The 2006 NASCAR Season Review
The 2006 Nextel Cup season saw Jimmie Johnson finally clinching the elusive title, after years of coming up short. In hindsight, Johnson was clear favourite to win the 2006 Cup as early as the first race of the year. But as the year progressed, it looked like the American will once again come up short. Glenn Freeman reflects on the season that ended last week at Homestead - a season of dramas, some controversy, and plenty of future promise
Since entering NASCAR's top division in 2002, Jimmie Johnson has been the ultimate nearly man. Nobody doubted that he had the speed and consistency needed to win a title, but for some reason he was always coming up short, until now.
Johnson started 2006 with victory in the Daytona 500, and ended it with his first NASCAR Nextel Cup title secured. As if those two trophies weren't enough, he also wrapped up the non-championship All-Star race and took the spoils at Indianapolis.
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