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Hendrick Motorsports' Jimmie Johnson avoids last-lap crash to finish second at Daytona
By SceneDaily Staff
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Hendrick Motorsports' Jimmie Johnson finished second in Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint Cup Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway.
Lee Holmes
NASCAR Scene
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Jimmie Johnson was fairly certain that something would happen with the three cars ahead of him on the final lap.
A wreck wasn’t necessarily what he had in mind, but Kyle Busch’s incident with Tony Stewart enabled Johnson to snatch a second-place finish in Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint Cup Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway.
“I had a feeling something would take place coming to the finish and I might be able to improve my position,” he said. “Everybody was content to stay in line, and you're just waiting for the second-place car to make a move on the leader, and those guys started racing and passing each other, and an opportunity came along and I was in the right lane, and off I went.”
The runnerup result was Johnson’s best Daytona finish since winning the 2006 Daytona 500 and kept him third in the point standings, 194 behind Stewart.
Johnson was asked what could be done about the high probability of wrecks at the end of restrictor-plate races, but said there was no way to stop it.
He defended NASCAR’s situation at plate tracks, saying the sport was “damned if we do, damned if we don’t.”
“If you think about the position that the sport is in, [people say] one race it's boring, there's no racing, there's no excitement,” he said. “And then a couple races there's an exciting finish and we're worried about the exciting finish. You know, it's plate racing.”
Johnson said NASCAR has made it clear that drivers can be very aggressive with blocking at restrictor-plate tracks, “and that time it just didn't just work for the 18 [of Busch].”
Said Johnson: “The guys are racing. Tony didn't mean to dump [Busch]. Same thing with Talladega. It's just the product of restrictor-plate racing. Every time we use the restrictor-plate tracks there's questions about how we can keep from having the big wreck and things like that, and you just can't. When you run plates and we run wide open all the way around the track, situations like this come around.”
Mentioned Drivers: Jimmie Johnson
2009 Sprint Cup Race for the Chase Standings
Driver Standings after the AMP Energy 500
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 6248 |
| 2 | Mark Martin | -184 |
| 3 | Jeff Gordon | -192 |
| 4 | Juan Pablo Montoya | -239 |
| 5 | Tony Stewart | -279 |
| 6 | Kurt Busch | -312 |
| 7 | Greg Biffle | -340 |
| 8 | Ryan Newman | -402 |
| 9 | Kasey Kahne | -414 |
| 10 | Carl Edwards | -437 |
| 11 | Denny Hamlin | -448 |
| 12 | Brian Vickers | -556 |
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waterwalker26 said:
Jul 5, 2009 at 12:20 AMJimmy Johnson ran a great and smart race. The patience he shows is astonishing. He just never forced anything, grabbed that inside line on the last restart quickly and just worked with the cards dealt while wide open. Question- If he was in first in the same circumstances would he end up in the fence? Hardly, a true champion can take getting outran to the line. Excuse me threepete champion!!
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» Confirm Abuse Report4-DA-88 said:
Jul 5, 2009 at 1:02 AMBut duh, what lap was it? lol, he thought there was one more lap. Doesn't matter.. 2nd place, not bad. Just thought it was funny.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportmanzytrophygirl said:
Jul 5, 2009 at 12:18 PMA good and smart 2nd place finish, Jimmie...Shrub could sure learn some Championship class from you!
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» Confirm Abuse Reportminkee2 said:
Jul 5, 2009 at 12:26 PMAnother pit road mistake!! Jimmie that facial hair has to go!! Congrats on still ending up 2nd, even if you didn't know what lap it was!!
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» Confirm Abuse ReportKenL88 said:
Jul 5, 2009 at 1:14 PMWay to go JJ glad you didn't get caught up in KB mess
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» Confirm Abuse ReportSS396Chevelle said:
Jul 5, 2009 at 5:23 PMJimmie knew he didn't have the car to win, so he played it smart and earned a 2nd place finish. Great race Jimmie... Chad needs to get the boys working a little harder and no need to slid into the pit stall.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportbthompson133 said:
Jul 5, 2009 at 8:53 PMhey jj, will you mediate the kb and smoke fan fight about who should have settled for 2nd?
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» Confirm Abuse ReportAndi said:
Jul 5, 2009 at 10:21 PMJJ got a little bit aggressive on that pit stop where he got too close to the wall. Chad came over the radio and told him, its not time to be agressive, and the next pit stop, Jimmie did fine. Also there was an issue with the jack on that top anyways, so it wasn't just Jimmie.
Report as AbuseJimmie wanted another lap because he thought he could get past Tony.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportAndi said:
Jul 5, 2009 at 10:25 PMJJ slid into the pit stop because he got a little bit agressive, Chad told him it wasn't time to be aggressive, just nice and smooth. Jimmie admitted it was his mistake and apologized. Also...there was something wrong with the jack on that stop. I was listening to the radio.
Report as AbuseAlso, Jimmie was hoping there was another lap so he could get past Tony or at least battle for the lead. He did to think he had fast enough car at the end to get around Tony. He said and I quote "s***, s***, s***....we would have gotten if it was one more lap. Great job tonight boys. Thank you for a great car".
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» Confirm Abuse Reportlibra26 said:
Jul 6, 2009 at 9:05 AMJimmy please get rid of the facial hair. Your such a cute guy but I hate the whiskers. Love ya Jimmy
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» Confirm Abuse Reportdale-jr-is-the-greatest-driver-alive said:
Jul 6, 2009 at 2:16 PMkeep the damn look man it gives you street cred and its cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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» Confirm Abuse Reportairbrenda said:
Jul 6, 2009 at 9:21 PMI've given Nascar a lot of garbage about the CoTs, but I sure love seeing these guys being able to just walk away from these big ol' hairy wrecks. You go, Nascar!!! And Jimmie, thanks for a great night and fantastic finish in Daytona, you always ROCK MY WORLD, boy!!
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