A career came full circle for Jimmie Johnson, who won his first Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway in 2002 and Sunday claimed his fifth victory at the 2-mile track and the 48th of his career—matching the No. 48 on his Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.
Jeff Burton ran third, followed by Mark Martin and Joey Logano. Kurt Busch, Matt Kenseth, Clint Bowyer, Tony Stewart and Greg Biffle completed the top 10.
Kevin Harvick chased down Johnson after the final restart, but Harvick scraped the wall with four laps to go, allowing Johnson to drive away for the win.
With two races now in the books this season, Harvick holds a 19-point lead over teammate Clint Bowyer, who finished eighth.
“Oh great, only 34 [races] more to go,” Harvick jokingly said.
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Kevin Harvick 331 Leader 2 Clint Bowyer 312 -19 3 Greg Biffle 304 -27 4 Jamie McMurray 302 -29 5 Jeff Burton 300 -31 6 Mark Martin 297 -34 7 Matt Kenseth 288 -43 8 David Reutimann 273 -58 9 Joey Logano 263 -68 10 Carl Edwards 262 -69 11 Kurt Busch 254 -77 12 Jimmie Johnson 253 -78 13 Kyle Busch 252 -79 14 Brian Vickers 250 -81 15 Scott Speed 246 -85 16 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 242 -89 17 Tony Stewart 235 -96 18 Paul Menard 233 -98 19 David Ragan 214 -117 20 Martin Truex Jr. 201 -130 21 Denny Hamlin 198 -133 22 Jeff Gordon 198 -133 23 Juan Montoya 196 -135 24 Elliott Sadler 187 -144 25 Bobby Labonte 182 -149 26 Sam Hornish Jr. 172 -159 27 A.J. Allmendinger 160 -171 28 Brad Keselowski 155 -176 29 Travis Kvapil 154 -177 30 Regan Smith 152 -179 31 Robby Gordon 148 -183 32 Boris Said 142 -189 33 Kasey Kahne 139 -192 34 Mike Bliss 134 -197 35 Max Papis 122 -209 36 Ryan Newman 116 -215 37 Michael Waltrip 109 -222 38 Michael McDowell 101 -230 39 Marcos Ambrose 98 -233 40 David Gilliland 85 -246 41 Bill Elliott 82 -249 42 Joe Nemechek 77 -254 43 Robert Richardson Jr. 70 -261
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