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While Michael McDowell's trip to victory lane at the 2021 Daytona 500 cam in improbable fashion an even more unlikely champion of the 1990 Great American Race spent years racing at Yakima Speedway.

.Jimmie Johnson Has Won His Seventh NASCAR Championship. The win ties Johnson with Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty in the NASCAR record books. He did it by holding off defending champion Kyle Busch and Joey Logano on a late restart. The fourth contender in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship was Carl Edwards...

MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — A slot in NASCAR's record books is absolutely in reach for Jimmie Johnson. Johnson earned one of four coveted spots in next month's title-deciding season finale on Sunday when he scored his ninth career victory at Martinsville Speedway. The...

Jimmie Johnson, whom many had written off in today's 500 mile race in Martinsville, VA after suffering front end damage early on, took the checkers in pursuit of his record-tying seventh NASCAR season championship.

Sunday's 57th running of the "Great American Race," better known as the Daytona 500 has some intriguing subplots. Can race favorite Dale Earnhardt, Jr. win it again for the second consecutive year?  Can pole-sitter and previous three-time champion Jeff Gordon take the checkers in his final 500 before he retires at the end of the season?  Will Regan Smith be as competitive as the driver h