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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Chad Knaus will act as if this shot at a record-tying seventh championship is just another race, and that he has barely thought of what it means for his place in the record books with Jimmie Johnson.Knaus has already led Johnson to a record five straight titles, six overall, and is now aiming to be the first crew chief in history to win seven NASCAR titles with the same driver. Hall of Fame crew chief Dale Inman won eight, but not with one driver.Knaus will downplay this until the bitter end -- even if he hoists the championship trophy with Johnson on Sunday night at Homestead-Miami Speedway.I guess I really dont know what I want my legacy to be, Knaus said Wednesday. I guess just to be remembered as a real racer, I guess, more than anything. I was a grass-roots racer from the Midwest who got an opportunity ... (and) was able to work my way up methodically. For people just to remember that I started out as a racer and ended as a racer is probably my biggest goal.Johnson will face defending series champion Kyle Busch, Joey Logano and Carl Edwards on Sunday, with the highest-finishing driver winning the championship.If its Johnson, he will tie Richard Petty and the late Dale Earnhardt as the only drivers with seven titles. But hell have it done it with a team that Knaus built from the bottom, and the No. 48 team would be the first to win seven titles with the same driver, crew chief and sponsor.Knaus admits that distinction would make it even more phenomenal.Its been an honor to be able to work with Jimmie, Lowes and Hendrick Motorsports throughout this portion of my career, he said. Being able to represent this company and our associates the way that we have has been a lot of fun. To Jimmie personally, obviously he is by far one of my best friends, and to be able to have seen him grow and mature into the driver and the family man that he is has been awesome. Its been a great ride.BACK-TO-BACKKyle Busch hand-picked Adam Stevens to be his crew chief when Joe Gibbs Racing made personnel changes after the 2014 season.The two had clicked working together in the Xfinity Series, and Busch felt Stevens could be the one to lead him to a championship. They succeeded last year, rallying from a deep hole after Busch missed a third of the season with injuries suffered at Daytona. Now they are back in the finale trying to become the first repeat winners since Johnson reeled off five consecutive titles.Stevens said he and Busch have not focused on the back-to-back opportunity.We havent talked about that specifically, but the chances to win a championship in this sport arent going to come every year, he said. When you get that chance, you want to make sure that youve turned over every stone and taken every turn that you can to try to make it happen.You know, back-to-back, or once every 10 years, or however often you can find yourself in this opportunity with a shot to win is colossal.OUTSIDERS VIEWDave Rogers has worked for Joe Gibbs Racing for 18 years. During that time, he watched Bobby Labonte win a championship, and was a team member on Tony Stewarts crew when Stewart won two titles. A crew chief change at JGR moved him off of Kyle Buschs team last year and Busch went on to win the title.Now Rogers is finally in the championship hunt on his own, with Carl Edwards, and hes ready to lead a team to a title he can call his own.Theres lots of experiences, successes and failures that prepare you for this, Rogers said. Theres a handful of championships that Ive witnessed. This is obviously the first time that Ive gone to Homestead personally as a crew chief prepared to race for the championship, but theres a winning pedigree here at JGR and everyones open notebook policy has prepared me well for this weekend.Rogers didnt make it to the finale as crew chief for Busch or Denny Hamlin. Edwards lost the 2011 championship to Stewart on a tie-breaker. They both feel like past experience has them prepared for Sunday.Weve both been in situations where weve come up short, and we know what its like to lose, Rogers said. Now we want to go down there and try to figure out how to win it. I know Carl was disappointed last year that he fell short. The 11 (Hamlin team) was disappointed last year that we fell short, but now were teamed up together, our first year together, were going down there with the option to win it, and were just excited about it.LESSONS LEARNEDJoey Logano and Todd Gordon thought they were ready to win a championship when they raced for a title in 2014.Then one bad pit stop ended their chances. With that experience behind them, Gordon believes they have the mental toughness to win the title.I think in 2014, that was when we went through this the first time. Not knowing what to do or what to expect or how it was going to flow out, the championship race, race weekend, he said. This time around ... I think its matters as usual.I feel a lot of calm from his feedback and what hes saying and what hes doing and the mannerisms. Hes all (about) just making this another race, and I think in a great position. Nike Air Vapormax Plus Mens Sale . -- Team after team passed on Andre Ellington in the draft. 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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee secured a spot in the SEC Tournament and extended its unbeaten streak to five games with a 3-0 victory over Mississippi State on Thursday night at Regal Soccer Stadium to set up a showdown between two of the leagues hottest teams on Sunday.FINALRegal Soccer Stadium // Knoxville, Tenn. // 951Miss St06-10, 1-8 SEC Tennessee310-6-1, 5-3-1 SEC 1st Half 2nd Half Final Miss St 0 0 - 0 Tennessee 2 1 - 3Scoring PlaysGoal by Meghan Flynn (Assisted by: Anna Bialczak and Hannah Wilkinson ) - 33:13 Goal by Rylie OKeefe - 43:50 Goal by Carlyn Baldwin (Assisted by: Meghan Flynn and Mackenzie Gouner ) - 52:40 TEAM STATS Miss St Tennessee Shots 15 11 Shots On Goal 7 7 Saves 4 7 Offside 2 3 Corners 5 2 Fouls 12 14PENALTIES Khalyn Harmon (MSU) - 56:45 Maya Neal (UT) - 63:57 Three different players scored for the Volunteers (10-6-1, 5-3-1 SEC) as they reached double-digit wins for the third time under head coach Brian Pensky. Meghan Flynn notched the game-winner in the 34th minute and also assisted on the final goal of the game to set a new career high with three points. Rylie OKeefe and Carlyn Baldwin also scored for UT.Despite a slow start to the game, the Vols opened the scoring on Flynns first goal of the season. The redshirt sophomore forward corralled a great pass from Anna Bialczak in the left side of the box and placed her shot perfectly into the lower right corner of the net to put UT up 1-0.The Big Orange added to its lead with a highlight reel strike from distance by OKeefe just before halftime. The Littleton, Colo., native gathered the ball about 40 yards from goal and caught the MSU keeper off her line, sending a long attempt off the bottom of the crossbar and into the net for her fifth goal of the year to give the Vols a 2-0 lead at the break.Tennessee didnt waste much time in the second half beefore putting the game away with its third goal of the night.dddddddddddd Baldwin found herself alone in front of goal for an easy tap in after a cross from Mackenzie Gouner was deflected by Flynn towards the top of the six-yard box. Baldwin was there for the easy finish to put the Vols up 3-0.Mady Hairston nearly made it 4-0 later in the second half but was unable to covert on a pair of quality chances in the 75th minute. The Bulldogs (6-10, 1-8 SEC) outshot the Vols, 15-11, for the game but sophomore goalkeeper Shae Yanez made a couple of great saves to preserve the shutout. She finished with six stops for the game before Jamie Simmons replaced her for the final nine minutes. Kennadi Carbin led MSU with five total shots and two on goal.UTs three goals tied a season high and extended the teams streak of multi-goal games to six after the Vols only had five multi-goal performances all of last season. Hannah Wilkinsons five-game goal streak came to an end, however, the New Zealand native record a point for the sixth consecutive contest with her team-leading ninth assist of the year.With the win, Tennessee continued its dominance over Mississippi State, improving to 15-2-1 all-time against the Bulldogs while earning its eighth win in the last nine meetings. The Vols now move on to a showdown with No. 2 South Carolina on Sunday evening at Regal Soccer Stadium. The Gamecocks defeated Vanderbilt, 2-1, in overtime on Thursday night to win their 15th straight game and remain undefeated. Sunday will be Senior Night as well for UT with game time slated for 5 p.m. on SEC Network +/WatchESPN (Online). Admission is free for all fans so dont miss your final chance to see the Vols play at home this season. ' ' '