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Reading the clinch scenarios for Homestead is like reading a book for the third time...or in this case, the sixth time.

All Jimmie Johnson has to do is finish 23rd or 24th and he has a sixth title.

Johnson leads Matt Kenseth by 28 points in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings, going into Ford Championship Weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Regardless of any other driver's finish, Johnson will clinch his sixth NASCAR Sprint Cup championship with a finish of 23rd or better at HMS; or 24th or better and at least one lap led; or 25th or better and the most laps led in Sunday's Ford EcoBoost 400.

Phoenix winner Kevin Harvick, 34 points behind Johnson, remains the only other driver eligible for the 2013 championship.

Unless Johnson has a miserable day--kind of like the one that Kenseth had at Phoenix--it's all but in the bag.