HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Richard Petty may currently share the record for most championships at NASCAR's highest level, but the King wouldn't be surprised if that mark is eclipsed during the Jimmie Johnson era. Petty shares the record of seven championships with Dale Earnhardt in what is now the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and Johnson can crawl within one title of that mark by clinching his sixth crown in Sunday's season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. A 200-time race winner at the sport's highest level, Petty doesn't expect the Hendrick Motorsports driver to stop there. If you look back and look at how long Petty Enterprises lasted, and won championships and won races and stuff for a lot of years.
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