Jimmie Johnson: Is He Still the Man to Beat in Charlotte?

To say that Jimmie Johnson runs well at Charlotte Motor Speedway would be like saying that Michael Jordan was a decent basketball player. During the middle part of the last decade, it was almost unnecessary to even run races in Charlotte, because Johnson winning was a foregone conclusion. In the six races at what was formerly known as Lowe's Motor Speedway between 2003 and 2005, Johnson won five of them; his other finish was an extremely disappointing third.He swept the races in both 2004 and 2005. His more recent history at NASCAR's home track has still been very productive, but nowhere near as dominant as it once was. He did score a win here in 2009, but that is the only victory for him in his last 10 appearances at the mile and a half tr...

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