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NASCAR's anger management may need work

HOMESTEAD, Fla. Montoya-Stewart took a page out of the Hamlin-Keselowski playbook.

Get hit, hit back.

Retaliate and wait for the next strike.

Rewind | Commentary and some of the key moments

Rewind

About that consistency thing ...

Throughout NASCAR this season, there was one common denominator: Finishing second is nothing to be disappointed about.

Rewind | This California gold rush just isn't getting it

Rear-view mirror

No more excuses. It’s time International Speedway Corp. and NASCAR admit what has been painfully obvious to everyone: Two races won’t work at Auto Club Speedway.

This fall, the track had a better date, cooler weather and a race in the Chase. And still the turnout was pathetic.

Winner lauds champ, warns he's coming

HOMESTEAD, Fla. Sunday’s Sprint Cup Series season finale capped one championship season and may have jump-started another.

With a fifth-place finish, Jimmie Johnson easily clinched his NASCAR record fourth consecutive Cup title. He has now won championships in four of his eight full-time seasons of competition.

The biggest hudle for Johnson to a fifth title may have been lurking in Victory Lane, where Denny Hamlin was celebrating his win in Sunday’s Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Johnson captures record fourth straight Cup title

Jimmie Johnson easily clinched his NASCAR record fourth consecutive championship with a fifth-place finish in Sunday's season-ending Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Johnson, who won four of the 10 races in this year's "Chase for the Sprint Cup" championship, became the first driver to win four titles in a row in the 61-year history of NASCAR's top-tier series. He ended the season with a 141- point advantage over Hendrick Motorsports teammate Mark Martin, who dealt with an ill-handling car throughout the race before finishing 12th.

"It's going to take a little while to sink in, because I haven't let my mind wander," said Johnson, who only needed to finish 25th or better at Homestead to claim the title. "The truth of it is to do something that has never been done in this sport, and I love this sport like I do and respect it like I do, and the greats with [Richard] Petty, [Dale] Earnhardt and [Jeff] Gordon, to do something they have never done is so awesome.