Jimmie Johnson and Team Lowe’s Racing have been flying high since their visit to Pocono (Pa.) Raceway in June. Johnson dominated that day, leading a race-high 128 laps on his way to winning from the pole.
Except for a tire that went down during the final lap as he was running down the leader at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn the following weekend, leading to a 28th-place finish, Johnson has placed no worse than ninth in every race since Pocono in June. He arguably has seen a pair of wins slip away at Kentucky and Indianapolis, but was able to find victory lane at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway, pulling off a season sweep at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series’ “home” track.
His lead in the series’ driver standings continues to grow, now 75 points over second-place Clint Bowyer and 182 ahead of 11th. His four wins this season currently make him the top seed for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Matt Kenseth also has four wins, but Johnson wins the tiebreaker with a next-best finish of second to Kenseth’s next-best finish of fifth.
Johnson sports a special paint scheme on his No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet SS for this weekend’s return visit to Pocono featuring the characters from Disney’s Planes. His convincing showing at the “Tricky Triangle” in June, coupled with a runner-up and nearly victorious run Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which is often an indicator of good runs to come at Pocono, Johnson could be flying high once again this weekend.
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