Jimmie Johnson: 'We're working our guts out' to find more speed'

Article en anglais de la Fox: L'intégralité en cliquant ici

Pour les non-anglophones, c'est simple à résumer: Johnson et la Lowe's se plaignent d'un manque de vitesse de pointe, et travaillent d'arrache-pied pour remédier à cela.

"Jimmie Johnson isn't persuaded his No. 48 team is running well enough to win the 2014 Sprint Cup championship, tying Johnson with Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for the most titles in NASCAR's top series.

Johnson, however, doesn't believe the performance gap between himself and the drivers who are in championship form is too great to overcome this season.

With nine races to go, the reigning and six-time Sprint Cup champion is in a three-way tie with Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch for sixth in the 16-driver Chase for the Sprint Cup field.

Johnson opened the Chase with an unspectacular 12th-place finish last weekend at Chicagoland Speedway, where Brad Keselowski and Jeff Gordon finished 1-2 to further cement their already legitimate claim as title favorites. Also in the top five were Joey Logano (fourth) and Kevin Harvick (fifth) -- two other drivers widely regarded as title threats.

Not surprisingly, Johnson describes the current mood around the No. 48 shop as "not the best.""

 

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