NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 24: Jimmie Johnson 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion poses for a photo at the top of the Empire State Building on November 24, 2009 in New York City. Jimmie Johnson is celebrating after winning his forth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images for NASCAR)

NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 24: Jimmie Johnson 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion poses for a photo with New York Yankee Johnny Damon after flipping the switch to light the top of the Empire State building blue and white to represent Jimmie Johnson's No.48 Lowe's Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports team and yellow to represent Sprint on November 24, 2009 in New York City. Jimmie Johnson is celebrating after winning his forth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images for NASCAR)

NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 24: Jimmie Johnson 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion poses for a photo at the top of the Empire State Building on November 24, 2009 in New York City. Jimmie Johnson is celebrating after winning his forth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images for NASCAR)

NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 24: Jimmie Johnson 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion and New York Yankee Johnny Damon speak to the media at the top of the Empire State Building on November 24, 2009 in New York City. Jimmie Johnson is celebrating after winning his forth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images for NASCAR)

NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 24: NYC Sports Commissioner Ken Podziba presents Jimmie Johnson 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion with a document proclaming today Jimmie Johnson Day in NYC at the Empire State Building on November 24, 2009 in New York City. Jimmie Johnson is celebrating after winning his forth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images for NASCAR)

NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 24: Jimmie Johnson 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion poses for a photo at the top of the Empire State Building on November 24, 2009 in New York City. Jimmie Johnson is celebrating after winning his forth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images for NASCAR)

NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 24: Jimmie Johnson 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion poses for a photo at the top of the Empire State Building on November 24, 2009 in New York City. Jimmie Johnson is celebrating after winning his forth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images for NASCAR)

NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 24: New York Yankee Johnny Damon takes a photo of Jimmie Johnson 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion at the top of the Empire State Building on November 24, 2009 in New York City. Jimmie Johnson is celebrating after winning his forth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images for NASCAR)

NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 24: Jimmie Johnson 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion and New York Yankee Johnny Damon poses for a photo at the top of the Empire State Building on November 24, 2009 in New York City. Jimmie Johnson is celebrating after winning his forth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images for NASCAR)

NASCAR fan Sylvia Anderson helps Miss Sprint Cups Anne Marie Rhodes and Monica Palumbo present the Chase leader flag to Jimmie Johnson prior to the Ford 400 at Homestead Miami Speedway.

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LITTLE FALLS, NJ - NOVEMBER 23: Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra and four-time Nascar champion Jimmie Johnson tour the Yogi Berra Museum and and Learning Center on November 23, 2009 in Little Falls, New Jersey. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images for NASCAR)

LITTLE FALLS, NJ - NOVEMBER 23: Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra shows off a display of his ten World Series rings to four-time Nascar champion Jimmie Johnson tour the Yogi Berra Museum and and Learning Center on November 23, 2009 in Little Falls, New Jersey. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images for NASCAR)

LITTLE FALLS, NJ - NOVEMBER 23: Four-time Nascar champion Jimmie Johnson presents a model of his #48 Lowe's Chevrolet to Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra at a tour of the Yogi Berra Museum and and Learning Center on November 23, 2009 in Little Falls, New Jersey. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images for NASCAR)

LITTLE FALLS, NJ - NOVEMBER 23: Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra and four-time Nascar champion Jimmie Johnson chat in the theater at the Yogi Berra Museum and and Learning Center on November 23, 2009 in Little Falls, New Jersey. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images for NASCAR)

LITTLE FALLS, NJ - NOVEMBER 23: Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra and four-time Nascar champion Jimmie Johnson chat in the theater at the Yogi Berra Museum and and Learning Center on November 23, 2009 in Little Falls, New Jersey. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images for NASCAR)

LITTLE FALLS, NJ - NOVEMBER 23: Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra and four-time Nascar champion Jimmie Johnson tour the Yogi Berra Museum and and Learning Center on November 23, 2009 in Little Falls, New Jersey. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images for NASCAR)

LITTLE FALLS, NY - NOVEMBER 23: Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra and four-time Nascar champion Jimmie Johnson tour the Yogi Berra Museum and and Learning Center on November 23, 2009 in Little Falls, New Jersey. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images for NASCAR)

LITTLE FALLS, NJ - NOVEMBER 23: Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra and four-time Nascar champion Jimmie Johnson pose for a picture in the theater at the Yogi Berra Museum and and Learning Center on November 23, 2009 in Little Falls, New Jersey. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images for NASCAR)

Jimmie Johnson has won four titles in a row and appears to be on track for more.

HOMESTEAD, FL - NOVEMBER 22: Jimmie Johnson (L), driver of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, poses with his wife Chandra and all four of his trophies after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship after finishing in fifth place in the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 22, 2009 in Homestead, Florida. Johnson becomes the first driver in the history of NASCAR to win four consecutive championships since the sports inception in 1949.during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 22, 2009 in Homestead, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)

HOMESTEAD, FL - NOVEMBER 22: Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, poses with all four of his championship trophies after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 22, 2009 in Homestead, Florida. Johnson becomes the first driver in the history of NASCAR to win four consecutive championships since the sports inception in 1949. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)

Four consecutive championships puts Jimmie Johnson on a different level than all others.

HOMESTEAD, FL - NOVEMBER 22: Crew chief Chad Knaus, (L) girlfriend Lisa Rockelmann (2nd-L), Jimmie Johnson (R), driver of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, poses with his wife Chandra and all four of his trophies after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship after finishing in fifth place in the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 22, 2009 in Homestead, Florida. Johnson becomes the first driver in the history of NASCAR to win four consecutive championships since the sports inception in 1949.during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 22, 2009 in Homestead, Florida. (Photo by Jason Smith/Getty Images for NASCAR)

HOMESTEAD, FL - NOVEMBER 22: Jimmie Johnson (L), driver of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, poses with his wife Chandra and all four of his trophies after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship after finishing in fifth place in the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 22, 2009 in Homestead, Florida. Johnson becomes the first driver in the history of NASCAR to win four consecutive championships since the sports inception in 1949.during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 22, 2009 in Homestead, Florida. (Photo by Jason Smith/Getty Images for NASCAR)

HOMESTEAD, FL - NOVEMBER 22: Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, poses with all four of his championship trophies after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 22, 2009 in Homestead, Florida. Johnson becomes the first driver in the history of NASCAR to win four consecutive championships since the sports inception in 1949. (Photo by Jason Smith/Getty Images for NASCAR)

HOMESTEAD, FL - NOVEMBER 22: Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, poses with all four of his championship trophies after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 22, 2009 in Homestead, Florida. Johnson becomes the first driver in the history of NASCAR to win four consecutive championships since the sports inception in 1949. (Photo by Jason Smith/Getty Images for NASCAR)

HOMESTEAD, FL - NOVEMBER 22: Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, talks on a cell phone after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship after finishing in fifth place in the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 22, 2009 in Homestead, Florida. Johnson becomes the first driver in the history of NASCAR to win four consecutive championships since the sports inception in 1949.during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 22, 2009 in Homestead, Florida. (Photo by Jason Smith/Getty Images for NASCAR)

HOMESTEAD, FL - NOVEMBER 22: Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, talks on a cell phone after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship after finishing in fifth place in the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 22, 2009 in Homestead, Florida. Johnson becomes the first driver in the history of NASCAR to win four consecutive championships since the sports inception in 1949.during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 22, 2009 in Homestead, Florida. (Photo by Jason Smith/Getty Images for NASCAR)

HOMESTEAD, FL - NOVEMBER 22: Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, poses with all four of his championship trophies after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 22, 2009 in Homestead, Florida. Johnson becomes the first driver in the history of NASCAR to win four consecutive championships since the sports inception in 1949. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)