Winners and Losers: Can Jimmie Johnson Win Back-to-Back?

The NASCAR Sprint Cup series heads to the desert this week but last week the teams hit Auto Club Speedway for the first intermediate track race of the season. Sunday’s race at ACS was a good measuring stick of just who was ready to challenge Hendrick Motorsports and Jimmie Johnson.
Winners Jimmie Johnson You can call him lucky, but do recognize he is also just that good. Jimmie Johnson does not need luck to win a race but on Sunday he got exactly that. Johnson was pitting as the caution came out, he beat leader, Jeff Burton off of pit road and when the leaders came to pit Johnson was able to stay out and inherit the lead. Johnson held off a hard charging Kevin Harvick hit the wall Johnson was able to pull away with the lead. Expec...

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