It's Jimmie Johnson's Sprint Cup Championship to Lose

Filed under: Jimmie Johnson, Chase for the Sprint Cup, NASCARFirst, they said bright-eyed Californian Jimmie Johnson wouldn't be able to pull off back-to-back NASCAR Sprint Cup championships.

A year later, prognosticators confidently declared three in a row was out the question for the former off-road racer.

Last year, a fourth title was considered simply too much to ask, too tough to accomplish.

Maybe this year, after Johnson holds his fifth straight Sprint Cup trophy over head following the season finale in Homestead, Fla., he will have undoubtedly proven himself one of the sport's greatest.

Then, the question won't be "can he" but how long will he continue this great streak.

It's no longer just what he does on track or how well prepared his No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet team is. His edge is in managing a championship run in ways that no one in NASCAR history has ever laid claim to -- not Richard Petty, nor Dale Earnhardt nor Jeff Gordon.

As good as his competition may be, Johnson is still better. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

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