Jimmie Johnson says it best:

How are you approaching this final weekend of the season?

“My focus is going down there and winning the race. We typically haven’t had to have that mentality going into this race, but we have shown we can race for the win. We did it in 2010 against Denny (Hamlin), finished second and won the championship. This 48 Lowe’s team can do it again. We have nothing to lose and can gamble and take chances. Brad (Keselowski) doesn’t have that luxury. This isn’t over. This team never gives up and we don’t intend to, now.”

Race Statistics

• Homestead-Miami Speedway is one of five tracks on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series circuit where Johnson has yet to win. Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International, Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn and Kentucky Speedway in Sparta are the others.
• Two poles (November 2007 and 2009).
• Four top-five finishes (36.4 percent) and seven top-10s (63.6 percent) in 11 starts.
• One DNF (did not finish – November 2005).
• Average start of 17.2 and average finish of 13.5.
• Sprint Cup’s fifth-best driver rating (95.2 average of a possible 150 points).