California Dreamin’: Jimmie Johnson Wins at Fontana
tailgate365.com 10/12/2009 — The entire outlook of the Chase for the Sprint Cup has changed thanks to an exciting race on yesterday at the Auto Club Speedway. What has it changed to, back to something very familiar. Three time defending Sprint Cup Champion Jimmie Johnson claimed his second win of the Chase, capturing ...

NASCAR Top 10 Power Rankings: Week 31
sports-central.org 10/21/2009 — Jimmie Johnson won the Banking 500 in Charlotte, further distancing himself from Mark Martin and Juan Montoya, who both struggled as the result of contact on a restart. Johnson will go for the sweep at Martinsville, the next stop in the Chase for the Sprint Cup.

NASCAR Top 10 Power Rankings: Week 28
sports-central.org 9/30/2009 — Jimmie Johnson struck back in Dover, leading the most laps and winning the AAA 400 to significantly trim into Mark Martin's points lead. Juan Montoya hung tough with a fourth-place finish, staying within striking distance of the leaders.

All eyes on Johnson's #48 car at Martinsville
4ever3blog.com 10/24/2009 —    Jimmie Johnson held off Jeff Gordon to win the NASCAR Banking 500 only from Bank of America at Lowe's Motor Speedway, his second straight victory. (Photo Credit: Geoff Burke/Getty Images for NASCAR) via www.nascarmedia.com   The question headed into the race ...

NASCAR Top 10 Power Rankings: Week 29
sports-central.org 10/7/2009 — Tony Stewart won in Kansas, making up decent ground on Mark Martin and Jimmie Johnson, who finished seventh and ninth, respectively. Now six drivers are within 103 points of the lead as the series heads to California.

Raceweek Rewind III
4ever3blog.com 10/12/2009 — Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart and Jimmie Johnson: They are NASCAR's modern day Rat Pack and they run the streets here. Jimmie Johnson (Dean Martin) led this pack all day on Sunday afternoon grabbing the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway. Johnson took the lead from ...

NASCAR Top 10 Power Rankings: Week 32
sports-central.org 30 days ago — Denny Hamlin won in Martinsville, edging Jimmie Johnson to reverse his fate from the spring Martinsville race. Johnson leads Mark Martin by 118 points in the standings, and a safe finish at Talladega will all but clinch the Sprint Cup.

NASCAR Top 10 Power Rankings: Week 30
sports-central.org 10/14/2009 — Jimmie Johnson won easily in California, outpacing the field and reclaiming the points lead. Mark Martin trails Johnson by 12 points, with Juan Montoya 58 out of the lead. Next up: Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte.

NASCAR.com: “Jimmie Johnson or The Field?”
stockcarspin.com 10/17/2009 — How confident is NASCAR.com that Jimmie Johnson is going to win tonight’s NASCAR Banking 500 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway? They are so confident that they currently have a poll up on their website that asks this question: Who is your pick to win Saturday’s Cup race in Charlotte? - ...

NASCAR Top 10 Power Rankings: Week 33
sports-central.org 23 days ago — Jamie McMurray was the surprise winner at Talladega, while the carnage of two big wrecks blew any chance of contenders making up ground on Jimmie Johnson, who finished sixth. Johnson leads Mark Martin by 184 as the Cup series heads to Texas.

Johnson ends 4-year losing streak at Lowe's — FOXSports.com News for NASCAR 10/18/2009
Jimmie Johnson raced to his third victory in the Chase for the Sprint Cup to take control of the championship standings. Johnson held off teammate Jeff Gordon on a handful of late restarts Saturday night for his sixth career victory at Lowe's Motor ...

VIDEO: NASCAR's wild night in Charlotte — FOXSports.com News for NASCAR 10/18/2009
While Jimmie Johnson was partying it up, everybody else was surveying the damage in Charlotte. Check it out for yourself.

Except for Johnson, tough night for the Chasers — NASCAR.COM - Sprint Cup Series Headlines 10/18/2009
On a Saturday night when everyone chasing Jimmie Johnson was desperately hoping to gain ground on the leader in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, there was only one winner in the NASCAR Banking 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

Sports shorts — NY Post: Sports 10/18/2009
AUTO: Johnson takes control of Chase In Concord, N.C., Jimmie Johnson raced to his third victory in the Chase for the Sprint Cup to take control of the championship standings. Johnson held off teammate Jeff Gordon on a handful of late restarts fo...

Jimmie Johnson takes control of Chase standings with perfect weekend — L.A. Times - Auto Racing 10/18/2009
He won the pole and lead the race at Lowe's Motor Speedway from start to finish, jumping ahead of Mark Martin by 90 points with five races left. > He won ...