David Reutimann didn’t need any help from Mother Nature this time when he won Saturday’s LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway for his second career Sprint Cup Series victory.
Reutimann drove past Jeff Gordon for the lead with 54 laps remaining, and then after reclaiming the top spot following a late-race round of green-flag pit stops, he held off Carl Edwards in the closing laps for his first win in a Sprint Cup race that went the scheduled distance. His maiden victory in NASCAR’s top circuit came 42 races ago at Charlotte, where the May 2009 event was cut 173 laps short of its 400-lap distance due to rain. MiamiHerald.com
Jeff Gordon ran third after leading 47 laps late in the race. Clint Bowyer came home fourth, followed by pole-sitter Jamie McMurray. Kasey Kahne, Jeff Burton, Denny Hamlin, Tony Stewart and Paul Menard completed the top 10.
It was the 600th career start for Gordon, who joked that he’s beginning to feel a little old.
Gordon, who is second in the standings, cut Harvick’s advantage from 212 points to 103.
Johnson may have had the fastest car—having led the first 92 laps—but he hurt his own cause twice before the race was 150 laps old. On the way to a green-flag stop on Lap 93, Johnson missed the entrance to pit road, lost the lead to McMurray and spent the next 40 laps running down the driver of the No. 1 Chevy. NASCAR.com
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 0 David Reutimann Toyota 2 99 Carl Edwards Ford 3 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 4 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 5 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 6 9 Kasey Kahne Ford 7 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 8 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 9 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 10 98 Paul Menard Ford 11 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 12 6 David Ragan Ford 13 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 14 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford 15 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 16 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 17 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 18 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge 19 20 Joey Logano Toyota 20 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 21 19 Elliott Sadler Ford 22 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 23 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 24 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 25 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 26 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 27 83 Reed Sorenson Toyota 28 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 29 9 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet 30 82 Scott Speed Toyota 31 38 Travis Kvapil Ford 32 37 David Gilliland Ford 33 34 Kevin Conway * Ford 34 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 35 16 Greg Biffle Ford 36 26 David Stremme Ford 37 21 Bill Elliott Ford 38 7 Robby Gordon Toyota 39 71 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 40 36 Casey Mears Chevrolet 41 132 Mike Bliss Toyota 42 13 Max Papis Toyota 43 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota
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