Jimmie Johnson Championship Clinch Possibilities

Kevin Harvick won the race at Phoenix today and Jimmie Johnson came in third while Matt Kenseth had a terrible day.  This gave Johnson a 28 point lead over Kenseth, and a 34 point spread over Kevin Harvick going into Homestead.

No other driver is in contention for the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup championship.

With that said, Jimmie Johnson has to have a very bad day or bad luck at Homestead to let this title, his potential 6th championship, slip from his grasp.

He has a 28 point lead...

Johnson Championship Clinch Scenarios For Homestead

If Johnson finishes 23rd or better, he wins the title, no matter what anyone else does.

Johnson can finish 24th or better, and lead a lap to win the title.

Johnson can finish 25th or better, and lead the most laps to win the championship.

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With that said, Jimmie has averaged a 15th place finish at the track since 2001.

Starting in 2001, his finishes at the track include

25, 8, 3, 2, 40 (accident), 9, 7, 15, 5, 2, 32 and 36th (rear gear).

As you can see, if he's not doing good, he's definitely not doing good.

I guess we'll see what happens come Sunday.

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Sunday's race is at Homestead, the Ford EcoBoost 400 can be caught at 3 p.m. on ESPN, Motor Racing Network Radio and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

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Johnson - Points Lead and Homestead Pole

Jimmie Johnson grabbed the pole for the Ford 400 at Homestead for Friday.

(I'd say look out Jeff, but pole sitters don't always translate into race winners.. soooo the tension builds even further!!)

He was followed up by Ryan Newman, Kasey Kahne, Matt Kenseth & Kurt Busch for the top 5 spots.

Jeff Gordon nabbed the 11th spot for the start.

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