Jimmie Johnson on Pace for His Best Season Ever After 4th Win of 2015 at Dover

Reality has to slap you in the face sometimes to get your attention. Sunday was that kind of day for me—and I'm betting a lot of others like me. Sure, Jimmie Johnson came into the FedEx 400 Benefiting Autism Speaks having won a record nine races at Dover International Speedway, plus three races thus far this season. But for the most part, this has been a season where much of the focus by fellow reporters and many NASCAR fans has been on drivers other than Johnson. We’ve thought about things like Jeff Gordon’s final year in NASCAR; Joey Logano winning the Daytona 500; Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr. having 12 top-10 finishes in 13 races (after Dover), including Harvick now having seven runner-up showings; Kurt Busch's le...

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