For the second time in the Jimmie season Johnson and their equipment, the Hendrick Motorsports, they played a perfect strategy that made possible the North American to secure his third triumph to him of the season in Sylvania 300.
In July, Johnson secured a similar victory turning 93 turns without pausing in pits. In this occasion, Johnson made their halting to 25 turns of the end of the test.
With passing of the competition, the leaders began to pause, whereas Johnson stayed in track. Jimmie finally would reach the leadership in turn 294 of 300.
During the test, Jimmie carried out an incident with Ward Burton who cost the race to him to this last one. “I am ashamed reason why it happened to Ward Burton. Both we were making a race robust, I I slightly lost the control of the car I hit and it sending it to the wall”, explained Johnson.
Burton did not think just like Johnson, and talked back to him. “This completely crazy”, said infuriated Ward. “It tried to remove me in three or four occasions. It obtained finally it, I hope that one feels proud than it did…”
For Jimmie this it was not the unique argument of the race. During the resupply of turn 128, Johnson was itself involved in an unusual accident in the street of pits next to Michael Waltrip and Jeff Gordon.
The cannon began when Gordon, that already had been resupplied, attempt to leave right at the moment in which Waltrip arranged to pause. The impact between both was inevitable. The car of Waltrip left dismissed against the Chevrolet de Johnson, who was in the heat of recharges and change of tires. Several mechanics were wounded, although no of them suffered consideration injuries.
Ricky Rudd, that carried out an embarrassing incident with Kevin Harvick the past race, arrived second in its Ford Taurus. “It could have fought with Jimmie, but the strategy that it had was very good and they did not reach the returns to give him reach me…”
Joe Nemechek, companion of Johnson in the equipment Hendrick Motorsports, culminated third party, whereas Bill Elliott (Dodge) and Dale Earnhardt Jr (Chevrolet) completed the five best ones of the race.
Kenseth, that arrived at this test with 418 points of advantage in the championship, was ended up going with its advantage shortened in 14 units, after culminating two positions behind its Dale rival Junior.
The most dramatic moment of the race carried out Dale Jarrett, on board its Ford Taurus. Dale confused ferociously in turn 161 striking against the wall. After the impact, its Taurus began to catch fire and for worse the group of leaders already it had completed the turn and it was to meters of the destroyed car of Jarrett.
Finally Jarrett was helped and retired of its vehicle with protective neck and some smaller bruises. “Créanme that to be seated in the car after the accident was not the best place…”, adding, “If some pilots used a little their head I I had carried out east incident”, ended up saying Dale.
The next race of NASCAR will be the following Sunday in Dover.
