Who will win the BofA 500?
Last weekend after the flames from the “Big One” cleared Smoke was declared the winner after Regan Smith was penalized for passing Tony Stewart below the yellow line on the final lap at Talladega. The win ended Stewart’s 43-race no win streak and propelled him four spots up the leader board to seventh place and 203 points behind the leader. Johnson, however, came away from the Amp 500 as the clear winner despite his ninth place finish. The No. 48 avoided a huge wreck that was caused by the No. 99 car–running in second place with 14 laps to go in the race-and the inexplicable rear-ending of teammate Greg Biffle which took out Chase drivers Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle, Kevin Harvick, Matt Kenseth and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. This put Johnson in first place in the standings with six races left in the Chase. As if Johnson needed any more help this weekend at the track that is known as “the house that JJ built” the No. 48 will start from the pole on Saturday night because rain washed out the qual
