Carl Edwards led the most laps and won Sunday’s Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway to score his series-best ninth victory of the season, but Johnson claimed the big prize—his record-tying third consecutive Cup Series title—with a 15th-place finish that gave him a 69-point advantage over Edwards in the final standings.
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Johnson became the second to win three consecutive Sprint Cup championships, wrapping up the first three-peat since Cale Yarborough’s (1976-78) with a 15th-place finish in Sunday’s Ford 400 season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
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The Hendrick Motorsports driver pitted while running fifth with 15 laps remaining rather than risk running out of gas. He finished 69 points ahead of Carl Edwards, whose No. 99 Ford ran dry on fuel shortly after taking its series-high ninth victory this season.
“We lost the war but we won this battle,” Edwards told his crew. “Second place in the championship isn’t what we came here for. But Jimmie is a great guy and he deserved to win.”
RANK +/- DRIVER POINTS BEHIND STARTS POLES WINS TOP 5 TOP 10
1—Jimmie Johnson 6684 Leader 36 6 7 15 22
2—Carl Edwards 6615 -69 36 1 9 19 27
3—Greg Biffle 6467 -217 36 2 2 12 17
4 1 Kevin Harvick 6408 -276 36 0 0 7 19
5 1 Clint Bowyer 6381 -303 36 0 1 7 17
6 -2 Jeff Burton 6335 -349 36 0 2 7 18
7—Jeff Gordon 6316 -368 36 4 0 13 19
8 1 Denny Hamlin 6214 -470 36 1 1 12 18
9 3 Tony Stewart 6202 -482 36 0 1 10 16
10 1 Kyle Busch 6186 -498 36 2 8 17 21
11 -3 Matt Kenseth 6184 -500 36 0 0 9 20
12 -2 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 6127 -557 36 1 1 10 16
13—David Ragan 4299 -2385 36 0 0 6 14
14—Kasey Kahne 4085 -2599 36 2 2 4 14
15—Martin Truex Jr. 3839 -2845 36 0 0 3 11
16—Jamie McMurray 3809 -2875 36 0 0 4 11
17—Ryan Newman 3735 -2949 36 1 1 2 8
18—Kurt Busch 3635 -3049 36 0 1 5 10
19—Brian Vickers 3580 -3104 36 1 0 3 6
20—Casey Mears 3527 -3157 36 0 0 1 6
21—Bobby Labonte 3448 -3236 36 0 0 0 2
22—David Reutimann 3397 -3287 36 1 0 0 4
23 1 Travis Kvapil 3384 -3300 36 1 0 0 4
24 -1 Elliott Sadler 3364 -3320 36 0 0 2 8
25—Juan Montoya 3329 -3355 36 0 0 2 3
26—Paul Menard 3151 -3533 36 1 0 1 1
27 1 David Gilliland 3064 -3620 36 0 0 1 2
28 -1 Mark Martin 3022 -3662 24 0 0 4 11
29—Michael Waltrip 2889 -3795 36 0 0 1 2
30—Dave Blaney 2851 -3833 35 0 0 0 2
31 2 Scott Riggs 2797 -3887 34 0 0 0 1
32 -1 Reed Sorenson 2795 -3889 35 0 0 1 2
33 -1 Robby Gordon 2770 -3914 36 0 0 0 3
34—Regan Smith* 2672 -4012 34 0 0 0 0
35—Sam Hornish Jr.* 2523 -4161 34 0 0 0 0
36—A.J. Allmendinger 2436 -4248 27 0 0 0 2
37—Joe Nemechek 1989 -4695 32 1 0 0 0
38—Patrick Carpentier* 1794 -4890 24 1 0 0 0
39 1 Bill Elliott 1528 -5156 20 0 0 0 0
40 -1 Michael McDowell* 1466 -5218 20 0 0 0 0
41—J.J. Yeley 1263 -5421 17 0 0 1 1
42 1 Aric Almirola 1075 -5609 12 0 0 0 1
43 -1 Ken Schrader 1040 -5644 15 0 0 0 0
44—Kyle Petty 879 -5805 15 0 0 0 0
45 1 Marcos Ambrose 844 -5840 11 0 0 1 1
46 -1 Terry Labonte 811 -5873 10 0 0 0 0
47—Tony Raines 800 -5884 11 0 0 0 0
48—Mike Skinner 734 -5950 11 0 0 0 0
49—Dario Franchitti* 606 -6078 10 0 0 0 0
50—Jeremy Mayfield 578 -6106 8 0 0 0 0
51—Sterling Marlin 482 -6202 9 0 0 0 0
52 2 Chad McCumbee 396 -6288 6 0 0 0 0
53 -1 Johnny Sauter 387 -6297 9 0 0 0 0
54 -1 Dale Jarrett 367 -6317 5 0 0 0 0
55—Scott Speed 366 -6318 5 0 0 0 0
56—Ron Fellows 200 -6484 2 0 0 0 0
57 7 Brad Keselowski 200 -6484 2 0 0 0 0
58 -1 Boris Said 194 -6490 3 0 0 0 0
59 -1 Jason Leffler 192 -6492 3 0 0 0 0
60 -1 Jon Wood 183 -6501 3 0 0 0 0
61 -1 Kenny Wallace 166 -6518 2 0 0 0 0
62 -1 John Andretti 149 -6535 3 0 0 0 0
63 -1 Mike Wallace 143 -6541 2 0 0 0 0
64 -1 Joey Logano 113 -6571 3 0 0 0 0
65—Max Papis 92 -6592 2 0 0 0 0
66—David Stremme 84 -6600 1 0 0 0 0
67—P.J. Jones 52 -6632 1 0 0 0 0
68 1 Brad Coleman 49 -6635 1 0 0 0 0
69 -1 Scott Pruett 49 -6635 1 0 0 0 0
70—Mike Bliss 46 -6638 1 0 0 0 0
71—Brian Simo 34 -6650 1 0 0 0 0
72 1 Bryan Clauson 0 -6684 0 0 0 0 0
73 2 Derrike Cope 0 -6684 0 0 0 0 0
74—Chad Chaffin 0 -6684 0 0 0 0 0
75 -3 Jeff Green 0 -6684 0 0 0 0 0
76—Stanton Barrett 0 -6684 0 0 0 0 0
77 1 Scott Wimmer 0 -6684 0 0 0 0 0
78 -1 Carl Long 0 -6684 0 0 0 0 0
79 1 Johnny Benson 0 -6684 0 0 0 0 0
80 -1 Burney Lamar 0 -6684 0 0 0 0 0
81—Brandon Ash 0 -6684 0 0 0 0 0
82—Eric McClure 0 -6684 0 0 0 0 0
83—Jacques Villeneuve 0 -6684 0 0 0 0 0
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