Jimmie Johnson: Still in Prime Position for Sixth Sprint Cup Title

Jimmie Johnson has rarely done well in the Daytona 500 en route to his five NASCAR Sprint Cup titles, but it has never been an issue once the NASCAR Chase begins. Johnson has experience putting together the necessary run to a championship from the depths of failure in the Daytona 500. Johnson's run in the Phoenix Subway 500 was uneventful, and he avoided the carnage that ensued in the two major crashes.  Finishing in the top five was a good day for Johnson in Phoenix, but it was also on a track where he has dominated in the past. Now the NASCAR Sprint Cup circuit heads into Las Vegas, a track Jimmie Johnson has owned since the repaving and progressive banking was added in 2006.  Johnson owns the second-best pow...

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