Jimmie Johnson’s NASCAR résumé is among the best ever, and he continued his ascent up the sport’s all-time wins list with Sunday’s victory in the AAA 400 Drive for Autism at Dover International Speedway.
It was Johnson’s 83rd career win, tying him with Cale Yarborough for fifth-most all-time. He now trails only Bobby Allison and Darrell Waltrip by one on the career wins leaderboard.
Means a lot to tie Cale Yarborough for 83 win with my @TeamHendrick @lowesracing team! pic.twitter.com/Z6relYEyjQ
— Jimmie Johnson (@JimmieJohnson) June 4, 2017
Johnson didn’t lead much of Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race — just seven laps, in fact — but he made his move after the overtime restart. A huge wreck shortly before that set up a wild finish.
Despite leading the majority of the laps, Kyle Larson had to settle for second place after not being able to best Johnson after the restart.
.@KyleLarsonRacin finishes P.2 to @JimmieJohnson after a late restart at the @MonsterMile.#NASCARonFS1 pic.twitter.com/yh67rWY1Cr
— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) June 4, 2017
Johnson’s victory was the 11th in his career at the Monster Mile.
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