Posts Tagged ‘NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion 2008’

2008 Champions’ Week Winds Up With Annual Awards Ceremony

By Bram • Dec 6th, 2008 • Category: NASCAR, News, Notes, Sprint Cup Series

Jimmie Johnson And The No. 48 Team Building A Dynasty In The Sport

Jimmie Johnson capped his third consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion\'s Week at New York\'s famed Waldorf Astoria with the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Awards banquet (CIA Stock photo)

Jimmie Johnson capped his third consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion's Week at New York's famed Waldorf Astoria with the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Awards banquet (CIA Stock photo)

New York , NY. (Dec. 5, 2008) – A busy week in New York City culminated Friday evening with the annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards Ceremony at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel.

Jimmie Johnson, who etched his name in the NASCAR record books by becoming only the second driver in the sport’s history to win three consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championships, was officially coronated as the 2008 series titlist. The No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet team relished in the spotlight Friday afternoon, posing for dozens of photographs with Johnson and the NASCAR Sprint Cup Trophy. It’s a ritual that Johnson says he looks forward to continuing in 2009 and beyond.

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Edwards Wins Race, Johnson Takes Third Straight Title

By Bram • Nov 16th, 2008 • Category: NASCAR, News, Notes, Results, Sprint Cup Series, Your Series. Your Driver.

Jimmie Johnson celebrates winning his third consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship. Johnson became the second driver in NASCAR history to accomplish the feat. (Jason Smith/Getty Images for NASCAR)

Jimmie Johnson celebrates winning his third consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship. Johnson became the second driver in NASCAR history to accomplish the feat. (Jason Smith/Getty Images for NASCAR)

HOMESTEAD-MIAMI — Jimmie Johnson has accomplished racing’s version of the hat trick…. three championships in a row.

He did it with a 15th -place finish in southern Florida’s grand finale for the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship. Carl Edwards won the battle, so to speak, but Johnson won the war.

On a day when he only needed a 36th-place finish to clinch his third title in a row, Johnson brought his Lowe’s Chevrolet into the thick of the battle, steadily clicking off position after position in the 267-lap race.

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