Jimmie Johnson returned to familiar ground on Sunday afternoon – Victory Lane at Charlotte Motor Speedway. He entered the weekend as the track’s all-time leader with seven Cup Series wins. He exits with his eighth career victory on the mile-and-a-half North Carolina oval, punching his ticket into the next round of the post-season Chase. Johnson got the best of race leader Matt Kenseth on the day’s final restart and drove away to his third win of the season, but first since March 20th in California. The six-time champion started eleventh and led a race-high 155 laps in notching his seventy-eighth career victory.
Several “Chase” drivers had issues Sunday, including Kevin Harvick, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Chase Elliott and Austin Dillon. The drivers head to Kansas this weekend.
Both the Sprint Cup race and X-Finity Series races were postponed during the weekend due to Hurricane Matthew. Joey Logano won the X-Finitity Series race held last evening at Charlotte.
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