NASCAR: Five Drivers Most Likely To Win A Championship In 2017

Nov 20, 2016; Homestead, FL, USA; NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Kyle Busch (18), NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Jimmie Johnson (48), NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Carl Edwards (19), NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Joey Logano (22) before the Ford Ecoboost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports /

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No. 1 – Jimmie Johnson

How can the top driver on this list not be Jimmie Johnson?

After winning six championships and struggling with the current Chase format the knock on Johnson was that he couldn’t win seven because of the new format. Well, in 2016 Johnson crushed the new format, won his seventh title and now the sky seems to be the limit for the driver of the No. 48 machine.

We have all witnessed Johnson go on a championship tear. Remember when he won the title every season for five years in a row? Now that he has won in this current Chase format, what is stopping him from winning this year and next year?

The drive that fueled Johnson and Knaus to get to the seventh title will pale in comparison to the drive that will fuel them to get to number eight. Seven titles puts Johnson on the same pedestal with the greatest drivers ever to be in NASCAR. Eight titles puts Johnson on a pedestal as the greatest driver ever to race in NASCAR, a pedestal that no other driver will most likely ever reach.

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You want to be against Johnson this season? You go right ahead and in November we can see exactly how that went for you.

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