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Chase time is Jimmie's time

By Ed Hinton
ESPN.com

Friday, September 18, 2009

LOUDON, N.H. -- For a team seeking to four-peat the NASCAR championship, Jimmie Johnson and the 48 crew are a little off-key and a lot off-stride coming into Sunday's Chase opener. This is the team whose momentum you can usually sense, scent, see like a thunderstorm on the horizon as NASCAR's playoffs begin. This time last year, the 48 folks arrived at New Hampshire Motor Speedway after winning the last two regular-season races. Now, they go into the Sylvania 300 off finishes of 36th and 11th ...

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