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MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- Chad Knaus swears his team, and his driver Jimmie Johnson, dont obsess over Johnson potentially earning a record-tying seventh championship.He says they worry about winning the next race, earning Johnsons 80th career victory after No. 79 came Sunday at Martinsville Speedway.But he must not read Johnsons Twitter account. Johnson has no hashtag about the number of wins. But he often puts in his tweets:#Se7enOn Twitter, a person cant add emphasis to a hashtag. But after Sunday, Johnsons #Se7en will take a new meaning over the next three weeks.His Goodys Fast Relief 500 victory propelled him into the true championship conversation as he earned one of the four berths available in the Homestead finale for the eight remaining Chase for the Sprint Cup drivers. Johnson, any Chase drivers who win upcoming events at Texas and Phoenix and then those best in points will fill the remaining four spots.Tying Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty with a record seven career titles would seem a ridiculous notion for Johnson years ago when the off-road racer made a nondescript entrance into NASCAR as a good-but-not-great Xfinity Series driver.Id love to do it, Johnson said. Honestly, just thrilled to have a shot at it. Thats all you can hope for, is just have a shot at it.Johnson never dreamed of winning seven titles. While he did guarantee potential sponsors back in the day he would win in Cup, that was more youthful enthusiasm and not a prediction. But once he was paired with Chad Knaus and put in cars that required his excellent car control, Johnson became unstoppable as he won five titles from 2006-2010 and then another in 2013.Johnson also has enjoyed a ridiculous turnaround in 2016 alone. He had a 15-race stretch where he posted just three top-5 finishes starting in April at Bristol and running through early August at Watkins Glen.Sometimes youre not as good as you look, youre not as bad as you look, team owner Rick Hendrick said. I dont think we were as bad. Now, we were pretty terrible back April, May.We started picking up speed, getting to the front, leading some laps. We could see it coming. ... I felt like we could be at Homestead, but theres no guarantee. There are a whole lot of people in the garage that thought theyd be at Homestead that wont be at Homestead.Hendrick played a role. He spent more time with the team, its engineers, its crew chiefs and its drivers.The turnaround, Im way impressed with, especially from where we came from to where weve ended up, Johnson said. Its one thing to see progress, but to advance and go back to leading a lot of laps and contending for many wins is very, very impressive.We couldnt have done it on our own. It took all four teams, then it took all the departments at Hendrick. Honestly, it took Rick Hendrick showing his commitment. For him to sit in the wind tunnel for a 24?hour shift with all the teams, his commitment. He couldnt help being in that wind tunnel, but his presence there, the message that sent to the organization.Even the win Sunday had its ridiculous moments for Johnson. He seemed surprised when Denny Hamlin slammed into him to make a pass, feeling as if he was racing hard but not worthy of such an aggressive move. The damage, luckily for Johnson, just needed a little bit of fixing.Im puzzled that he had to move me like he did, Johnson said. The inside is a preferred lane. I gave him the inside.I had a little something working on the top. Theres a line of cars behind him. I just cant roll over.Then with about 140 laps to go, Johnson was among four cars that had not pitted during a lengthy green-flag run when Carl Edwards blew a tire and slammed the wall. Struggling to make sure he had enough fuel, Johnson accidentally stalled his car on the backstretch.He realized he had hit the wrong switch, turning off the electronic control unit for the fuel injection system. Johnson lost only three spots because only a few cars remained on the lead lap, and he got the car re-fired before he lost a lap. Somehow his car had enough fuel to make it around for several circuits before NASCAR opened pit road as it tried to get the scoring figured out.Johnson restarted fourth -- his team thought he should have started a little higher, but after nearly 20 minutes and 29 caution laps of NASCAR confusion in its scoring tower, the team didnt have time to create more of a ruckus -- and then owned the final green-flag segment of the race.its unbelievable were here with the trophy, Johnson said. We were parked on the backstretch with a hundred [or so] to go.Thankfully, we had some track position at the time, so the pace car didnt come to me and put me down a lap. That would have been a huge problem for us.It took Johnson 23 laps to motor to the front, where he remained for the final 92 circuits. A hard-charging Brad Keselowski finished second with three frustrated Joe Gibbs Racing drivers -- Hamlin, Matt Kenseth and Kyle Busch -- finishing third through fifth.That JGR trio remained ahead of the Chase bubble. The ones currently outside: Joey Logano (ninth), Kevin Harvick (20th), Kurt Busch (22nd) and Edwards (36th).While the JGR and Toyota drivers dominated the regular season, Johnson could now have the last laugh in his Chevrolet.Its not about the numbers, Knaus said. Its not about seven. Its not about tying Dale. Its not about tying Richard. Its not about beating Dale or Richard, beating Jeff [Gordon] for most wins [at Hendrick with 93]. I think you guys miss what were about.We want to go win Texas. You follow me? We want to go win Homestead. We want to go win Phoenix. Then, guess what, in a few months Daytona is rolling around, we want to win that one, too. Thats the way we approach every single race. Its not about what were eclipsing.Knaus can keep saying it, but he will convince few of it. Of course, lets be clear: Johnson doesnt need to win a seventh to cement him in NASCAR history. It only will enhance it.Seven is a number to a lot of people, but to me hes already one of the all-time greats, four-time Sprint Cup champion Jeff Gordon said after what likely was the last race of his career. I think that number would maybe just solidify that in the history books maybe for some others, and maybe it would be really special to Jimmie personally.Im sure it would. Thats amazing. Seven. 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STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Eleven years ago, the draft was not the media spectacle it is today, not only because there was no Twitter. Back in 2005, the NHL was recovering from the lockout that had swept out the entire previous season -- and the original draft date along with it.Only the top 20 prospects had been invited to the Westin Hotel in Ottawa, and it was already the next day in Sollentuna, Sweden -- home of Mats Sundin -- when Patric Hornqvist woke up to his father telling him that he had been drafted by the Nashville Predators.Hornqvist had played that season in Vasby, two suburbs over from Sollentuna and two divisions removed from the top-tier Swedish league.I woke right up and jolted out of my bed, he recently told ESPN.com in Swedish.The fact that he had been the last player drafted in the entire draft -- 230th overall -- didnt make him any less excited about his career possibilities.At least I had a real chance to make it to the NHL, he said. It gave me some new hope. Somebody in the Predators organization believed in me.Whether the chance to make it to the NHL is big or small is up to each player. I just decided to make the best of my chance.The door was ajar, and Hornqvist kicked it wide open.From his draft class, only five players have scored more goals than Hornqvists 153. One of them is his relatively new linemate, Sidney Crosby, and another is the player the Pens traded away two years ago in return for Hornqvist and Nick Spaling: James Neal.That, too, happened in the middle of the night, Hornqvist said of the trade. My phone rang, and when I saw it was an unknown U.S. number, I realized it had been the draft weekend, and I knew something was up. It was David Poile, the Predators GM, who thanked me for my service and told me to wait for the Penguins GM to call right after.I could hardly speak. I was shocked and only half-awake. Its a strange feeling to get traded, but I quickly understood that I had been traded to a great team.While the Penguins saved $800,000 under their salary cap with Neals contract going the other way, it was mostly a good hockeey trade.ddddddddddddWe like Hornqvist a lot, GM Jim Rutherford said at the time. We think hes a complete player, an all-around player, a player that plays with an edge. Hell be good in the playoffs.That he was. Last spring, Hornqvist scored nine goals in 24 playoff games, second on the Pens only to Phil Kessel (10). One of those was the Pens last goal, the Cup-clinching empty-netter with 62 seconds remaining in Game 6 against the San Jose Sharks.I just remember waiting for the buzzer to go off, he said. We got a penalty with 10 seconds remaining, but we knew we had the game in the bag, and the feeling of relief and pure happiness was so awesome.These days, Hornqvists red steel wool playoff beard is gone, and after his day with the Cup, hes looking forward to the World Cup of Hockey, which kicks off Sept. 17 in Toronto.Its a special feeling to come to a national team meeting because were not that close friends, but we sort of know each other, he said of his Sweden teammates.This time around, Sweden has a new coach in Rikard Gronborg, former assistant in the national team, and Hornqvist is going to be one of his most important offensive weapons.Last season, he was fourth in goal scoring by Swedish NHLers, behind Loui Eriksson of the Boston Bruins, Daniel Sedin of the Vancouver Canucks and Filip Forsberg of the Predators. Since his first full season with the Predators, only two Swedes -- Sedin and Eriksson -- have scored more goals than Hornqvist, and since 2013, only Gustav Nyquist, who isnt on Swedens World Cup roster, has scored more.Its going to be a great tournament, with all nations icing their best teams, said Hornqvist, 29. Also, compared to the Olympics, we now have a proper training camp -- two-and-a-half weeks instead of two days -- so we can really work on our game. Our new coach has a bit of a North American touch, which is what were used to now [as NHLers].Just full steam ahead.Why not? It has worked for him in the past. ' ' '