May 31, 2009

Dover Cup Results

A slow pit stop for four tires late in the race appeared to be the unmaking of the No. 48 team. Jimmie Johnson restarted the Autism Speaks 400 ninth on lap 368 and with only a few laps laps he needed to pass a lot of cars. He slipped past David Stremme when that driver crashed and then had to sweat out four more laps under caution—watching precious time slip away.

Once the green waved again on lap 375, he steadily climbed toward the lead and passed Tony Stewart on the high side with only three laps remaining.

Finishing second, Stewart took the point lead from Jeff Gordon, who had a miserable day and fell two laps off the pace to finish 26th.

At the beginning of the week, we said Roush-Fenway would be strong. Greg Biffle finished third with Matt Kenseth on his back bumper. Biffle and Carl Edwards got to banging in the middle stages of the race, but the No. 99 was able to hold onto a top-10 finish in seventh. Jamie McMurray also finished on the lead lap in 14th.

Joey Logano kept his streak of top-15s alive at three with a 15th. That was also his fifth straight top-20.

Results, with career avg. finish

FinishStartDriverLapsLaps LedStatusAvg Fin
18Jimmie Johnson400298Running10.40
231Tony Stewart4006Running11.67
35Greg Biffle40041Running10.64
414Matt Kenseth4007Running13.62
519Kurt Busch400
Running20.50
62Kasey Kahne400
Running24.09
713Carl Edwards40012Running7.60
811Ryan Newman400
Running10.33
917Casey Mears400
Running20.38
1028Mark Martin4001Running12.70
1125Clint Bowyer400
Running14.29
1222Dale Earnhardt Jr400
Running17.05
1312Sam Hornish Jr400
Running24.33
1418Jamie McMurray400
Running16.00
1521Joey Logano400
Running15.00
1632Jeff Burton400
Running16.32
1735Kevin Harvick400
Running18.35
181David Reutimann40025Running20.00
194Reed Sorenson4004Running23.14
2020Marcos Ambrose400
Running26.00
2115Martin Truex Jr399
Running12.71
2233Regan Smith399
Running26.67
236Kyle Busch399
Running15.33
2426David Ragan399
Running23.00
259Brian Vickers399
Running21.55
2642Jeff Gordon398
Running12.36
2710Elliott Sadler3982Running21.38
2827Bobby Labonte397
Running16.76
297A J Allmendinger396
Running31.60
303Juan Montoya3953Running24.40
3130David Stremme370
Accident33.00
3236Paul Menard363
Running24.00
3340Robby Gordon282
Accident23.88
3441John Andretti253
Accident25.64
3529Michael Waltrip250
Engine21.43
3616Denny Hamlin232
Accident25.57
3723Scott Speed118
Engine37.00
3838Joe Nemechek67
Drive Shaft25.00
3939Dave Blaney66
Transmission25.44
4037Mike Bliss56
Electrical33.20
4134Mike Skinner51
Engine22.25
4243Tony Raines42
Accident31.79
4324David Gilliland381Power Steering26.33
44
Brad Keselowski0
DNQ
45
Max Papis0
DNQ
46
Derrike Cope0
DNQ25.04
47
David Starr0
DNQ

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