Jimmie Johnson’s racing career started on a small motorcycle when he was five years old and culminated here Sunday night when the 31-year old Californian stood on the roof of his Lowe’s Chevrolet lifting the 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup trophy over his head to the cheers of fans, teammates and a national television audience.
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Hard though he tried, Jimmie Johnson just couldn’t give another Nextel Cup championship away.
Johnson completed his dream season by cruising over every speedbump in his path, overcoming debris in his grill, a missing roll of tape, a loose lug nut, treacherous traffic and his own nerves to finally win the NASCAR championship that had taunted [...]

Bridgestone-Firestone will no longer be the presenting sponsor of the Champ Car World Series but will remain the sole tire supplier for the open-wheel racing series.

Roush Racing has settled on three full-time Busch teams and three full-time truck teams for 2007, with the possibility of an additional part-time Busch team, team president Geoff Smith said Saturday.

Despite recent reports to the contrary, it is still possible that 1997 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve will race in the Nascar series next year.

Scoring points the goal for the American
Scott Speed has fended off speculation that he might be replaced at Toro Rosso next year by predicting that his first Formula One points will be scored in 2007.

Ferrari and Fiat president Luca Cordero di Montezemolo has promised the Tifosi a championship crown in 2007.

The president of F1’s governing body has allayed fears that the sport could disappear from ‘free-to-air’ television in the future.

Pos St # Driver Sponsor Car Pts Status Laps
1 6 6 Mark Martin Scotts Ford 190 Running 134
2 8 77 Brendan Gaughan South Point Dodge 175 Running 134
3 5 99 Erik Darnell Woolrich Ford 165 Running 134

Matt Kenseth passed teammate Carl Edwards for the lead with 11 laps left Saturday night then pulled away for his second consecutive Busch Series victory.