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Filed under: Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Sprint Cup, NASCAR  The Jimmie Johnson dynasty in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series stretched to half a decade at Homestead-Miami Speedway Sunday as the most dominant driver the sport has ever seen won his fifth straight championship with a second-place finish in the Ford 400 season finale. As Carl Edwards motored to his second straight victory in as many weeks, leading 190 laps, Johnson fought back from early pit problems, settled into his regular routine and came on at the end to seal the title. For Edwards, the two consecutive victories came after a 70-race winless streak. "This is unreal," Edwards said in victory lane. "It's a great way to finish the season. I think the way we're going, if we can start like that, our Aflac team will have a shot at them next year. "To finish like this is unreal. It's just these guys not giving up. We don't give up. We've had just an unbelievable run toward the end of this season. It's just a great way to end the season." The championship battle was a nail-biting contest whose complexion changed time and time again throughout the 267-lap event.
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November 2, 2010 | 2:18 P.M. EST
 The Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 will be the 48th for ARCA at Daytona. (Photo: ARCA Racing)
Continuing a long-standing series tradition, the ARCA Racing Series will open its schedule at Daytona International Speedway in 2011. The Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200, consisting of 80 laps on the historic 2.5-mile superspeedway oval, will air live on SPEED at 4 p.m. Eastern on Saturday, February 12.
The race will be the 48th for ARCA at Daytona, which has hosted the series’ season opener every year since the first visit by ARCA in 1964. The ARCA Racing Series will mark its 59th year of competition in 2011.
The Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 will precede Saturday night’s feature race, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Budweiser Shootout. The ARCA event is the first in an appealing weekend which also includes pole qualifying for the Daytona 500 the next day.
On-track activity begins with practice Thursday, February 10 and continues with Menards Pole Qualifying presented by Ansell on Friday, February 11. Start times will be announced shortly. Television coverage of the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 will begin at 4 p.m. Saturday with the green flag set to fly at 4:30.
“We race on the same day, at the same track, just a couple of hours before the Bud Shootout, which is the first race for the NASCAR Sprint Cup tour. It’s a great opportunity for us. It’s a great platform. The race is always televised live on SPEED, and annually draws the greatest field of entrants, the greatest number of paid admissions, and the highest TV ratings,” said ARCA president Ron Drager.
Nine-time series champion Frank Kimmel will be in search of his first ARCA victory at Daytona after finishing third in 2001 and 2002 and second in 2004 and 2005. Bobby Gerhart, the all-time ARCA victory leader at Daytona with six, is expected to enter in defense of his win in 2010.
Seven drivers have won from the pole in the Daytona ARCA 200. Gerhart accomplished the feat twice, in 2005 and 2006, and was preceded by Andy Hillenburg (1997), Jeff Purvis (1993), Woody Fisher (1977), Iggy Katona (1974), Andy Hampton (1972), and Benny Parsons (1969). Gerhart is the only driver with wins in consecutive years (2005, 2006, 2007).
The remainder of the diverse 2011 ARCA Racing Series schedule will be released in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, the thrilling 2010 campaign will close Saturday, December 4, with the series’ Championship Awards Banquet at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center in Covington, Ky., near Cincinnati. MotorRacingNetwork.com: News - ARCA Releases 2011 Schedule
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