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THE REAL DEAL; No sophomore jinx for Jimmie Johnson, who wins the rain-shortened Coca-Cola 600.(Competition)
Byline: AL PEARCE
Jimmie Johnson came into NASCAR as a long-term project. His oval-track resume was thin enough for a matchbook cover: no poles, one victory and only four top-fives in 72 Busch Series starts.
But Winston Cup co-owners Rick Hendrick and Jeff Gordon liked what they'd seen. They signed him for 2002 and beyond, lured Lowe's sponsorship from Richard Childress Racing and teamed Johnson with crew chief Chad Knaus. The "project'' is turning out quite nicely.
Johnson and Knaus won three races last year and finished fifth in points. That's three times as many wins and one points position better than Ryan Newman, the '02 rookie of the ...
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