Johnson On Verge of Chase Championship Normal Preparations for Nextel Cup Finale

Augusta Chronicle, The › December 01, 2006

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HOMESTEAD, Fla. - To break the tension before last week's race in Phoenix, crew chief Chad Knaus huddled his team and fed them burritos. Today's menu, he said, will be fruit cups.

Knaus is desperately trying to keep things low-keyed as his driver, Jimmie Johnson, approaches today's Ford 400 at Homestead- Miami Speedway. But no matter how hard he tries, he knows the main event (2:55 p.m., NBC) will be far from normal.

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Johnson On Verge of Chase Championship Normal Preparations for Nextel Cup Finale

Johnson needs to finish no worse than 12th to clinch his first Nextel Cup Series championship. His 63-point lead over Matt Kenseth represents a nice cushion going into the seaso...

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