MARTINSVILLE, Va.—Martinsville Speedway is the place where Jimmie Johnson started his four-race winning streak a year ago on his way to his second consecutive championship.

As rain fell Friday and wiped out qualifying, putting the points-leading Johnson on the pole for the second week in a row, the drivers closest to him in the Chase for the Sprint Cup couldn’t help but wonder if a third straight title was almost a foregone conclusion.

“I don’t know where Jimmie gets his horseshoes,” Carl Edwards said, “but he’s got amazing luck, and they do everything right, so we just...

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