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Article: AGAINST THE ODDS; Jimmie Johnson takes Atlanta.(Motorsports)
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- AutoWeek
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- November 8, 2004
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Byline: AL PEARCE
Jimmie Johnson spent the week of the Bass Pro Shops/MBNA 500 in mourning. He and his crew lost 10 friends in the Oct. 24 crash of a Hendrick Motorsports plane in Virginia (AW, Nov. 1). The team was reeling when it arrived in Atlanta for round seven of the 10-race Chase for the Cup.
They faced daunting odds. Johnson had run poorly as often as he'd run well here. He had won recent races at Charlotte and Martinsville, and three-win streaks are becoming rare in NASCAR. Few would have blamed the team for mailing it in and going home to grieve.
That they didn't is as much tribute to owner Rick Hendrick as to the team itself. Johnson made a stirring ...
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