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GG Wins
Again...
Sorry GG fans (no, not really, I'm
being sarcastic) but GG isn't no William Caleb "Cale"
Yarborough and never will be until he wins 3 straight Cups in a real
championship format - a full season of racing for it. Four straight Cups
won by racing hard for 10 races isn't, in my mind, what a real champion
is all about. GG is boring...
so no more talk about him. "No
luck involved in that one," crew chief Chad Knaus radioed to Johnson
after he crossed the finish line... but
GG's teammate, Jeffiepoo,
led 219 of the 267 lap race and came into the pits
on a lap 230 caution and took on fuel and two tires. GG and 2nd place
finisher Kevin Harvick both took on fuel and 4 tires. The 24 team
decision resulted in the 48 and 29 cars pulling away from Jeffiepoo over
the final 37 laps.
Harvick was reeling in GG, but slid a
little high out of 4 and slightly touched the wall coming to the white
flag, killing Harvick's momentum and allowing GG to win.
Yep... no luck involved in that win. No
Golden Horseshoe up GG's ass.
Shelby American Notes-n-Nuggets Powered by Racing Recall from NASCAR.com:
| • Jimmie Johnson has scored a victory in each
of the past nine years (2002-2010) |
| • Fourth Cup victory at Las Vegas in nine
starts for Jimmie Johnson (last Las Vegas victory: March 2007) |
| • Seventh time Jimmie Johnson posted victories
in consecutive Cup races |
| • Jimmie Johnson scored his 15th victory in 81
races on 1.5-mile tracks, the most by any driver in NASCAR history
(Jeff Gordon, Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt each scored 14
victories) |
| • Jeff Gordon (third) led the most laps in the
race (219 laps, a Las Vegas record) |
| • Mark Martin (fourth) finished fourth in the
past two races and posted his fourth top-10 finish in his past
five races at Las Vegas |
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