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Hendrick won his 10th Sprint Cup championship in 2010 thanks to Jimmie Johnson's come-from-behind
run to take an unprecedented fifth consecutive title. Rick Hendricks Motorsports
Although Johnson's overall performance on his way to winning championship No. 5 wasn't dominating, it Ricky Hendrick Daughter
may have been the most satisfying. Johnson entered the season-ending Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami
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Speedway trailing Denny Hamlin by 15 points but came away with a 40-point advantage and a fifth straight
season as NASCAR's best. Ricky Hendrick Performance
"I've always told you the first championship, the first win, that stuff has meant the most to me. This one, I
think this takes the lead," Johnson said. "It's not that the other Chases weren't competitive. We were
stronger in the previous two Chases, at least, but this one, I am just so proud."
After starting the season strong with wins in three of the first five races on the schedule, Johnson cooled off.
But as the campaign progressed, he slowly returned to championship caliber, and as has been his
reputation, excelled during the 10-race Chase.
"There's no telling how long it's going to last and I think we're all shocked it's gone on this far," said MsgAd by Clicksor
Johnson, who became the first driver since Alan Kulwicki in 1992 to overtake the point leader and win the
championship in the final race of the season. "Being a realist, I don't know if it's going to last. I'm amazed
that we've been able to do this for five years straight."
While Johnson celebrated another year of Hendrick excellence, the rest of the organization's stable didn't
perform at anywhere near the same level.
After sweeping first through third in the 2009 championship standings, only two Hendrick drivers even
qualified for the Chase last season with Jeff Gordon joining teammate Johnson in the title run.
Time and again Gordon was thwarted in his quest for victory lane with a variety of circumstances getting in
the way. Tire strategy, late-race accidents and just plain bad luck kept Gordon winless for the second season
of the last three.
He suffered through a particularly disappointing Chase with his frustrations seemingly coming to a head in a
celebrated incident with Jeff Burton at Texas in November.
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After contact with the Richard Childress Racing driver sent him hard into the Turn 2 wall, Gordon
confronted Burton on the backstretch with the two exchanging shoves and blows before being pulled apart
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Martin was never able to show the kind of speed and consistency that led to his third-place finish in the
standings the previous season and wound up missing the Chase.
"I don't think this season is what anyone expected, the media, the fans, anybody," Martin said. "With the
way 2009 went, I believe we all thought we'd be fighting for a championship in 2010. But that's not the way
it worked."
After turning in a thrilling last-lap run to finish second in the season-opening Daytona 500, Earnhardt was
a complete non-factor the rest of the season and ended up 21st in the final standings.
Johnson's championship season wasn't enough to stop Hendrick from making sweeping changes to the
organization for the coming year. Only two days removed from Johnson's triumph in Homestead, Hendrick
announced radical changes to the remainder of his Sprint Cup stable that will see Gordon, Martin and
Earnhardt all paired with new crew chiefs.
Earnhardt will now work with Steve Letarte, who called the shots for Gordon the last three years. Letarte
replaces Lance McGrew and has the kind of personality Hendrick believes will turn things around for
Earnhardt.
"When your confidence is shaken, you just get to a point you need something to give you that feeling that
you can do it and you've got faith in the guy that you're working with," Hendrick said. "Sometimes it just
gets to a point, the frustration sets in and it just can't work. It doesn't mean that Dale is not a good driver or
Lance isn't a good crew chief, it just got to the point where it was not working and we needed to do
something different."
Martin's former chief, Alan Gustafson, takes over the pit-box duties for Gordon and the No. 24 team, a
move the four-time series champion is behind.
"I'm certainly looking forward to working with Alan," Gordon said. "I've known Alan for a number of years
and always respected him. In the back of my mind, I always thought it would be kind of cool to work with
him.
"It's a great opportunity. If we're going to win more championships, especially with the 24 team, things like
this, led by Rick, these types of decisions are what get you there."
The Johnson-Chad Knaus tandem remains intact and Hendrick said there was never a thought given to
tampering with such a successful pairing.
"What these two and that whole team has accomplished over the years is nothing short of remarkable," said
Hendrick. "Jimmie and Chad in my mind are one of the best driver-crew chief combinations in the history
of this sport and we've been blessed to have them be so successful here with our team."
There's no reason to think Johnson won't be in the mix right until the final laps of the season for the 2011
championship and a record sixth straight title. Johnson has established himself as one of the -- if not the --
greatest drivers in the sport's history and will add to that legacy again next season with a quest for his sixth
crown.
Letarte is used to being in the spotlight in his years working with Gordon and will be able to handle the
extraordinary pressure that comes with being Earnhardt's crew chief. It's do or die time for Junior in 2011,
and another winless season will not be acceptable by Hendrick or Earnhardt's legion of fans.
Gordon should reap the benefits of working with the underrated Gustafson, who possesses one of the
greatest engineering minds in the Sprint Cup garage.
Martin and McGrew will have the luxury of flying under the radar of their higher-profile teammates. Martin
will want to prove to the world that even at age 52 he's not finished, which should be good for a win or two
in 2011.
Hendrick remains the gold standard of Sprint Cup Series operations and although the competition level has
gotten closer in the last two season look for the organization to remain a powerhouse in 2011.
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