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If you look at dynasties, the teams not only won the championship, but dominated the season. The most recent NFL dynasty, for instance, the New England Patriots, were not only expected to win the Super Bowl, but to dominate their division and win every game except, perhaps, for one or two meaningless games at the end of the season. While you expect Johnson to win, or at least compete, for the championship, you don't expect him to win every race.
While Johnson has won the last three championships, the only semi-dominate season in those three years was 2007 when he won 10 of 36 races and finished in the top 5 20 times and top 10 24 times. To me, that's like an NFL team going 10-6 or 11-5 and winning the Super Bowl. Very nice season, but not super dominate.
In my opinion, there have only been five potential dynasties in NASCAR. From 1995 to 1998, Jeff Gordon won three of the four championships. He was not only dominate in the final standings, but he was also dominate on the track, winning 13 of 33 races and finishing in the top 5 26 times in 1998. In 1997, Gordon won 10 of 32 races and finished in the top 5 22 times. In 1996, Gordon finished second in the season standings, losing by 37 points, winning 10 of 31 races and finishing in the top 5 21 times. Gordon's run started with the 1995 championship. In what would be his weakest year in the four-year run, he won only seven of 31 races, finished in the top 5 17 times and in the top 10 23 times.
In 127 races over the four year period, Gordon won 40 races and finished in the top 5 an amazing 86 times, meaning he ran outside the top 5 only 41 times. There were times in that run where you wondered if he was going to let anyone else win and that's the mark of a dynasty.
From 1981 to 1983, Darrell Waltrip won two championships and finished second once. He won 30 of 91 races and finished in the top 5 60 times.
From 1974 to 1978, Cale Yarbrough won the championship three times and finished second once. In 120 races over the four year period, Yarbrough won 38 times and finished in the top 5 87 times, meaning he had only 33 finishes over four years outside the top 10.
The longest dynasty, IMO, is Richard Petty, the King, who reigned from 1967 to 1977, where, over an 11-year period, he finished first in the final standings five times and second three times -- which ain't bad for an individual sport. His lowest finish over those 11 years was 5th, including 1970 when he missed five races due to an injury suffered at Darlington but still managed 18 wins and 27 top 5s in 40 races that year. In those 11 years, he won 137 wins, which is 22 more races than any other driver has won in their career, and finished in the top 5 297 times. When Petty came to the track, people expected him to win, which is the definition of a dynasty.
The first dynasty was Herb Thomas, who had a good run from 1951 to 1956 when he captured two titles and finished second three times over a six year period. Thomas won 47 of the 213 races he competed in and added 121 top 5s.
besides "chatting" you should get this question deleted for not even knowing how to spell a 3 time NASCAR Champions name.
1996-2000 yankees (4 of 5)
1999-2002 Lakers (3of 3)
1990-1998 Bulls (6 of 8)
2001-2004 Even though i hate them Patriots (3 of 4)
2006-2008 Jimmie Johnson (3 of 3)
based on the standards, Johnson fits in the club. He's dominated Nascar like no other man has done in recent years. Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt never won three straight. Cale Yarborough is the only other to win three staight (1976-1978).
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