Some times the slowest car gains the race.
With the Chad, group leader Knaus, requesting to Jimmie Johnson to at night save fuel in last the seven returns of the Subway Fresh Fit 500 of Saturday in the Phoenix International Raceway, the defending bichampion of Glass Sprint took to the no. 48 Chevrolet to the goal 7,002 seconds in front of Clint Bowyer, that also had bet in the fuel.
Johnson completed the last return to a relative step of snail - 31,19 seconds - in way of total saving.
The triumph was the return of the Hendrick Motorsports to the track of the victory after a period of eight races and triumph of its race gave to the defending bichampion of the Glass 34º him - and the consecutive second in Phoenix. Denny Hamlin arrived in third party, followed of Carl Edwards, who recovered of a penalty in the track of pits to obtain the fourth position.
Mark Martin, who yielded the leadership to Johnson when she entered pits by two rims and fuel return 302, arrived in fifth, followed by the leader of the scores, Jeff Burton, Dale Earnhardt Jr, Martin Truex Jr, Greg Biffle and Kyle Busch.
The margin of victory of Johnson is greatest since Martin Truex Jr gained the Autism Speaks 400 in Dover by 7,355 seconds on Ryan Newman the 4 of June of 2007.
After the other contenders, except Bowyer, entered pits by fuel the last returns, Knaus instructed to Johnson in return 304 “to stop this time in pits”.
After a brief discussion, they changed its strategy. “It half lessen your step secondly by return”, Knaus said by the radio to its pilot. “To the devil. We will go by everything”.
Knaus passed the rest of the race restraining to Johnson, and finally it shouted to him that it lessen its step three seconds by return, because no of the pilots back would have time to reach it.
“Ponlo in neutral” Knaus ordered when Johnson rolled by last the two curves.
“I am well”, answered Johnson. “I have good fuel pressure”.
As one approached the goal, Johnson exclaimed, “We are going to gain this race”.
Johnson led 120 of the 312 returns. Only three pilots - Earnhardt (87), Martin (68) and the winner of the privilege position, Ryan Newman (37) - more led the race, the smaller amount of leaders since Siemens 300 in New Hampshire (25 of July, 2004) had three different leaders.
Johnson conserved their fuel of so effective way that still she had very well to do you donate in celebration, but finished to him in the back straight line during its return of the victory.
The triumph raised Johnson of the sixth the quarter in the scores of the championship, 99 points behind Burton.
Notes: The starting of the race was delayed more than 16 minutes to give to space to the game of baseball of Leagues Majors between the Yankees of New York and the Red Averages of Boston, delayed in rain, that FOX also transmitted. Faults in the motor retired both to pilots in forward edge of starting. Newman disappeared after 134 returns, and the pilot in the second place of starting, Elliott followed it to Sadler with a motor burst in return 161. Newman finalized 43º, Sadler 41º… Commentary of the race of Kurt Busch, that finalized the race in place 23: “My car has as much subturn that nor would turn in Talladega”.

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