“It’s the same stuff over and over again,” said Johnson, who widened his lead to 118 points over Mark Martin with a runner-up finish to Hamlin in Sunday’s Tums Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway. “I know it gives everybody something to talk about, but I’m tired of talking about all the what-ifs.”
Said Hamlin: “I’m sure on the websites (Monday) there will be 12 stories about … Jimmie, and then mine will be in that little column, ‘Denny Hamlin wins at Martinsville for the second time.’ “
Juan Pablo Montoya aggressively ran to a third-place finish. Montoya bumped into Jeff Gordon while the two were battling for a top-five position in the early going.
Kyle Busch finishes third followed by Jeff Gordon. Jamie McMurray, pole-sitter Ryan Newman, Mark Martin, Tony Stewart and Kevin Harvick completed the top 10. Auto Racing Daily
RANK DRIVER POINTS STARTS 1 Jimmie Johnson 6098 32 2 Mark Martin 5980 32 3 Jeff Gordon 5948 32 4 Tony Stewart 5906 32 5 Juan Montoya 5898 32 6 Kurt Busch 5858 32 7 Ryan Newman 5786 32 8 Greg Biffle 5748 32 9 Denny Hamlin 5746 32 10 Carl Edwards 5685 32 11 Kasey Kahne 5659 32 12 Brian Vickers 5568 32 13 Kyle Busch 3920 32 14 Matt Kenseth 3895 32 15 Clint Bowyer 3805 32 16 David Reutimann 3764 32 17 Marcos Ambrose 3453 32 18 Jeff Burton 3379 32 19 Casey Mears 3378 32 20 Joey Logano* 3324 32 21 Kevin Harvick 3275 32 22 Jamie McMurray 3091 32 23 Martin Truex Jr. 3064 32 24 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3062 32 25 A.J. Allmendinger 3020 32 26 Elliott Sadler 2991 32 27 Sam Hornish Jr. 2905 32 28 David Ragan 2873 32 29 Reed Sorenson 2849 32 30 David Stremme 2817 32 31 Bobby Labonte 2808 32 32 Paul Menard 2705 32 33 Michael Waltrip 2461 30 34 Robby Gordon 2402 31 35 Scott Speed* 2353 31 36 John Andretti 2282 30
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