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.
Robby Gordon (Toyota) and Kasey Kahne (Ford) completed the top-five finishers.
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.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr., No. 88 AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet, finished 11th today.
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 2 7 Robby Gordon Toyota 3 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 4 9 Kasey Kahne Ford 5 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 6 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 7 16 Greg Biffle Ford 8 26 Boris Said Ford 9 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 10 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 11 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 12 9 Jan Magnussen Chevrolet 13 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford 14 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 15 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 16 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 17 19 Elliott Sadler Ford 18 82 Scott Speed Toyota 19 38 David Gilliland Ford 20 0 David Reutimann Toyota 21 83 Mattias Ekstrom Toyota 22 98 Paul Menard Ford 23 71 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet 24 37 Travis Kvapil Ford 25 6 David Ragan Ford 26 46 J.J. Yeley Dodge 27 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 28 34 Kevin Conway * Ford 29 99 Carl Edwards Ford 30 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 31 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 32 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 33 20 Joey Logano Toyota 34 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 35 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge 36 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 37 66 Dave Blaney Toyota 38 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 39 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 40 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 41 207 P.J. Jones Toyota 42 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 43 13 Max Papis Toyota
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