A week after parlaying a lucky break on pit road at Fontana, Calif., into his first win of the season, Johnson pulled away to beat Kevin Harvick by 1.874 seconds at the 1.5-mile track. Johnson’s 49th career victory leaves him alone in 12th place on the Cup Series wins list, one behind Ned Jarrett and Junior Johnson.
“No luck involved in that one,” crew chief Chad Knaus radioed to Johnson after he crossed the finish line at the end of the 400-mile event.
Third-place finisher Jeff Gordon, who came to the pits as the leader, took two tires, and that decision—on which both Gordon and crew chief Steve Letarte agreed—gave Johnson the winning edge.
Hendrick driver Mark Martin finished fourth and Matt Kenseth was fifth. Joey Logano, Tony Stewart, Bowyer, Kasey Kahne and Greg Biffle rounded out the top 10.
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Kevin Harvick 506 Leader 2 Clint Bowyer 459 -47 3 Mark Martin 457 -49 4 Matt Kenseth 448 -58 5 Jimmie Johnson 443 -63 6 Greg Biffle 443 -63 7 Jeff Burton 430 -76 8 Joey Logano 413 -93 9 David Reutimann 397 -109 10 Carl Edwards 389 -117 11 Tony Stewart 386 -120 12 Kyle Busch 375 -131 13 Jeff Gordon 373 -133 14 Jamie McMurray 363 -143 15 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 357 -149 16 Scott Speed 348 -158 17 Paul Menard 345 -161 18 Brian Vickers 320 -186 19 Kurt Busch 312 -194 20 David Ragan 308 -198 21 Martin Truex Jr. 304 -202 22 Denny Hamlin 304 -202 23 Kasey Kahne 277 -229 24 Elliott Sadler 269 -237 25 Regan Smith 252 -254 26 Juan Montoya 248 -258 27 A.J. Allmendinger 248 -258 28 Sam Hornish Jr. 246 -260 29 Travis Kvapil 245 -261 30 Brad Keselowski 240 -266 31 Bobby Labonte 231 -275 32 Ryan Newman 225 -281 33 Marcos Ambrose 219 -287 34 Robby Gordon 215 -291 35 Max Papis 186 -320 36 Boris Said 185 -321 37 Mike Bliss 180 -326 38 David Gilliland 158 -348 39 Michael McDowell 138 -368 40 Kevin Conway* 125 -381
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