Jimmie Johnson Conquers the Monster Mile
Written by John Davison · September 25, 2005
Jimmie Johnson, playing out a near-perfect pit strategy late in the race, held off fellow Hendrick Motorsports driver Kyle Busch for the win after a late race crash brought about a green/white/checker finish. The win helped Johnson become the new point leader, gaining five positions while leader coming into the weekend, Tony Stewart, ffell to fifth, 23 points behind Johnson.
Apparently, Mike Helton’s lecture to the drivers about respecting their competitors and ‘playing nice’ had some effect, as the race, while punctuated by cautions and crashes, resulted in none of the temper tantrums and confrontations seen last weekend at New Hampshire.
Going into Talladega next weekend, Johnson heads Rusty Wallace by seven points with Ryan Newman a further five points back in third place. Sentimental favorite of many, Mark Martin, is fourth, 21 points behind Johnson while Stewart is tied with Greg Biffle with 23 points. Jeremy Mayfield, Carl Edwards, Matt Kenseth and Kurt Busch wind up the ten contenders
Unofficial results, MBNA 400
Fin, St, Driver, Car, Laps, Pts/Bonus, Notes
1, 5, Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, 404 laps, 185/5 pts, Running
2, 3, Kyle Busch *, No. 5 Kellogg’s Chevrolet, 404, 170/0, Running
3, 6, Rusty Wallace, No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge, 404, 165/0, Running
4, 7, Mark Martin, No. 6 Viagra Ford, 404, 165/5, Running
5, 1, Ryan Newman, No. 12 ALLTEL Dodge, 404, 160/5, Running
6, 22, Elliott Sadler, No. 38 M&M’s Ford, 404, 155/5, Running
7, 12, Jeremy Mayfield, No. 19 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge, 404, 146/0, Running
8, 34, Kyle Petty, No. 45 Brawny/Georgia-Pacific Dodge, 404, 142/0, Running
9, 32, Carl Edwards, No. 99 Office Depot Ford, 404, 138/0, Running
10, 23, Casey Mears, No. 41 Target Dodge, 404, 134/0, Running
11, 36, Jeff Burton, No. 31 Cingular Wireless Chevrolet, 404, 130/0, Running
12, 20, Ricky Rudd, No. 21 Motorcraft Genuine Parts Ford, 403, 127/0, Running
13, 18, Greg Biffle, No. 16 National Guard Ford, 403, 129/5, Running
14, 26, Brian Vickers, No. 25 GMAC/ditech.com Chevrolet, 403, 121/0, Running
15, 15, Dale Jarrett, No. 88 UPS Ford, 403, 118/0, Running
16, 2, Kasey Kahne, No. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge, 403, 115/0, Running
17, 9, Joe Nemechek, No. 01 U.S. Army Chevrolet, 403, 112/0, Running
18, 31, Tony Stewart, No. 20 The Home Depot Chevrolet, 402, 109/0, Running
19, 17, Kevin Harvick, No. 29 GM Goodwrench Chevrolet, 402, 106/0, Running
20, 24, Dave Blaney, No. 07 Jack Daniel’s Chevrolet, 402, 103/0, Running
21, 13, Travis Kvapil *, No. 77 Kodak/Jasper Engines Dodge, 402, 100/0, Running
22, 38, Mike Wallace, No. 4 Lucas Oil Products Chevrolet, 402, 97/0, Running
23, 10, Kurt Busch, No. 97 Crown Royal Ford, 401, 104/10, Running
24, 29, Scott Riggs, No. 10 Valvoline Chevrolet, 401, 91/0, Running
25, 37, J.J. Yeley, No. 11 FedEx Freight Chevrolet, 401, 88/0, Running
26, 27, Michael Waltrip, No. 15 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, 401, 90/5, Running
27, 21, Jeff Green, No. 43 Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge, 401, 82/0, Running
28, 42, Ken Schrader, No. 49 Red Baron Frozen Pizza Dodge, 401, 79/0, Running
29, 19, Jamie McMurray, No. 42 Texaco Havoline Dodge, 400, 76/0, Running
30, 30, Mike Bliss, No. 0 Best Buy Chevrolet, 399, 73/0, Running
31, 4, Dale Earnhardt Jr., No. 8 Budweiser Chevrolet, 397, 70/0, Running
32, 28, Bobby Labonte, No. 18 MBNA RacePoints VISA Chevrolet, 397, 67/0, Running
33, 8, Bobby Hamilton Jr., No. 32 Tide Chevrolet, 386, 64/0, Running
34, 43, Kenny Wallace, No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet, 381, 61/0, Running
35, 11, Matt Kenseth, No. 17 DeWalt Power Tools Ford, 367, 58/0, Out of Race
36, 16, Scott Wimmer, No. 22 Caterpillar Dodge, 293, 55/0, Running
37, 25, Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet, 291, 52/0, Out
38, 39, Tony Raines, No. 37 BoSPOKER.net Dodge, 288, 49/0, Out
39, 33, Robby Gordon, No. 7 Harrah’s Chevrolet, 280, 46/0, Out
40, 35, Kevin Lepage, No. 66 EAS Ford, 197, 43/0, Out
41, 14, Sterling Marlin, No. 40 Coors Light Dodge, 190, 40/0, Out
42, 41, Carl Long, No. 00 Sundance Vacations Chevrolet, 144, 37/0, Out
43, 40, Stanton Barrett *, No. 95 Stanton Barrett Racing Chevrolet, 8, 34/0, Out
* Rookie
Unofficial Point Standings following Dover:
Rank +/- Driver Points Behind Starts Poles Wins Top 5 Top 10
1 +5 Jimmie Johnson 5362 Leader 28 1 3 10 17
2 +2 Rusty Wallace 5355 -7 28 0 0 8 16
3 – Ryan Newman 5350 -12 28 6 1 7 12
4 +3 Mark Martin 5341 -21 28 0 0 7 14
5 -4 Tony Stewart 5339 -23 28 2 5 13 19
6 -4 Greg Biffle 5339 -23 28 0 5 11 16
7 +1 Jeremy Mayfield 5281 -81 28 0 1 4 8
8 +1 Carl Edwards 5259 -103 28 1 2 8 11
9 -4 Matt Kenseth 5238 -124 28 1 1 7 12
10 – Kurt Busch 5192 -170 28 0 3 8 14
11 +3 Elliott Sadler 3222 -2140 28 2 0 1 10
12 +1 Kevin Harvick 3182 -2180 28 2 1 3 8
13 -2 Jamie McMurray 3175 -2187 28 1 0 4 8
14 -2 Jeff Gordon 3150 -2212 28 2 3 5 9
15 +2 Dale Jarrett 3085 -2277 28 1 0 3 5
16 – Joe Nemechek 3079 -2283 28 1 0 1 7
17 -2 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3069 -2293 28 0 1 6 11
18 – Brian Vickers 3032 -2330 28 1 0 5 9
19 +1 Kyle Busch* 3000 -2362 28 1 1 8 11
20 -1 Jeff Burton 2964 -2398 28 0 0 2 4
21 +1 Kasey Kahne 2878 -2484 28 2 1 5 8
22 -1 Michael Waltrip 2864 -2498 28 1 0 3 7
23 – Ricky Rudd 2746 -2616 28 0 0 2 7
24 – Bobby Labonte 2672 -2690 28 0 0 2 5
25 – Casey Mears 2667 -2695 28 0 0 1 5
Comments
3 Responses to “Jimmie Johnson Conquers the Monster Mile”
Got something to say?
You must be logged in to post a comment.
Is there any doubt in anyone’s mind that Jack Roush would rather eat his hat than see Busch win the title and then leave his team?
Something doesn’t smell right in the Roush camp and it ain’t burning tire rubber!
Why would Roush invest more into Busch? If I was him, I’d give all the good cars to the #6, #16, #99 and #17. Mark Martin has already received one of Kurt’s best cars that he won with at Richmond with. I doubt that that will be the last car taken from the #97 team.
Exactly my point DJ; I think Busch is now on the short end of Roush priorities.