Jimmie Johnson scored his third NASCAR Sprint Cup victory of the season Sunday staging a dominating performance at Pocono Raceway. Johnson started from the pole and led 128 of 160 laps on the day and never had any serious challengers as he cruised to victory in the Pocono 400. The win was the 63rd of his career and his third victory at the 2.5 mile tri-oval.
Carl Edwards led the first lap but it took Johnson only 10 laps to take over the point. From there he held onto the top spot through a couple cycles of green flag stops during a relatively tame first 100 laps that saw only one caution for debris.
“That’s the best car I’ve had in a long, long, long time,” Johnson said. “What an awesome race car. We had a great race car today. It was a lot of fun.” MORE>>>
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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