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Knaus swears his team, and his driver Jimmie Johnson, dont obsess over Johnson
potentially earning a record-tying seventh championship.He says they worry about
winning the next race, earning Johnsons 80th career victory after No. 79 came
Sunday at Martinsville Speedway.But he must not read Johnsons Twitter account.
Johnson has no hashtag about the number of wins. But he often puts in his
tweets:#Se7enOn Twitter, a person cant add emphasis to a hashtag. But after
Sunday, Johnsons #Se7en will take a new meaning over the next three weeks.His
Goodys Fast Relief 500 victory propelled him into the true championship
conversation as he earned one of the four berths available in the Homestead
finale for the eight remaining Chase for the Sprint Cup drivers. Johnson, any
Chase drivers who win upcoming events at Texas and Phoenix and then those best
in points will fill the remaining four spots.Tying Dale Earnhardt and Richard
Petty with a record seven career titles would seem a ridiculous notion for
Johnson years ago when the off-road racer made a nondescript entrance into
NASCAR as a good-but-not-great Xfinity Series driver.Id love to do it, Johnson
said. Honestly, just thrilled to have a shot at it. Thats all you can hope for,
is just have a shot at it.Johnson never dreamed of winning seven titles. While
he did guarantee potential sponsors back in the day he would win in Cup, that
was more youthful enthusiasm and not a prediction. But once he was paired with
Chad Knaus and put in cars that required his excellent car control, Johnson
became unstoppable as he won five titles from 2006-2010 and then another in
2013.Johnson also has enjoyed a ridiculous turnaround in 2016 alone. He had a
15-race stretch where he posted just three top-5 finishes starting in April at
Bristol and running through early August at Watkins Glen.Sometimes youre not as
good as you look, youre not as bad as you look, team owner Rick Hendrick said. I
dont think we were as bad. Now, we were pretty terrible back April, May.We
started picking up speed, getting to the front, leading some laps. We could see
it coming. ... I felt like we could be at Homestead, but theres no guarantee.
There are a whole lot of people in the garage that thought theyd be at Homestead
that wont be at Homestead.Hendrick played a role. He spent more time with the
team, its engineers, its crew chiefs and its drivers.The turnaround, Im way
impressed with, especially from where we came from to where weve ended up,
Johnson said. Its one thing to see progress, but to advance and go back to
leading a lot of laps and contending for many wins is very, very impressive.We
couldnt have done it on our own. It took all four teams, then it took all the
departments at Hendrick. Honestly, it took Rick Hendrick showing his commitment.
For him to sit in the wind tunnel for a 24?hour shift with all the teams, his
commitment. He couldnt help being in that wind tunnel, but his presence there,
the message that sent to the organization.Even the win Sunday had its ridiculous
moments for Johnson. He seemed surprised when Denny Hamlin slammed into him to
make a pass, feeling as if he was racing hard but not worthy of such an
aggressive move. The damage, luckily for Johnson, just needed a little bit of
fixing.Im puzzled that he had to move me like he did, Johnson said. The inside
is a preferred lane. I gave him the inside.I had a little something working on
the top. Theres a line of cars behind him. I just cant roll over.Then with about
140 laps to go, Johnson was among four cars that had not pitted during a lengthy
green-flag run when Carl Edwards blew a tire and slammed the wall. Struggling to
make sure he had enough fuel, Johnson accidentally stalled his car on the
backstretch.He realized he had hit the wrong switch, turning off the electronic
control unit for the fuel injection system. Johnson lost only three spots
because only a few cars remained on the lead lap, and he got the car re-fired
before he lost a lap. Somehow his car had enough fuel to make it around for
several circuits before NASCAR opened pit road as it tried to get the scoring
figured out.Johnson restarted fourth -- his team thought he should have started
a little higher, but after nearly 20 minutes and 29 caution laps of NASCAR
confusion in its scoring tower, the team didnt have time to create more of a
ruckus -- and then owned the final green-flag segment of the race.its
unbelievable were here with the trophy, Johnson said. We were parked on the
backstretch with a hundred [or so] to go.Thankfully, we had some track position
at the time, so the pace car didnt come to me and put me down a lap. That would
have been a huge problem for us.It took Johnson 23 laps to motor to the front,
where he remained for the final 92 circuits. A hard-charging Brad Keselowski
finished second with three frustrated Joe Gibbs Racing drivers -- Hamlin, Matt
Kenseth and Kyle Busch -- finishing third through fifth.That JGR trio remained
ahead of the Chase bubble. The ones currently outside: Joey Logano (ninth),
Kevin Harvick (20th), Kurt Busch (22nd) and Edwards (36th).While the JGR and
Toyota drivers dominated the regular season, Johnson could now have the last
laugh in his Chevrolet.Its not about the numbers, Knaus said. Its not about
seven. Its not about tying Dale. Its not about tying Richard. Its not about
beating Dale or Richard, beating Jeff [Gordon] for most wins [at Hendrick with
93]. I think you guys miss what were about.We want to go win Texas. You follow
me? We want to go win Homestead. We want to go win Phoenix. Then, guess what, in
a few months Daytona is rolling around, we want to win that one, too. Thats the
way we approach every single race. Its not about what were eclipsing.Knaus can
keep saying it, but he will convince few of it. Of course, lets be clear:
Johnson doesnt need to win a seventh to cement him in NASCAR history. It only
will enhance it.Seven is a number to a lot of people, but to me hes already one
of the all-time greats, four-time Sprint Cup champion Jeff Gordon said after
what likely was the last race of his career. I think that number would maybe
just solidify that in the history books maybe for some others, and maybe it
would be really special to Jimmie personally.Im sure it would. Thats amazing.
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