NEW YORK (AP) -- Johnny Damon knows how difficult it can be to win a championship. After all, it took him four years to finally win the World Series with the Yankees.

That's why even he marvels at Jimmie Johnson, who wrapped up an unprecedented fourth consecutive Cup championship on Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

"We haven't seen that in baseball in a very long time," Damon said Tuesday, during a ceremony honoring Johnson at the Empire State Building. "I believe in NASCAR it could be tougher, because every week these guys are going for you. It's kind of like putting on the pinstripes."

Johnson was at Yankee Stadium for Game 1 of the World Series, then watched from afar as the Yankees clinched their record 27th world championship by defeating the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 6. Johnson would have liked to see a couple more games, but he was too busy chasing his own record.

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