Jimmie Johnson — The winning formula for five consecutive championships is easy to articulate. The execution is another matter. Johnson and crew chief Chad Knaus know how to peak for the final 10 races, win enough of them to build an edge (Johnson has won a mind-blowing 19 of the 70 Chase races) and shrug off even the most disastrous of setbacks (witness the rally from a 39th-place finish at New Hampshire in the No. 48 team’s 2006 championship season). Until someone else comes up with a better game plan — and pulls it off — Johnson is the champ.