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Jimmie Johnson throws caution to wind at Kansas Speedway (The Associated Press)
The image Jimmie Johnson has cultivated over the years is of a clean-cut, corporate pitchman, almost the antithesis of the ''good 'ol boy'' drivers from NASCAR's colorful past. His conservative driving style has delivered six championships, one behind Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for most in Sprint Cup history. While the rest of the leaders decided to pit in the closing laps at Kansas Speedway, all of them running low on fuel, Johnson threw caution to the wind. He told crew chief Chad Knaus that he was going to stay on the track, gambling that he would be able to hold off hard-charging Kevin Harvick and the rest of the field - and have enough gas to make it to the finish line. More...
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