Jimmie Johnson and his pit crew celebrate winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship after the Ford Ecoboost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday. ( Mark J. Rebilas / USA Today Sports )HOMESTEAD, FLA.—Jimmie Johnson tied Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt with a record seven NASCAR championships when the hard-luck breaks of racing turned Sunday’s title-deciding finale into his crowning moment. Edwards tried to block Logano on the restart, wound up wrecked and it was Johnson who drove through the wreckage to take the championship lead. Article Continued BelowThe title was there for the taking for Edwards until the fateful sequence that changed history. Contact between the two sent Edwards hard into an interior wall, then all the way across the track for a second hit.

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