Martin wins, Johnson finishes eight

Our own Jimmie Johnson finished eighth at the Chicagoland Speedway this last Saturday. Teammate Mark Martin won his series-best fourth race of the season and the 39th of his career. Martin gained two positions to 11th in the standings. Martin took the checkered flag a half second ahead of Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jeff Gordon (one-two for Hendrick). Kasey Kahne was third, followed by Tony Stewart who still leads in the point’s standings of the Sprint Cup Championship.
“That was fun,” Martin said after the race. “That’s what life’s all about right there. These guys (Martin’s crew) deserved to win. We could have parked the car (Friday) with an hour left in practice. I knew it was awesome. But the best car doesn’t usually win. The double-file restarts are to mess the best car up so he doesn’t win, to make it good for the fans and it did, but luckily we pulled it off anyway.”
As the race neared its end, the action intensified and on lap 251 Jimmie Johnson led the field on the restart but the No. 48 Chevrolet was roughed up in traffic. Johnson, Hamlin and Vickers all were damaged as the cars were maneuvering for position during the next two laps.
“There was a lot of body-slamming out there, and guys were bump-drafting down the straightaways,” Johnson said. “I didn’t think we could do that at a mile-and-a-half track.”
So another exciting day in racing and even though the results were not as high as we would like to see for Jimmie, he is still in the hunt for a fourth straight Sprint Cup Championship. So that is our report right here from Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet in Kearny Mesa of San Diego where we have some really great deals just waiting for you.