Jimmie Johnson’s 2013 Daytona 500 Win: Start of 6th Sprint Cup Title Run?

Where have we seen this movie before: Jimmie Johnson wins the Daytona 500 and then goes on to win the championship the same season?

Johnson's first Daytona 500 win in 2006 began an amazing run that saw him go on to win 35 races (of the 61 he's earned in his career) and a record five consecutive Sprint Cup championships from 2006 through 2010.

Could Sunday's second Daytona 500 win for Johnson be the start of some strange kind of deja vu?

I wouldn't be surprised, and I say that for a couple of reasons.

First, Johnson's fiery and competitive spirit. While he just didn't seem the same in 2011, you could see the fire was back in Johnson's eyes last season.

And to wind up so close, yet fail to win, you could alm...

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