Reigning NASCAR Nextel Cup Champion Jimmie Johnson took his fifth win of the season with a strong perfomance at his “home” track in Fontana California. Johnson led 84 out of the 250 laps, dominating the last part of the race.

Last week’s winner Carl Edwards had another strong showing, finishing second. Kyle Busch, who lead most laps, finished third after a brush with the wall. Dale Earnhardt Jr. kept his slim hopes of making the Championship Chase alive with a fifth place. The race was relatively incident free although one wreck ended with veteran Ricky Rudd, making his 900th start, being taken to hospital for precautionary x-rays on his arm.

The most spectacular exit of the day was by Michael Waltrip who had a burst tire cut an oil line which engulfed his car in flames. It also appeared that Waltrip had some difficulty extricating himself from the burning vehicle once it had come to a rest.

The Top 10 finishers were:

1.  Jimmie Johnson (Chevrolet)
2.  Carl Edwards (Ford)
3.  Kyle Busch (Chevrolet)
4.  Jeff Burton (Chevrolet)
5.  Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Chevrolet)
6.  Martin Truex Jr. (Chevrolet)
7.  Matt Kenseth (Ford)
8.  Brian Vickers (Toyota)
9.  Kurt Busch (Dodge)
10.  Kasey Kahne (Dodge)

This entry was posted on Monday, September 3rd, 2007 at 11:39 pm and is filed under NASCAR, Video. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.