Johnson grabbed his first career win Sunday at Bristol with a masterful final 10 laps, denying Busch a victory in a race he had dominated.
Johnson became only the 12th driver in NASCAR history to win 50 races. He reached the milestone in his 296th start, and only three drivers did it faster: Jeff Gordon (232), Darrell Waltrip (278) and David Pearson (293).
Kevin Harvick maintained his lead in the Sprint Cup Series standings by finishing 11th.
Stewart finished second and was followed by Kurt Busch, who led 275 of the 500 laps and lost the lead by taking four tires on the final pit stop.
Biffle and Kenseth finished fourth and fifth and the top-10 was rounded out by Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jamie McMurray, Kyle Busch and Jeff Burton.
The failure to win was especially painful for Busch, who finished third. He led 278 laps. On the final restart, he was bottled up behind two-tire traffic and didn’t get a shot to challenge for first.
“We were solid all day,” Busch said. “We just got beat by the luck of the draw on the restarts. It’s luck on which lane is going to go. I thought we had them beat. I’d rather lose to any of the other 41 teams but that 48 team.
“I feel exhausted. I feel disappointed. Auto Racing Daily
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Kevin Harvick 774 Leader 2 Matt Kenseth 773 -1 3 Jimmie Johnson 760 -14 4 Greg Biffle 750 -24 5 Tony Stewart 685 -89 6 Kurt Busch 677 -97 7 Jeff Burton 677 -97 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 621 -153 9 Paul Menard 614 -160 10 Kyle Busch 606 -168 11 Jeff Gordon 603 -171 12 Clint Bowyer 601 -173 13 Carl Edwards 585 -189 14 Brian Vickers 584 -190 15 Jamie McMurray 581 -193 16 Mark Martin 579 -195 17 Joey Logano 558 -216 18 Scott Speed 552 -222 19 Denny Hamlin 515 -259 20 Martin Truex Jr. 513 -261 21 A.J. Allmendinger 510 -264 22 Juan Montoya 508 -266 23 Kasey Kahne 508 -266 24 David Reutimann 489 -285 25 Elliott Sadler 483 -291 26 Ryan Newman 452 -322 27 David Ragan 436 -338 28 Regan Smith 428 -346 29 Bobby Labonte 428 -346 30 Brad Keselowski 424 -350 31 Marcos Ambrose 413 -361 32 Travis Kvapil 406 -368 33 Sam Hornish Jr. 392 -382 34 Robby Gordon 346 -428 35 David Gilliland 342 -432 36 Mike Bliss 276 -498 37 Kevin Conway* 274 -500 38 Boris Said 252 -522 39 Max Papis 247 -527 40 Joe Nemechek 205 -569 41 Bill Elliott 202 -572 42 Dave Blaney 198 -576 43 Michael McDowell 175 -599 44 Michael Waltrip 149 -625 45 Aric Almirola 114 -660 46 David Stremme 91 -683 47 Casey Mears 73 -701 48 Robert Richardson Jr. 70 -704 49 Terry Cook* 52 -722 50 John Andretti 49 -725 51 Todd Bodine 0 -774 52 Johnny Sauter 0 -774 53 Derrike Cope 0 -774 54 Reed Sorenson 0 -774 55 Mike Wallace 0 -774 56 Norm Benning 0 -774 57 Jeff Fuller 0 -774
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