge defending series champion Martin Truex Jr. like he did to earn a spot among the Championship...

Kyle Busch wins Phoenix, joins Harvick, Logano, Truex in final four

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Kyle Busch wins Phoenix, joins Harvick, Logano, Truex in final four

By USA Today Sports - Nov 11, 2018, 6:37 PM ET

A crazy day at ISM Raceway, which saw nearly all of the Round of 8 drivers in peril at some point, yielded a Championship 4 featuring the season's best cars.Kyle Busch held off Brad Keselowski in the final dozen laps of the Can-Am 500 Sunday and will bring that momentum...

Logano bump-and-run beats Truex, earns Homestead ticket

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Logano bump-and-run beats Truex, earns Homestead ticket

By USA Today Sports - Oct 28, 2018, 6:46 PM ET

With a berth in the championship round on the line, Joey Logano and Martin Truex Jr. were willing to do whatever it took in the final laps of the First Data 500 Sunday at Martinsville Speedway.After trading the lead back in forth in the last 10 laps, Logano put the...

Almirola reaches Round of 8 with Talladega win

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Almirola reaches Round of 8 with Talladega win

By USA Today Sports - Oct 14, 2018, 6:07 PM ET

In a sport easily perceived as individual, teamwork for more than 500 miles around Talladega Superspeedway was the crucial factor in Aric Almirola’s win Sunday in the 1000Bulbs.com 500.He and his Stewart-Haas racing teammates -- pole winner Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick and Clint Bowyer -- started on the front two...

Blaney wins wild Charlotte race as Johnson's chase for eight ends

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Blaney wins wild Charlotte race as Johnson's chase for eight ends

By USA Today Sports - Sep 30, 2018, 6:02 PM ET

Drivers knew the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series’ inaugural “roval” race at Charlotte Motor Speedway was going to be more about survival than anything else. And that’s the only way to describe how Ryan Blaney ended up as the surprise winner of the Bank of America Roval 400 on Sunday."I...

Kyle Busch earns 50th Cup win; reaches second playoff round

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Kyle Busch earns 50th Cup win; reaches second playoff round

By USA Today Sports - Sep 22, 2018, 11:21 PM ET

It should probably come as no surprise that the second playoff race of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series came down to the season’s top two drivers – Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch.In the end, Busch held off a hard-charging Harvick on Saturday night in the Federated Auto Parts 400...

Former college football players taking their athletic talents to NASCAR pit crews

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Former college football players taking their athletic talents to NASCAR pit crews

By Mike Hembree and USA Today Sports - Sep 21, 2018, 2:26 PM ET

A reasonably good football team could be formed from workers located in an unusual place — NASCAR’s pit road.NASCAR teams are increasingly turning to former college athletes to fill positions on their over-the-wall pit crews, having found that the strength, mobility and speed of the former players fits well with...

NASCAR Playoffs: Key info for today's Las Vegas race

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NASCAR Playoffs: Key info for today's Las Vegas race

By USA Today Sports - Sep 16, 2018, 11:05 AM ET

It’s NASCAR race day at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and we’ve got some essential information you need to get ready for Sunday’s South Point 400, the first playoff race of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:START TIME: Part-time NASCAR driver and Las Vegas native Brendan Gaughan will instruct drivers to...

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