TALLADEGA, Ala. — Jimmie Johnson woke up early this week bruised and sore after withstanding a huge impact late in last Saturday night’s Sprint Cup event at Charlotte. His No. 48 auto was toted back across the highway to Hendrick Motorsports with its front finish crumpled into an angry snout. But at the halfway point of this Chase for the championship, absolutely nothing was in worse shape than Johnson’s hopes for a sixth consecutive crown.
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