No. 1 - Jimmie Johnson

By winning the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race at Phoenix International Raceway last weekend, Jimmie Johnson is tied with Fireball Roberts for 19th in career Cup wins. They have 33. Next on the list is Mark Martin with 35.
Since Martin might have a win or two left in him before he calls it quits, it could be a while before Johnson catches him.
After that, Bobby Isaac is 16th with 37 wins and Tim Flock is 15th with 39. Johnson is still well behind his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jeff Gordon, who has 81 career Cup wins. Gordon is fifth on the list.
Barring disaster, Johnson will win his second career Cup championship after the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. If he doesn't win the championship, only Gordon can catch him.
“No matter what happens, we know the Nextel Cup trophy will be at Hendrick Motorsports and that’s a great thing for our organization," said Johnson, driver of the No. 48 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports. "The lead that we have, it's a nice, comfortable position to be in. But we've got to go down there and run 400 miles. That's bottom line. If we don't run the full distance of the race then we’re in trouble."
Johnson probably doesn't have a lot to worry about. The car his team is taking to Homestead is a three-time winner. It won races at Las Vegas, Atlanta and the Labor Day race at California Speedway. It's a good car and it will be the last time Johnson will be able to drive it. Next year, all the Cup races will be with NASCAR's Car of Tomorrow, meaning Chevrolet teams will be running the new Impala model and putting the Monte Carlos on the shelf.
But it doesn't look like Johnson is putting too much thought into what car he is racing at Homestead.
"The lead takes some pressure off, but we're going to go down there and try to keep it simple like we've done," Johnson said. "Go out there, run our race, do our thing. I'm just trying to keep it simple and not get caught up in things. Last week was a good example of disappearing and going on vacation for a couple days. Not reading or seeing any highlights on TV, nothing, I was completely out of the loop. I hope I can do that this week. Show up, keep it simple, and get in the race car and go. I don't want to act like it's our championship yet. We have a nice margin in the points right now. But 400 miles, that's my goal. I have to run 400 more miles, and we'll get nuts after that.”