Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, scored his fifth victory of the season today in the Lenox Industrial Tools 301. It is the four-time defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) champion’s third win at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and the 52nd trip to victory lane of his career. He led three times during the day for a total of nine laps.
Johnson remains second in the standings as the Race to the Chase begins, leaving just nine races remaining before the start of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
Johnson led a contingent of four Team Chevy drivers with top-five finishes and a total of seven in the top-10 final finishing order.
Tony Stewart, No. 14 Old Spice/Office Depot Chevrolet, finished second in today’s 301-lap/318.46-mile race. The two-time NSCS champion moved to ninth in the standings.
Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet, finished fourth. The four-time NSCS champion is in fifth position in the points order.
Kevin Harvick, No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil Chevrolet, took the checkered flag in fifth place. He maintains a 105 point lead in the standings.
Kurt Busch (Dodge) finished third completing the top-five finishers.
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 2 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 3 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 4 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 5 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 6 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 7 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 8 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 9 20 Joey Logano Toyota 10 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford 11 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 12 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 13 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 14 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 15 0 David Reutimann Toyota 16 16 Greg Biffle Ford 17 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 18 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 19 19 Elliott Sadler Ford 20 6 David Ragan Ford 21 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 22 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 23 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 24 83 Reed Sorenson Toyota 25 99 Carl Edwards Ford 26 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge 27 82 Scott Speed Toyota 28 98 Paul Menard Ford 29 36 Casey Mears Chevrolet 30 7 Bobby Labonte Toyota 31 26 David Stremme Ford 32 34 Kevin Conway * Ford 33 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 34 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 35 37 David Gilliland Ford 36 9 Kasey Kahne Ford 37 71 Andy Lally Chevrolet 38 46 J.J. Yeley Dodge 39 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 40 164 Todd Bodine Toyota 41 55 Michael McDowell Toyota 42 66 Dave Blaney Toyota 43 13 Max Papis Toyota
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