CONCORD, N.C., Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Points leader Jimmie Johnson, hoping to take command of the Chase for the Championship, grabbed the pole Thursday for Saturday's NASCAR Banking 500.
HOMESTEAD, Fla., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani said would-be voters from the fast track of NASCAR racing are close to his sporting heart.
DARLINGTON, S.C., May 12 (UPI) -- The NASCAR Nextel Cup race scheduled Saturday night at the Darlington Raceway was postponed due to a heavy rainstorm that started early in the day.
LECANTO, Fla., Dec. 11 (UPI) -- NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson, winner of the 2006 Nextel Cup, has broken his wrist in an accident in a golf cart on a Florida course.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- XM Satellite Radio said Wednesday NASCAR star Jimmie Johnson will join its program lineup.
FORT WORTH, Texas, April 15 (UPI) -- Ryan Newman claimed his third pole of the NASCAR season Friday and will start out front for Sunday's Samsung/Radio Shack 500.
DARLINGTON, S.C., Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Jimmie Johnson won the 55th and final running of NASCAR's Southern 500 Sunday at the Darlington Raceway.
PHOENIX, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Ryan Newman won his fourth consecutive NASCAR pole and his ninth of the season Friday, qualifying fastest for Sunday's Checker Auto Parts 500.
HAMPTON, Ga., Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Jimmie Johnson won Sunday's NASCAR Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway.
MARTINSVILLE, Va., Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Jimmie Johnson shrugged off 17 caution flags during a record 125 laps Sunday to win the NASCAR Subway 500 Nextel Cup race at the Martinsville Speedway.
