Did Jimmie Johnson win his 3rd brickyard 400 race yesterday?”
Johnson grabs Indy win after late Montoya penalty INDIANAPOLIS (AP)—Jimmie Johnson doesn’t know if he could have passed Juan Pablo Montoya for the win at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He never had to find out. Montoya dominated Sunday’s race at The Brickyard, only to lose his chance at a victory when NASCAR punished him for speeding on pit road. It blew the race wide open, and Johnson beat Hendrick Motorsports teammate Mark Martin for his third win in four years at Indy. “To finish first, first you must finish,” shrugged the three-time defending champion. “I hate him for it. I know it is a story, Juan led so many laps. We come back and look at it two months from now, it’s going to be a `W’ next to my name on the stat sheet. That’s all that matters.” Not to Montoya, who felt NASCAR wrongly flagged him for speeding and became unglued on his radio after the penalty. In a performance that mirrored his dominating Indianapolis 500 victory nine years ago, Montoya was in cruise control as he le
5:13 p.m. Jimmie Johnson becomes the first back-to-back winner of the Allstate 400 at The Brickyard, holding off teammate Mark Martin in an exciting battle over the final five laps. Juan Pablo Montoya finished 11th in what has to be one of the most disappointing days of his career. 5:07 p.m. Jimmie Johnson leads Mark Martin by half a second with 15 laps to go. Crew chief Alan Gustafson tells Mark Martin: “Go get him.” Martin is slowly catching Johnson. Martin is a little faster in Turn 2. He is only 0.26 of a second back with nine laps to go, but Johnson picked it up and was 0.6 up with seven laps left.
