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Homestead, FL, United States (AHN) – Michael Schumacher won five consecutive Formula One titles and now Jimmie Johnson has an unprecedented fifth straight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title.

Yes, for the fifth straight year, Johnson, a new father, is the champion of NASCAR’s premier racing series.

“I am just so proud to be in this position and so thankful to have my great race team and Hendrick Motorsports to give me such great race cars. Four was amazing. It’s pretty (darn) awesome,” said Johnson. “It’s just an amazing day for the team. We’ve got an awesome sport and I’m so proud to represent it.”

Down 15 points to Denny Hamlin heading into Sunday’s season-ending Ford 400, Johnson overcome an early slow pit stop, kept his nose clean to finish second at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Race-winner Carl Edwards closed the year with back-to-back wins and did his celebratory backflip off the car, but in the background it was Johnson doing burnouts after winning yet another title.

“This is unreal. This is a great way to finish the season,” said Edwards, who led a race-best 189 laps. “Congratulations to Jimmie Johnson, five straight championships. I think if we can go like this we might be able to have a start to have a run like this.”

Kevin Harvick, also in the hunt for the title, did nearly everything he could to win the title, finishing right behind Johnson in third.

“We went down swinging,” said Harvick, who had a speeding penalty on pit road early. “Those guys just outran us by a little bit. All in all, I’m just proud of all my guys. We did everything we wanted to today expcept win the race.”

Hamlin sustained minor damage during a spin on Lap 26 and had to rally for a finish of 14th, which left him second in the title race, behind Johnson and ahead of Harvick.

“Obviously, I’m disappointed,” said Hamlin, who finished with a season-best eight wins. “Our car was lightning-fast up until that wreck. When we hit the 16 (Greg Biffle) it just knocked the toe out and just wasn’t the same the rest of the day. We had a great year.”

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