Kevin Harvick was leading the race when he suffered a broken valve stem and a resulting flat tire on Lap 165, shortly after a restart. Harvick fell two laps off the pace and finished the first car a lap down in 17th place.
“I felt the 4 car, if they didn’t have the troubles they had today, would have been a serious threat,” said Johnson’s crew chief Chad Knaus.
Johnson concurred: “I think we would have had a heck of a race with the No. 4,” he said.
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