sprint cup series

This week NASCAR officials announced a new championship format for the 2014 Sprint Cup series that puts greater emphasis on winning and sets up a playoff elimination system at season's end similar to other major league sports.

After a day filled with six caution flags, a few multi-car wrecks and history-making lead laps, one of the most notable drivers of the last ten years walked away with the victory in NASCAR's "Super Bowl." After starting the race in ninth and jumping around the leader-board all day long, Jimmie Johnson took the lead from Brad Keselowski on a restart with six laps to go and went on to his