Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, checked another item off of his to-do list by capturing his career-first road course win in the Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway. The four-time defending champion started second in the 43-car field and led 55 of the 110 laps in claiming victory number four of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) season.
In claiming his 51st win, Johnson jumped to second in the standings with 16 races in the books and 10 remaining until the start of the Chase.
Kevin Harvick, No. 29 Shell-Pennzoil Chevrolet, extended his lead in the point standings to 140 points, the largest of the season, with his third-place finish in the 350K/110-lap/218.9-mile race.
Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet, finished fifth to give Team Chevy three of the top-five finishers in today’s race. The four-time NSCS champion moved up two spots in the standings to fifth.
Tony Stewart, No. 14 Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet finished ninth followed by Juan Pablo Montoya, No. 42 Target Chevrolet in the 10th finishing position to give Team Chevy five of the top-10 finishers. Stewart moved to 10th in points while Montoya remains 20th in the standings.
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Kevin Harvick 2334 Leader 2 Jimmie Johnson 2194 -140 3 Kyle Busch 2193 -141 4 Denny Hamlin 2183 -151 5 Jeff Gordon 2142 -192 6 Kurt Busch 2118 -216 7 Matt Kenseth 2092 -242 8 Jeff Burton 2027 -307 9 Greg Biffle 2011 -323 10 Tony Stewart 1983 -351 11 Mark Martin 1947 -387 12 Carl Edwards 1932 -402 13 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1875 -459 14 Clint Bowyer 1858 -476 15 Ryan Newman 1850 -484 16 Jamie McMurray 1790 -544 17 Joey Logano 1783 -551 18 Kasey Kahne 1781 -553 19 Martin Truex Jr. 1775 -559 20 Juan Montoya 1771 -563 21 David Reutimann 1752 -582 22 A.J. Allmendinger 1711 -623 23 Paul Menard 1659 -675 24 Brad Keselowski 1558 -776 25 David Ragan 1557 -777 26 Scott Speed 1549 -785 27 Marcos Ambrose 1469 -865 28 Elliott Sadler 1437 -897 29 Sam Hornish Jr. 1405 -929 30 Regan Smith 1368 -966 31 Bobby Labonte 1203 -1131 32 Robby Gordon 1202 -1132 33 Travis Kvapil 1172 -1162 34 Brian Vickers 1158 -1176 35 David Gilliland 1135 -1199 36 Kevin Conway* 981 -1353 37 David Stremme 643 -1691 38 Joe Nemechek 643 -1691 39 Max Papis 628 -1706 40 Mike Bliss 621 -1713
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