CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
1 December 2008
Implementation Investments
Siemens PLM Software Technology Speeds Hendrick Motorsports and Driver Jimmie Johnson to Third Consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship
Siemens PLM Software announced Siemens PLM Software-sponsored driver Jimmie Johnson and Hendrick Motorsports – whose cars are developed with the help of Siemens PLM Software technology – won the 2008 NASCAR® Sprint Cup championship for the third straight year. Johnson secured the championship in the final NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race of the season at Homestead-Miami Speedway, to become only the second driver in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships.
Siemens PLM Software-sponsored race teams dominated the Chase for the Championship winning nine of ten Chase races and finishing 1-2-3 in the final standings. Roush Fenway Racing driver Carl Edwards, who won the final race, and teammate Greg Biffle finished second and third overall, respectively.
Siemens PLM Software-sponsored races teams have now won nine straight NASCAR Sprint Cup championships, including every championship this decade.
The nine of ten Chase race wins came with Biffle winning the first two races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Dover International Speedway; Johnson winning the third, sixth and ninth races at Kansas Speedway, Martinsville Speedway and Phoenix International Raceway; Joe Gibbs Racing driver Tony Stewart winning at Talladega Superspeedway; and Edwards winning the seventh, eighth and final races at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Texas Motor Speedway and Homestead-Miami Speedway.
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