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NASCAR Cup Dover

Johnson wins for record tenth time at Dover

Only five drivers in the history of NASCAR have won at least ten races at a single track.

Amanda Vincent

Edited: May 31, 2015, 10:20 PM

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Race winner Jimmie Johnson, Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet celebrates with his team

Jimmie Johnson, Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

Start: Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota leads

Jimmie Johnson, Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

Matt Kenseth, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Jimmie Johnson, Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

Jimmie Johnson, already the all-time winningest NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver at Dover (Del.) International Speedway, added another victory to his total, claiming his tenth Dover win Sunday. With the victory, he became the fifth driver in NASCAR history to post at least 10 wins at a single track, joining HOFers Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, Darrell Waltrip, and David Pearson.

"There's some weird pressure that comes with it," Johnson says of his Dover dominance.

"That's pretty spectacular," said Johnson's crew chief, Chad Knaus. "Could be happier. It was a great race."

Kevin Harvick finished second, Kyle Larson was third, Kasey Kahne was fourth after starting the race 25th, and Aric Almirola fifth after the race went to overtime with a green-white-checker attempt.

"We had a good day," said Kahne. "Started 25th and drove toward the front the entire race."

Denny Hamlin and Martin Truex Jr. dominated for the first half of the race. The race went green for the first 75 laps before debris was spotted on the circuit.

With just under 100 laps to go, control of the race moved over in favor of Kevin Harvick, who spent the closing laps trying to fend off Jimmie Johnson. At lap 375, the caution came out once again when third place Kyle Busch collided with Brian Scott, who he was trying to lap.

Johnson makes his move

Johnson took the lead from Harvick on the ensuing restart. The yellow flag waved a few laps later when Denny Hamlin spun off the nose of Clint Bowyer, taking out Kurt Busch. Kahne pushed Johnson out in front of Harvick on that restart and moved into second, but was unable to run down his teammate.

"His (Harvick's) car didn't look as strong as it did earlier in the day, and we were just able to take advantage of it," Johnson said.

"We were just terrible on restarts. The track bar broke," Harvick said. "The track didn't change much. We were just in a box with our track bar."

The final caution came with just two laps to go when Casey Mears and A.J. Allmendinger spun, resulting in a GWC with Hendrick Motorsports teammates Johnson and Kahne on the front row. Harvick got up to second on the scramble to the finish and Kyle Larson took third. Kahne and Aric Almirola rounded out the top five.

Truex wound up sixth after leading a race-high 131 laps, Jamie McMurray was seventh, Paul Menard eighth, Clint Bowyer ninth, and Jeff Gordon tenth.

Race results

Pos. No. Driver Car / Engine Laps 1 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 405 2 4 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 405 3 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 405 4 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 405 5 43 Aric Almirola Ford 405 6 78 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet 405 7 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 405 8 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 405 9 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 405 10 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 405 11 22 Joey Logano Ford 405 12 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 404 13 55 David Ragan Toyota 404 14 88 D.Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 403 15 10 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 403 16 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 403 17 16 Greg Biffle Ford 403 18 31 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 402 19 19 Carl Edwards Toyota 402 20 7 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 402 21 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 402 22 9 Sam Hornish Jr. Ford 400 23 40 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 400 24 47 A.J.Allmendinger Chevrolet 400 25 38 David Gilliland Ford 399 26 35 Cole Whitt Ford 399 27 13 Casey Mears Chevrolet 399 28 34 Brett Moffitt Ford 398 29 23 J.J. Yeley Toyota 397 30 26 Jeb Burton Toyota 396 31 41 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 396 32 83 Matt DiBenedetto Toyota 395 33 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 395 34 62 Brendan Gaughan Chevrolet 392 35 32 Mike Bliss Ford 391 36 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 374 37 17 R.Stenhouse Jr. Ford 373 38 33 Brian Scott Chevrolet 372 39 20 Matt Kenseth Toyota 346 40 98 Josh Wise Ford 346 41 46 Michael Annett Chevrolet 317 42 51 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 310 43 6 Trevor Bayne Ford 221

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