Johnson, who led 298 laps, cleared Stewart for the lead through Turns 3 and 4 on Lap 398 and pulled away to finish .861 seconds ahead of the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Chevrolet. Having taken two tires to Jimmie Johnson’s four during the final pit stops for each team, Stewart repeatedly ran high through the corners to try to block Johnson’s line.
Johnson, who led 298 laps, cleared Stewart for the lead through Turns 3 and 4 on Lap 398 and pulled away to finish .861 seconds ahead of the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Chevrolet. Having taken two tires to Johnson’s four during the final pit stops for each team, Stewart repeatedly ran high through the corners to try to block Johnson’s line.
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Biffle finished third, followed by Matt Kenseth and Kurt Busch. Kasey Kahne, Carl Edwards, Ryan Newman, Casey Mears and Mark Martin completed the top 10. In his first race at Hendrick Motorsports with a crew chief other than Tony Eury Jr., Dale Earnhardt Jr. faded to 12th after a cracking the top five earlier in the race. NASCAR.com
“To have to run that hard to pass that many good cars, that’s a challenge,” Johnson said. “I had to really suck it up and get going. I thought I was going to pound the wall a couple of times.”
“We had an awesome race car today,” Johnson said. “We’ve been fast, but this was a very special car today.” MiamiHerald.com
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The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Top 12 – And Beyond: Week 14
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 2 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 3 16 Greg Biffle Ford 4 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 5 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 6 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 7 99 Carl Edwards Ford 8 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 9 7 Casey Mears Chevrolet 10 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 11 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 12 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 13 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 14 26 Jamie McMurray Ford 15 20 Joey Logano * Toyota 16 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 17 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 18 0 David Reutimann Toyota 19 43 Reed Sorenson Dodge 20 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 21 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet 22 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 23 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 24 6 David Ragan Ford 25 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 26 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 27 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge 28 96 Bobby Labonte Ford 29 44 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge 30 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 31 12 David Stremme Dodge 32 98 Paul Menard Ford 33 7 Robby Gordon Toyota 34 34 John Andretti Chevrolet 35 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota 36 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 37 82 Scott Speed * Toyota 38 187 Joe Nemechek Toyota 39 66 Dave Blaney Toyota 40 9 Mike Bliss Dodge 41 36 Mike Skinner Toyota 42 37 Tony Raines Chevrolet 43 171 David Gilliland Chevrolet
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