Jimmie Johnson made a strong statement in his bid for a record-extending sixth straight Sprint Cup Series championship on Sunday at Kansas Speedway.
Johnson put on a dominating performance but had to hold off Kasey Kahne during a green-white-checkered finish to win Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400—the fourth race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.
Johnson notched his 55th career victory, which placed him in a tie with Rusty Wallace for eighth on the series’ all-time race winners list. Twenty of his wins have come in Chase races.
Brad Keselowski, who won at Kansas in June, finished third, while Matt Kenseth took the fourth spot. Edwards dealt with an ill-handling car for most of the race but rebounded nicely in the late-going to finish fifth. MiamiHerald.com
Edwards left Kansas with the points lead by one ahead of Kevin Harvick.
Johnson now sits third in points, three points down to Harvick as the series heads to Charlotte Motor Speedway for race 31 of the 36-race season.
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Jimmie Johnson Wins Hollywood Casino 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race at Kansas
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas - Race Results
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Carl Edwards 2161 Leader 2 Kevin Harvick 2160 -1 3 Jimmie Johnson 2157 -4 4 Brad Keselowski 2150 -11 5 Matt Kenseth 2149 -12 6 Kurt Busch 2145 -16 7 Tony Stewart 2142 -19 8 Kyle Busch 2141 -20 9 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2118 -43 10 Jeff Gordon 2114 -47 11 Ryan Newman 2107 -54 12 Denny Hamlin 2082 -79 13 Clint Bowyer 848 -1313 14 A.J. Allmendinger 828 -1333 15 Greg Biffle 826 -1335 16 Kasey Kahne 817 -1344 17 Mark Martin 809 -1352 18 David Ragan 795 -1366 19 Juan Montoya 788 -1373 20 Marcos Ambrose 782 -1379 21 Paul Menard 775 -1386 22 Martin Truex Jr. 769 -1392 23 Joey Logano 759 -1402 24 Jeff Burton 735 -1426 25 Regan Smith 698 -1463 26 Brian Vickers 697 -1464 27 Jamie McMurray 688 -1473 28 David Reutimann 624 -1537 29 Bobby Labonte 603 -1558 30 David Gilliland 494 -1667 31 Casey Mears 415 -1746 32 Dave Blaney 394 -1767 33 Andy Lally* 377 -1784 34 Robby Gordon 245 -1916 35 J.J. Yeley 142 -2019 36 Tony Raines 129 -2032 37 Michael McDowell 109 -2052 38 Bill Elliott 100 -2061 39 Terry Labonte 92 -2069 40 Ken Schrader 87 -2074
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