Hook's Center Sports Blog

They popped the champagne in Victory Lane and celebrated as if Jimmie Johnson just won another championship. Almost. But not quite there. Johnson moved inches closer to his record-tying third consecutive NASCAR title Sunday, trouncing the field at Phoenix International Raceway to deliver a knockout punch to Carl Edwards’ championship hopes. Johnson needs to finish [...]

If Jimmie Johnson three-peats as Sprint Cup champion, he might do it in a throwback way that borders on metaphysical. There were times under the old Cup points system when, standings aside, you could sense a championship in the making because a driver seemed to be leading a charmed existence. It was sort of Murphy’s [...]