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NASCAR fans witnessed history twice over by watching Sunday’s Ford 400 season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. By winning the 2009 Sprint Cup title Jimmie Johnson and the No. 48 team made history a couple of different ways. Johnson became the first driver and Chad Knaus became the first crew chief to ever win four straight Cup championships.

Johnson, along with second-place driver Mark Martin and third-place Jeff Gordon, also gave team owner Rick Hendrick a one-two-three finish to mark the first time anyone has ever claimed the top-three positions as season’s end.

“It’s going to take awhile to sink in,” Johnson said of the milestone of winning four-straight. “This is unbelievable.” - Full Story by Amanda Vincent – Louisville NASCAR Examiner