INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana — Jimmie Johnson might not have had the fastest car here Sunday for most of the race. Nonetheless, his car was fastest when it counted the most-- the last 25 laps of the Allstate 400 at The Brickyard.
Johnson ran behind race leader Juan Pablo Montoya and Mark Martin until Montoya received a pass-through speeding penalty during a late race pit stop.
That put Montoya back in the pack and another caution a few laps after a restart compounded things for the man who led 118 of the 160-lap distance. Starting from 12th, Montoya improved his position by one spot to finish 11th.
The race was left for Martin, who took the lead shortly after the final restart with 25 laps to go. Johnson, however, had other ideas and zipped past his Hendrick Motorsports teammate a lap later and held Martin off to the end. It made it back to back wins for Johnson and his No. 48 Lowe's team, a first for this race.
NASCAR Sprint Cup points leader and two-time champion Tony Stewart finished third with Greg Biffle fourth. Brian Vickers was fifth in the No. 83 Red Bull Toyota and Kevin Harvick was sixth. Kasey Kahne was seventh, David Reutimann was eighth, four-time champion Jeff Gordon finished ninth and Matt Kenseth rounded out the top 10. Montoya was 11th and rookie Joey Logano was 12th.
The 43-car field didn't complete a lap before Robby Gordon spun in turn four. Elliott Sadler drove onto pit road while his crew searched for a possible oil leak. On the restart at Lap 3, Montoya
put some daylight between himself and the field, signaling he might have the Chevrolet to beat on a beautiful summer day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. After all, Montoya certainly knew the way to victory lane at this shrine, having won the Indianapolis 500 in a Chip Ganassi machine the only time he ran it back in 2000.
After a routine round of green flag pit stops between laps 40 and 45, Montoya still led with Martin second. Stewart was third.
Kyle Busch brought out a caution on Lap 58 and slammed into the outside wall. He drove his car into the garage area and parked it even though he had been running in the top 10. The day was looking pretty gloomy for Gibbs Racing with both Busch and Denny Hamlin's Toyotas in the garage with problems before the halfway mark of 80 laps.
On the restart on Lap 63, Montoya took the lead again with Martin in tow. Vickers was next in front of Biffle. Johnson and Stewart followed with Earnhardt behind them. Reutimann was eighth, Kahne nine and Gordon 10th.
On Lap 70, former Indy 500 winner Sam Hornish, Jr. got sideways and banged the Turn 4 wall, ruining his chances for the day.
At halfway, 80 laps (200 miles), it was Montoya, Martin, Vickers, Johnson, Stewart, Biffle, Earnhardt, Reutimann, Kahne and Gordon in the top 10.
Clint Bowyer and Kevin Harvick were next at the time.
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| Unofficial Race Results for the Allstate 400 At The Brickyard (16Th Running) - Sunday, July 26, 2009 Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Speedway, IN - 2.5 Mile Paved Leader Total Race Length - 160 Laps - 400 Miles - Purse: $9,598,268 128.0 1 16 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's/KOBALT Tools Chevrolet 160 Running 1 24 5 190 $448,001 128.9 2 1 5 Mark Martin CARQUEST/Kellogg's Chevrolet 160 Running 2 14 5 175 $336,350 114.0 3 7 14 Tony Stewart Old Spice/Office Depot Chevrolet 160 Running 1 2 5 170 $314,573 108.4 4 12 16 Greg Biffle 3M/Pistonz Earplugs Ford 160 Running 160 $282,000 114.4 5 6 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Toyota 160 Running 1 2 5 160 $256,548 94.3 6 19 29 Kevin Harvick Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet 160 Running 150 $246,253 98.6 7 8 9 Kasey Kahne Budweiser Dodge 160 Running 146 $234,548 98.8 8 5 00 David Reutimann Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 160 Running 142 $220,848 91.1 9 22 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 160 Running 138 $222,376 80.8 10 25 17 Matt Kenseth DeWalt Ford 160 Running 134 $225,065 131.7 11 2 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet 160 Running 3 116 10 140 $224,048 79.0 12 18 20 Joey Logano # Home Depot Toyota 160 Running 127 $216,101 85.1 13 9 43 Reed Sorenson Valvoline Dodge 160 Running 124 $202,851 80.4 14 17 39 Ryan Newman Haas Automation Chevrolet 160 Running 121 $190,979 70.7 15 41 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford 160 Running 118 $209,406 70.6 16 21 12 David Stremme No. 12 Penske Dodge Dodge 160 Running 115 $194,290 69.8 17 13 1 Martin Truex Jr. Guitar Hero Chevrolet 160 Running 112 $195,115 81.1 18 10 33 Clint Bowyer Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevrolet 160 Running 109 $167,025 63.8 19 27 07 Casey Mears Jack Daniel's Chevrolet 160 Running 1 1 5 111 $177,525 61.9 20 33 44 A J Allmendinger Hunt Brothers Pizza Dodge 160 Running 103 $158,675 57.0 21 24 26 Jamie McMurray Crown Royal Ford 160 Running 100 $164,125 67.7 22 11 47 Marcos Ambrose Little Debbie/Kingsford/Clorox Toyota 160 Running 97 $169,248 53.3 23 31 96 Bobby Labonte Ask.com Ford 160 Running 94 $182,454 56.2 24 29 6 David Ragan UPS Ford 160 Running 91 $160,425 63.5 25 38 31 Jeff Burton Prilosec OTC/Walmart Chevrolet 159 Running 88 $195,731 79.7 26 4 21 Bill Elliott Motorcraft Ford 159 Running 85 $148,625 51.7 27 40 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge 159 Running 82 $164,375 48.4 28 32 7 Robby Gordon John Manville Toyota 159 Running 79 $167,135 41.2 29 28 98 Paul Menard Johns Manville/Menard's Ford 158 Running 76 $177,781 41.9 30 37 71 David Gilliland TRG Motorsports Chevrolet 158 Running 1 1 5 78 $144,850 42.1 31 26 82 Scott Speed # Red Bull Toyota 157 Running 70 $155,898 38.1 32 35 34 John Andretti Taco Bell Chevrolet 156 Running 67 $152,325 33.5 33 43 08 Terry Labonte Toyota 154 Running 64 $144,025 69.6 34 14 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office Toyota 144 Running 61 $160,775 47.0 35 23 55 Michael Waltrip NAPA Toyota 139 Engine 58 $150,525 85.5 36 3 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet 127 Engine 55 $162,925 62.4 37 15 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Mobil 1 Dodge 118 Running 52 $161,110 68.5 38 20 18 Kyle Busch Snickers Toyota 112 Running 49 $190,048 27.1 39 36 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 108 Running 46 $142,125 27.0 40 42 19 Elliott Sadler Best Buy Dodge 45 Running 43 $150,050 27.9 41 39 36 Mike Skinner Guy Fieri Knuckle Sandwich Toyota 35 Transmission 40 $141,925 30.8 42 34 66 Dave Blaney PRISM Motorsports Toyota 23 Brakes 37 $141,825 30.4 43 30 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 21 Brakes 34 $142,216 Before an estimated crowd of 180,000, Jimmie Johnson won the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, his third victory in the event. Prior to the start, the following car dropped to the rear of the field for the reason indicated: No. 20 (engine change). Race Comments: (3) 09 Sterling Marlin, 13 Max Papis #, 75 Derrike Cope. Failed to Qualify: 2 Hrs, 44 Mins, 31 Secs. Time of Race: Average Speed: Margin of Victory: 3 for 14 laps: Laps: 3-4 (#7 spun turn 4 [None]); 59-62 (#18 accident turn 4 [96]); 129-136 (Oil on track [96]). Caution Flags: 9 among 7 drivers: M. Martin 1-4; J. Montoya 5-30; T. Stewart 31-32; D. Gilliland 33; J. Montoya 34-92; C. Mears 93; J. Montoya 94-124; B. Vickers 125-126; M. Martin 127-136; J. Johnson 137-160. Lead Changes: (1) T. Stewart 3,054;(2) J. Johnson 2,862;(3) J. Gordon 2,847;(4) Kurt Busch 2,608;(5) C. Edwards 2,556;(6) D. Hamlin 2,518;(7) R. Newman 2,506;(8) K. Kahne 2,482;(9) M. Martin 2,471;(10) J. Montoya 2,461;(11) G. Biffle 2,445;(12) M. Kenseth 2,429. |
