Jimmie Johnson continued to roll with momentum by taking his No. 48 Lowe’s/Kobalt Tools Impala to victory lane at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS). His victory in the Shelby American was his second consecutive win in 2010 and his fourth victory on the 1.5-mile track.
In scoring his 49th career win, the four-time defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) champion became the all-time winning driver on 1.5-mile tracks. The trip to victory lane moved Johnson to 12th on the NSCS all-time race win list, one race behind NASCAR greats Ned Jarrett and Junior Johnson. He jumped seven spots in the standings to fifth with today’s win.
Johnson’s win was the fifth win for Team Chevy at LVMS and the third straight trip to victory lane for the BowTie Brigade in 2010.
Kevin Harvick remains the NSCS point standings leader with his second-place finish behind the wheel of the No. 29 Pennzoil Ultra Impala. Harvick, who led twice for two laps in the 267-lap./400.5-mile race, holds a 47 point lead with three of 36 races in the record books. It is the second consecutive runner-up finish for Harvick and his third top-10 in three races.
Jeff Gordon brought the No. 24 DuPont Pepsi/Max Impala to the finish line in third after leading seven times for a total of 219 laps, a record for laps led in NSCS competition at LVMS. The four-time NSCS champion jumped nine positions in the standings to 13th, only two points out of the coveted top-12.
Mark Martin, No. 5 GoDaddy.com Impala, finished fourth in the race and jumped to third in the standings.
Tony Stewart’s seventh place finish in the No. 14 Old Spice/Office Depot Impala and Clint Bowyer’s, No. 33 Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Impala, eighth place run gave Team Chevy six of the top-10 finishers.
Bowyer remains second in the standings and Stewart climbed six spots to the 11th points position.
Jeff Burton, No. 31 Caterpillar Impala, finished 11th today and is seventh in the standings after three races.
Matt Kenseth (Ford) completed the top-five finishers with Joey Logano (Toyota), Kasey Kahne (Ford) and Greg Biffle (Ford) filling out the top-10 across the stripe.
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 2 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 3 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 4 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 5 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 6 20 Joey Logano Toyota 7 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 8 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 9 9 Kasey Kahne Ford 10 16 Greg Biffle Ford 11 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 12 99 Carl Edwards Ford 13 0 David Reutimann Toyota 14 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 15 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 16 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 17 98 Paul Menard Ford 18 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 19 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 20 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 21 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 22 82 Scott Speed Toyota 23 6 David Ragan Ford 24 34 Travis Kvapil Ford 25 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford 26 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge 27 19 Elliott Sadler Ford 28 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 29 66 Dave Blaney Toyota 30 38 David Gilliland Ford 31 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 32 7 Robby Gordon Toyota 33 13 Max Papis Toyota 34 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 35 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 36 37 Kevin Conway * Ford 37 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 38 71 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet 39 36 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 40 26 Boris Said Ford 41 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 42 55 Michael McDowell Toyota 43 9 Aric Almirola Chevrolet
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