Jimmie Johnson still has a championship to dispute, whereas his inexperienced Kyle, teammate Busch, understood that he does not have to interfere in the way of his coequiper, and as far as possible to help it.
And thus it was as east Sunday in the track of races of Dover International Speedway happened, with the novice Kyle Busch taking care of to him the back to Johnson, so that nothing or nobody could alter a triumph so needed in this stage the championship.
“He was throughout back mine in the end, and this is the way that would have to be”, Johnson said. “I must be thankful to Kyle for being a teammate so good and for competing cleanly with me until the end.”
Johnson escaped to Busch by approximately one length of car. That both so arrived one near the other in the final straight line, is a tribute to the work of Busch in track.
“They tried two weeks ago back and we used their information”, explained Jimmie.
Busch resigned his second victory of the season, but it clarified it did that it by own will, since according to him there was no order of equipment that it prevented him to try to overcome Johnson.
“In the end we went too much one of the other close and we could not secure the fresh air that it needed”, commented Busch. “It hoped that outside the more express, therefore I did not force my car as much.”
Tony Stewart, leader of the match in the seven last races, fought with a bad car to finish in 18º put. This result also cut its rollover of 13 consecutive competitions between the 10 best ones, than they included five victories.
“Obvious, something happened today”, mentioned Stewart. “This it was not the car that I lead in the last races. We must work very hard.”
Ryan Newman, winner of the passed competition, and who prevailed in the Busch series Saturday, culminated 5º to stay in the third square of the championship.
The triumph of Johnson in the MBNA RacePoints 400 is the third party of this year, and with this nothing raised less than five positions in the table of pilots, to become the new leader of the match. Jimmie now surpasses by seven points the veteran Rusty Wallace, who will look for another title in his season of goodbye.
The key of the triumph of Johnson happened in turn 375, when Johnson changed four tires, unlike Mark Martin, at that time leader, who took only two.
With fresh tires, the Johnsons, Busch and Wallace surpassed easily to Mark Martin in the final turns.
“They risked and its strategy worked better than ours”, said Martin, who finally arrived 4º. “We had an imposing car.”
Elliott Sadler, Jeremy Mayfield, Kyle Petty, Carl Edwards and Casey Mears completed the ten best ones of the test.
Champion 2004 of the series, Kurt Busch, led 192 returns, but he cut a tire and 23º was delayed until the position. His coequiper Kenseth it left early, when 58 turns had been only completed.
Jimmie winner Johnson divided equally 115,054 miles per hour in a reduced competition 11 times, by space of 50 turns of precaution. Altogether 15 changes of leaders, distributed between seven conductors were registered.

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