Jimmie Johnson’s season is off to a competitive start with a win in the season-opening Daytona 500 and a runner-up finish in last weekend’s race at Phoenix International Raceway. While those numbers don’t guarantee a jackpot ending to this weekend’s Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Johnson’s odds look good at the 1.5-mile oval.
Johnson will drive his No. 48 Kobalt Tools Chevrolet in the eponymously titled race. He has won four of the 11 races he has run at the speedway – with victories in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010 – and has five top-five finishes. Of those finishes, last March’s battle with Tony Stewart in the closing laps resulted in a hard fought runner-up finish as Stewart beat Johnson on the final restart to claim the win.
With the highest driver rating at Las Vegas, the odds seem to be in Johnson’s favor. And with an impressive start to the 2013 season, it’s apparent five-time Sprint Cup champion Johnson has the tools he needs to improve upon last year’s result.
Johnson’s Las Vegas Motor Speedway Quick Stats:
- · Johnson has four wins (March 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010) at Las Vegas but has yet to earn a pole position.
- · Johnson has earned five top-five finishes and six top-10s in 11 starts.
- · His average start is 14.4 and average finish is 9.8. He has completed 2,955 of 2,958 laps (99.99 percent) and led 355.
- · He has finished every race in which he’s competed at the 1.5-mile oval.
- · Sprint Cup’s best driver rating (110.9 average of a possible 150 points).
- · Sprint Cup’s best in fastest laps run with 283.
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