Jimmie Johnson raced into historic territory Sunday, scoring the 50th Sprint Cup victory of his driving career by charging to the front late to win the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Johnson led the final six laps after taking the lead from Tony Stewart. FOXNews
Johnson’s 50th victory placed him in a tie with Ned Jarrett and Junior Johnson for 10th on the series’ all-time race winners list.
Stewart led only one lap before Johnson made his winning pass.
“I couldn’t do anything; that was the best I could do right there,” Stewart said.
Kurt Busch, who won two weeks ago at Atlanta, dominated most the race by leading 278 of 500 laps. Busch also took four tires on his final pit stop, but settled for a third-place finish. MiamiHerald.com
“Every win is extremely special,” said Johnson, who snapped an 0-for-16 skid at Bristol by charging from sixth to first over Sunday’s final 10-lap run. “But when a track kicks your butt for so long and you finally can win at that track, there’s just something really unique about that. That’s what I experienced today.” NASCAR
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 2 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 3 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 4 16 Greg Biffle Ford 5 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 6 99 Carl Edwards Ford 7 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 8 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 9 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 10 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 11 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 12 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 13 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge 14 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 15 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 16 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 17 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford 18 98 Paul Menard Ford 19 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 20 19 Elliott Sadler Ford 21 71 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet 22 7 Robby Gordon Toyota 23 38 David Gilliland Ford 24 26 David Stremme Ford 25 34 Travis Kvapil Ford 26 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 27 20 Joey Logano Toyota 28 37 Kevin Conway * Ford 29 6 David Ragan Ford 30 190 Casey Mears Chevrolet 31 82 Scott Speed Toyota 32 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 33 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 34 9 Kasey Kahne Ford 35 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 36 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 37 46 Terry Cook* Dodge 38 0 David Reutimann Toyota 39 9 Aric Almirola Chevrolet 40 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 41 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota 42 66 Dave Blaney Toyota 43 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota
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