Mid-season surge places Johnson in contention

A sure-fire championship contender at the start of the season, Jimmie Johnson got off to a slow start in 2004, falling out of the top 10 in points for the first time in nearly two full seasons after disappointing races at Rockingham and Las Vegas.

But he recovered with a vengeance by stringing together four victories, 13 top-five and 14 top-10 finishes in the next 22 races heading for the inaugural Chase for the Nextel Cup. More

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Headlines

•	Teamwork more important with COT going full time

•	Johnson hopes to broaden appeal by signing with CAA

•	Johnson confident as quest begins for three in a row

•	History shows prime time for wins, titles is early 30s

•	Johnson, singer Lachey form charity golf tourney

•	Johnson struggles at Race of Champions in England




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Date	Track	Rank	Start	Finish	Career Poles	Career Wins	Career Avg. Finish
09/16/2007	New Hampshire International Speedway	1	4	6	0	2	10.7
09/23/2007	Dover International Speedway	3	1	14	1	3	11.9
09/30/2007	Kansas Speedway	1	1	3	2	0	12.0
10/07/2007	Talladega Superspeedway	2	19	2	1	1	17.8
10/13/2007	Lowe's Motor Speedway	2	2	14	2	5	6.8
10/21/2007	Martinsville Speedway	2	4	1	1	4	6.2
10/28/2007	Atlanta Motor Speedway	2	6	1	0	3	9.4
11/04/2007	Texas Motor Speedway	1	8	1	0	1	9.2
11/11/2007	Phoenix International Raceway	1	6	1	0	1	6.6
11/18/2007	Homestead-Miami Speedway	1	1	7	1	0	13.4