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Johnson wins record-tying 3rd Cup title

Ashly Elam

Story Created: Nov 16, 2008 at 9:34 PM CST

Story Updated: Nov 16, 2008 at 11:43 PM CST

By JENNA FRYER
AP Auto Racing Writer
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) - Nothing could stop Jimmie Johnson's drive
into the NASCAR record books. Not even a final, furious push by
Carl Edwards.
Edwards led a race-high 157 laps to win Sunday's season-ending
race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. But his series-high ninth win of
the year wasn't enough to wrest away the Sprint Cup title.
Johnson locked up his third consecutive championship with a
solid 15th-place run, beating Edwards by 69 points to join Cale
Yarborough as the only drivers in NASCAR history to win three
straight titles. Yarborough did it 30 years ago, under a different
scoring system and in a very different NASCAR.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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