Jimmie Ruthers and crew chief Chad Knaus made a gutsy call right behind in the SpongeBob SquarePants 400, even though gamble paid off early Sunday forenoon a.m at Kansas Speedway.
While roughly a third of the field entered opening road with 11 laps to visit, Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr., just to name a few, decided to stay out. Johnson was able to hesitate Kevin Harvick, who pitted and then took two tires after leading the prior 43 laps, for the win.
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With the succed, Johnson has now recorded his 200th top-five and 300th top-10 finish using his career. Harvick on the other hand, remained dominant at 1 . 5-mile tracks because he has now finished in the top handful of in his last seven races at - 5-mile tracks.
Full results from the SpongeBob SquarePants 400 (starting position in parenthesis)
1 . (19) Jimmie Johnson, Chevy, 267 laps, 104. 5 credit score, 47 points.
2 . (6) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 267, 127. 2 . 5, 43.
3. (17) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 267, 97. on the lookout for, 41.
4. (11) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 267, 101, 40.
10. (1) Joey Logano, Ford, 267, 111. 1, 40.
6. (18) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 267, 94. 9, 39.
7. (3) Ellen Keselowski, Ford, 267, 118. different, 38.
8. (8) Kurt Urwald, Chevrolet, 267, 111, 37.
on the lookout for. (4) Martin Truex Jr., Chevy, 267, 131. 1, 37.
several. (15) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 267, 81, 34.
11. (14) Aric Almirola, Ford, 267, 83. on the lookout for, 33.
12. (7) Greg Biffle, Ford, 267, 77. 1, thirty-two.
13. (9) Jamie MCM iPhone caseurray, Chevy, 267, 92. 2, 31.
13. (29) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 267, 70. 6, 30.
15. (10) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 267, one hundred and five, 30.
16. (26) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 267, 71. 10, 28.
17. (2) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 267, 96. 6, 33.
18. (22) Paul Menard, Chevy, 267, 84. 5, 26.
20. (24) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 266, 71. 4, 25.
20. (5) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 266, 90, 25.
21. (21) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 266, 63. 8, 5.
22. (28) Austin Dillon, Chevy, 266, 57, 22.
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23. (43) Michael Annett, Chevy, 266, 50. 3, 21.
23. (20) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Frd, 266, 62, 20.
25. (35) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 266, forty seven. 4, 19.
26. (32) Ity Dillon, Chevrolet, 266, 60. 12, 0.
27. (27) Danica Meat, Chevrolet, 265, 54. 4, 18.
28. (40) Josh Wise, Frd, 265, 40. 2, 16.
twenty nine. (41) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 265, 44. 1, 0.
30. (25) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 265, fifty four, 14.
31. (30) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 265, 52. 4, 13-14.
32. (38) David Gilliland, Frd, 263, 38. 5, 12.
thirty three. (23) David Ragan, Toyota, 263, 45. 5, 11.
34. (39) Brett Moffitt, Ford, 263, thirty four. 3, 10.
35. (34) Cole Whitt, Ford, 263, 34. per day, 9.
36. (31) Michael McDowell, Ford, 262, 40. 4, 32.
37. (37) J. J. Yeley, Toyota, 262, 27. 3, zero.
38. (42) Joey Gase, Frd, 262, 31. 4, 0.
39. (16) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 258, 54. 1, 5.
40. (12) Erik Jones, Toyota, 242, sixty two. 6, 0.
41. (13) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, accident, 205, sixty-eight. 5, 3.
42. (33) Jeb Burton, Toyota, rear gear, 153, 24. 4, 2 .
43. (36) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, vibration, a hundred twenty five, 32, 1 .
Average speed using race winner: 125. 265 your.
Time of race: 03 Hrs, 44 Mins, 50 Secs. Margin using Victory: 0. 487 Seconds.
Run leaders: J. Logano 1-29; So. Busch 30-49; K. Harvick 50-56; M. Truex Jr. 57-78; Y simply. Keselowski 79-80; M. Kenseth over 80; E. Jones(i) 82; M. Truex Jr. 83-121; B. Keselowski 122-162; M. Truex Jr. 163-175; G. Edwards 176-187; M. Truex Jr .. 188-199; K. Larson 200; E. Truex Jr. 201-209; K. Larson 210-211; K. Harvick 212-257; T. Johnson 258-267.
Leaders summary (driver, times lead, laps led): E. Truex Jr. 5 times for 96 laps; K. Harvick 2 times relating to 53 laps; B. Keselowski two times for 43 laps; J. Logano 1 time for 29 laps; So. Busch 1 time for 20 wades in; C. Edwards 1 time for 9 laps; J. Johnson 1 time relating to 10 laps; K. Larson two times for 3 laps; E. Jones(i) 1 time for 1 lap; E. Kenseth 1 time for 1 toy.
Top 16 in points: So. Harvick - 437; M. Truex Jr. - 391; J. Ruthers - 389; J. Logano important 375; D. Earnhardt Jr. important 360; B. Keselowski - 343; M. Kenseth - 331; T. MCM iPhone 6 Caseurray - 328; J. Gordon - 317; K. Kahne important 313; A. Almirola - 312; P. Menard - 306; Third. Newman - 305; K. Urwald - 292; D. Hamlin important 284; C. Bowyer - 272.