Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Johnson denies he allowed Earnhardt to win Talladega (Yahoo Sports)

Dale Earnhardt Jr., left, hugs Jimmie Johnson in Victory Lane after the Talladega 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Talladega Superspeedway, Sunday, May 3, 2015, in Talladega, Ala. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

Fans of Dale Earnhardt Jr. have spent the last four years believing that Jimmie Johnson owed his teammate a favor for pushing Johnson to the win at Talladega Superspeedway in 2011. The notion grew out of the final 20-plus laps of the race, run mostly as a single-file parade with Earnhardt leading and Johnson following in second. Johnson never pulled out of line to attempt to pass his Hendrick Motorsports teammate, and Earnhardt collected his sixth career win at the Alabama superspeedway.




from Yahoo Sports http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/top/SIG=133l7utgo/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/johnson-denies-allowed-earnhardt-win-talladega-195739108--spt.html

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