Johnson had no trouble finding Victory Lane at Dover
Jimmie Johnson has again proved the master of Dover, scoring a historic 10th career win and his third in the past four starts at the ‘Monster Mile’.
The victory is the 74th of Johnson’s career and his fourth of the season, adding to an impressive Dover strike rate that has netted 10 wins from 27 starts.
His victory this time around came despite a gamble to stay out on used tyres, while others took either two or four fresh Goodyears with a restart with 18 laps still to run.
Restarting alongside Kevin Harvick (who was on the same strategy), Johnson got his car out front and let the others battle behind while he kept things clean at the front.
Even a green-white-chequered finish didn’t matter, as the strategy of keeping track position was again the key as others behind were kept busy fighting each other.
Harvick finished second while Kyle Larson, Kasey Kahne and Aric Almirola completed the top five.
Martin Truex Jr. led the most laps, but his choice of two tyres instead of four ultimately hurt as he slipped from third place on the final re-start.
The Joe Gibbs Racing Toyotas which looked strong in practice and qualifying had poor races.
Pole-sitter Denny Hamlin and team-mate Kyle Busch were both involved in separate crashes while battling for top five positions.
A strong early run for Matt Kenseth was ruined with a suspected shock absorber failure, while last week’s winner Carl Edwards got a pit road violation and lost the lead lap.
VIDEO:Race Highlights
RESULTS: FEDEX 400 Benefitting Autism Spead – Dover International Speedway
POS.
CAR #
DRIVER
MANUFACTURER
STARTING POS.
LAPS
LAPS LED
FINAL STATUS
POINTS
BONUS POINTS
1
48
Jimmie Johnson
Chevrolet
14
405
23
Running
47
4
2
4
Kevin Harvick
Chevrolet
6
405
91
Running
43
1
3
42
Kyle Larson
Chevrolet
3
405
0
Running
41
0
4
5
Kasey Kahne
Chevrolet
25
405
0
Running
40
0
5
43
Aric Almirola
Ford
23
405
0
Running
39
0
6
78
Martin Truex Jr
Chevrolet
2
405
131
Running
40
2
7
1
Jamie McMurray
Chevrolet
11
405
0
Running
37
0
8
27
Paul Menard
Chevrolet
18
405
0
Running
36
0
9
15
Clint Bowyer
Toyota
20
405
1
Running
36
1
10
24
Jeff Gordon
Chevrolet
22
405
0
Running
34
0
11
22
Joey Logano
Ford
5
405
0
Running
33
0
12
2
Brad Keselowski
Ford
19
404
28
Running
33
1
13
55
David Ragan
Toyota
15
404
0
Running
31
0
14
88
Dale Earnhardt Jr
Chevrolet
16
403
3
Running
31
1
15
10
Danica Patrick
Chevrolet
33
403
0
Running
29
0
16
14
Tony Stewart
Chevrolet
26
403
0
Running
28
0
17
16
Greg Biffle
Ford
7
403
0
Running
27
0
18
31
Ryan Newman
Chevrolet
17
402
0
Running
26
0
19
19
Carl Edwards
Toyota
8
402
3
Running
26
1
20
7
Alex Bowman
Chevrolet
30
402
0
Running
24
0
21
11
Denny Hamlin
Toyota
1
402
118
Running
24
1
22
9
Sam Hornish Jr
Ford
28
400
0
Running
22
0
23
40
Landon Cassill
Chevrolet
43
400
0
Running
0
0
24
47
AJ Allmendinger
Chevrolet
29
400
0
Running
20
0
25
38
David Gilliland
Ford
32
399
0
Running
19
0
26
35
Cole Whitt
Ford
37
399
0
Running
18
0
27
13
Casey Mears
Chevrolet
21
399
0
Running
17
0
28
34
Brett Moffitt
Ford
38
398
0
Running
16
0
29
23
J.J. Yeley
Toyota
40
397
0
Running
0
0
30
26
Jeb Burton
Toyota
35
396
0
Running
14
0
31
41
Kurt Busch
Chevrolet
13
396
0
Running
13
0
32
83
Matt DiBenedetto
Toyota
36
395
0
Running
12
0
33
3
Austin Dillon
Chevrolet
12
395
0
Running
11
0
34
62
Brendan Gaughan
Chevrolet
41
392
0
Running
0
0
35
32
Mike Bliss
Ford
42
391
0
Running
0
0
36
18
Kyle Busch
Toyota
10
374
7
Accident
9
1
37
17
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
Ford
9
373
0
Running
7
0
38
33
Brian Scott
Chevrolet
27
372
0
Accident
0
0
39
20
Matt Kenseth
Toyota
4
346
0
Suspension
5
0
40
98
Josh Wise
Ford
39
346
0
Electrical
4
0
41
46
Michael Annett
Chevrolet
34
317
0
Running
3
0
42
51
Justin Allgaier
Chevrolet
24
310
0
Running
2
0
43
6
Trevor Bayne
Ford
31
221
0
Running
1
0
STANDINGS
POS
DRIVER
POINTS
BEHIND
STARTS
WINS
TOP 5
TOP 10
DNF
1
Kevin Harvick
516
Leader
13
2
9
12
0
2
Martin Truex Jr
472
-44
13
0
3
12
0
3
Jimmie Johnson
440
-76
13
4
8
9
0
4
Joey Logano
440
-76
13
1
6
9
0
5
Dale Earnhardt Jr
432
-84
13
1
7
8
1
6
Brad Keselowski
414
-102
13
1
3
8
1
7
Jamie McMurray
390
-126
13
0
2
5
1
8
Kasey Kahne
385
-131
13
0
2
5
1
9
Jeff Gordon
380
-136
13
0
2
8
1
10
Aric Almirola
378
-138
13
0
1
1
0
11
Matt Kenseth
377
-139
13
1
4
7
1
12
Paul Menard
372
-144
13
0
2
3
1
13
Ryan Newman
369
-147
13
0
4
8
0
14
Denny Hamlin
345
-171
13
1
3
5
1
15
Kurt Busch
340
-176
10
1
3
5
0
16
Carl Edwards
338
-178
13
1
1
2
0
17
Clint Bowyer
332
-184
13
0
0
3
0
18
Danica Patrick
321
-195
13
0
0
2
0
19
Greg Biffle
311
-205
13
0
1
2
0
20
Kyle Larson
297
-219
12
0
1
4
2
21
AJ Allmendinger
294
-222
13
0
0
2
2
22
Casey Mears
280
-236
13
0
0
1
1
23
David Ragan
269
-247
13
0
1
1
1
24
Austin Dillon
264
-252
13
0
0
1
2
25
Sam Hornish Jr
252
-264
13
0
0
1
0
26
David Gilliland
243
-273
13
0
0
0
0
27
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
241
-275
13
0
1
1
1
28
Tony Stewart
230
-286
13
0
0
1
3
29
Cole Whitt
211
-305
13
0
0
0
1
30
Justin Allgaier
210
-306
13
0
0
1
3
31
Trevor Bayne
208
-308
13
0
0
0
1
32
Brett Moffitt
190
-326
11
0
0
1
0
33
Alex Bowman
174
-342
12
0
0
0
2
34
Michael Annett
152
-364
13
0
0
0
1
35
Matt DiBenedetto
131
-385
10
0
0
0
0
36
Josh Wise
129
-387
12
0
0
1
3
37
Michael McDowell
101
-415
7
0
0
0
0
38
Jeb Burton
67
-449
9
0
0
0
2
39
Alex Kennedy
48
-468
6
0
0
0
0
40
Kyle Busch
42
-474
2
0
0
0
1
41
Bobby Labonte
38
-478
2
0
0
0
0
42
Brian Vickers
32
-484
2
0
0
0
0
43
Michael Waltrip
26
-490
2
0
0
0
0
44
Reed Sorenson
22
-494
2
0
0
0
0
45
Mike Wallace
8
-508
1
0
0
0
0
46
Ron Hornaday Jr
2
-514
1
0
0
0
1
47
Ryan Blaney
0
-516
5
0
1
1
3
48
Brian Scott
0
-516
4
0
0
0
2
49
J.J. Yeley
0
-516
12
0
0
0
2
50
Regan Smith
0
-516
4
0
0
0
0
51
Chase Elliott
0
-516
3
0
0
0
0
52
Matt Crafton
0
-516
1
0
0
0
0
53
Johnny Sauter
0
-516
1
0
0
0
0
54
Chris Buescher
0
-516
5
0
0
0
0
55
Landon Cassill
0
-516
13
0
0
0
4
56
Ty Dillon
0
-516
2
0
0
0
0
57
Brendan Gaughan
0
-516
6
0
0
0
1
58
Mike Bliss
0
-516
7
0
0
0
0
59
Joe Nemechek
0
-516
1
0
0
0
0
60
Joey Gase
0
-516
2
0
0
0
1
61
Jeff Green
0
-516
1
0
0
0
0
62
Erik Jones
0
-516
1
0
0
0
0
63
Travis Kvapil
0
-516
0
0
0
0
0
64
Tanner Berryhill
0
-516
0
0
0
0
0
65
Justin Marks
0
-516
0
0
0
0
0
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