After failing to complete the "six pack" in 2012, five-time consecutive Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson's season may have seemed like a relative failure.He finished lower (sixth place) than any other year in his Sprint Cup career. He also won fewer times than in any prior season where he raced in all 36 scheduled events.But Johnson's relative failure seemed to actually aid NASCAR in declaring 2011 an overwhelming success. Recently, NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France was able to deliver a speech that basically expressed that the biggest challenge for 2012 is repeating 2011.This is a fairly decent position to be in when speaking of an entire sport. Few other organizations could say the same. With the possible exception of the NFL,...

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After failing to complete the "six pack" in 2012, five-time consecutive Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson's season may have seemed like a relative failure.He finished lower (sixth place) than any other year in his Sprint Cup career. He also won fewer times than in any prior season where he raced in all 36 scheduled events.But Johnson's relative failure seemed to actually aid NASCAR in declaring 2011 an overwhelming success. Recently, NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France was able to deliver a speech that basically expressed that the biggest challenge for 2012 is repeating 2011.This is a fairly decent position to be in when speaking of an entire sport. Few other organizations could say the same. With the possible exception of the NFL,...

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