Maybe then, you'll stop Jimmie Johnson from winning championships, because the revamped Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup format introduced last week almost certainly won't. We've won a lot of races in the Chase," Johnson said last week on the NASCAR Sprint Media Tour. "And the way this format plays out, we would have that opportunity come Homestead. Given that this new elimination-style Chase demands excellence at a time of year when Johnson is traditionally at his best, it's far from outlandish to envision the driver of the No. 48 car using the revamped format as a springboard to a seventh championship. More...