UPI POY 2008 - Sports (90 images)

Jimmie Johnson celebrates winning the 2008 Sprint Cup championship for the third year in a row at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida on November 16, 2008. (UPI Photo/Jeff Daly)

The crew of the US Army Chevrolet driven by Mark Martin (8) scrambles to change all four tires during a pit stop just shy of the halfway point in the 15th annual Allstate 400 at the Brickyard in Indianapolis on July 27, 2008. (UPI Photo/Darrell Hoemann)

Scott Dixon, from New Zealand, celebrates winning the 92nd running of the Indianapolis 500 by pouring the traditional bottle of milk over his head in the winner circle at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 25, 2008 in Indianapolis. (UPI Photo/Mark Cowan)

Jimmie Johnson celebrates winning the 2008 Sprint Cup championship for the third year in a row at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida on November 16, 2008. (UPI Photo/Michael Bush)