Johnson not panicking heading to Pocono
LONG POND, Pa. (AP) Jimmie Johnson hears the buzz. It's been kind of hard to avoid during the four-time defending NASCAR champion's recent slide.
A single top-10 in five races. Two crashes. Some bad racing luck. Driver error. No victories since early spring.
Do the performances fail to meet the impossibly high standard Johnson's Hendrick Motorsports team has set for itself during its record-breaking run? Sure.
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 | Despite new engine, Fords off pace at Pocono (Sporting News) - Engine builder Doug Yates cautioned that the new FR9 engine under the hoods of four cars at Pocono Raceway this weekend isn't a magic cure-all for all that ails the Ford teams. Apparently, he was right. (MORE) |
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| Rank | Driver | Points | Wins |
| 1 | Kevin Harvick | 1898 | 1 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 1869 | 2 |
| 3 | Matt Kenseth | 1781 | 0 |
| 4 | Jeff Gordon | 1760 | 0 |
| 5 | Denny Hamlin | 1732 | 3 |
| 6 | Kurt Busch | 1726 | 2 |
| 7 | Jimmie Johnson | 1694 | 3 |
| 8 | Jeff Burton | 1657 | 0 |
| 9 | Greg Biffle | 1648 | 0 |
| 10 | Mark Martin | 1635 | 0 |
| 11 | Carl Edwards | 1602 | 0 |
| 12 | Ryan Newman | 1547 | 1 |
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