Jimmie Johnson has backed-up his win at the Daytona 500 with victory at the Coke Zero 400 at the same track.
With less than five laps to run Johnson was battling with Marcos Ambrose and Kasey Kahne – with the Australian avoiding Johnson and making contact with Kahne sending him into the inside wall.
Ambrose had to come to the pits to pull bodywork off the wheels and change tyres.
On the green-white-chequered run to the flag he was then involved in one of two multicar wrecks on the final lap and was classified 26th at the finish.
“Jimmie got a little loose or he just didn’t see my move coming, and I split him coming off of two,” Ambrose recounted post-race.
“He came down to check the spot and I was already there and he just bounced us straight into the 5. That’s plate racing. We’re all trying to win.”
Johnson is the first driver since Bobby Allison in 1982 to win both Daytona races in the one season.
VIDEO: Ambrose and Kahne clash
RESULTS: Coke Zero 400 – Daytona
|
POS |
Driver |
Car # |
MFG |
Start |
Laps |
Laps Led |
Final Status |
Points/Bonus |
|
1 |
Jimmie Johnson | 48 | Chevrolet | 8 | 161 | 94 | Running | 48/5 |
|
2 |
Tony Stewart | 14 | Chevrolet | 13 | 161 | 0 | Running | 42/0 |
|
3 |
Kevin Harvick | 29 | Chevrolet | 26 | 161 | 0 | Running | 41/0 |
|
4 |
Clint Bowyer | 15 | Toyota | 3 | 161 | 0 | Running | 40/0 |
|
5 |
Michael Waltrip | 55 | Toyota | 7 | 161 | 0 | Running | 39/0 |
|
6 |
Kurt Busch | 78 | Chevrolet | 22 | 161 | 0 | Running | 38/0 |
|
7 |
Jamie McMurray | 1 | Chevrolet | 27 | 161 | 10 | Running | 38/1 |
|
8 |
Dale Earnhardt Jr | 88 | Chevrolet | 16 | 161 | 0 | Running | 36/0 |
|
9 |
Casey Mears | 13 | Ford | 19 | 161 | 0 | Running | 35/0 |
|
10 |
Ryan Newman | 39 | Chevrolet | 21 | 161 | 0 | Running | 34/0 |
|
11 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 17 | Ford | 9 | 161 | 0 | Running | 33/0 |
|
12 |
Kyle Busch | 18 | Toyota | 1 | 161 | 29 | Running | 33/1 |
|
13 |
J.J. Yeley | 36 | Chevrolet | 32 | 161 | 2 | Running | 32/1 |
|
14 |
Danica Patrick | 10 | Chevrolet | 11 | 161 | 0 | Running | 30/0 |
|
15 |
David Gilliland | 38 | Ford | 28 | 161 | 1 | Running | 30/1 |
|
16 |
Jeff Burton | 31 | Chevrolet | 17 | 161 | 1 | Running | 29/1 |
|
17 |
Greg Biffle | 16 | Ford | 10 | 161 | 0 | Running | 27/0 |
|
18 |
Travis Kvapil | 93 | Toyota | 40 | 161 | 1 | Running | 27/1 |
|
19 |
Terry Labonte | 32 | Ford | 39 | 161 | 0 | Running | 25/0 |
|
20 |
Trevor Bayne | 21 | Ford | 20 | 161 | 0 | Running | 0/0 |
|
21 |
Brad Keselowski | 2 | Ford | 15 | 161 | 0 | Running | 23/0 |
|
22 |
David Ragan | 34 | Ford | 38 | 161 | 1 | Running | 23/1 |
|
23 |
Bobby Labonte | 47 | Toyota | 34 | 161 | 0 | Running | 21/0 |
|
24 |
Landon Cassill | 33 | Chevrolet | 43 | 161 | 1 | Running | 0/0 |
|
25 |
Josh Wise | 35 | Ford | 37 | 161 | 1 | Running | 0/0 |
|
26 |
Marcos Ambrose | 9 | Ford | 25 | 161 | 0 | Running | 18/0 |
|
27 |
Joe Nemechek | 87 | Toyota | 42 | 161 | 0 | Running | 0/0 |
|
28 |
Scott Speed | 95 | Ford | 36 | 161 | 0 | Running | 16/0 |
|
29 |
Carl Edwards | 99 | Ford | 12 | 161 | 0 | Running | 15/0 |
|
30 |
David Reutimann | 83 | Toyota | 41 | 159 | 0 | Running | 14/0 |
|
31 |
Dave Blaney | 7 | Chevrolet | 29 | 157 | 0 | Running | 13/0 |
|
32 |
Kasey Kahne | 5 | Chevrolet | 4 | 155 | 0 | Accident | 12/0 |
|
33 |
Matt Kenseth | 20 | Toyota | 2 | 154 | 1 | Running | 12/1 |
|
34 |
Jeff Gordon | 24 | Chevrolet | 23 | 151 | 0 | Accident | 10/0 |
|
35 |
AJ Allmendinger | 51 | Chevrolet | 33 | 149 | 0 | Accident | 9/0 |
|
36 |
Denny Hamlin | 11 | Toyota | 24 | 149 | 20 | Accident | 9/1 |
|
37 |
David Stremme | 30 | Toyota | 35 | 127 | 0 | Accident | 7/0 |
|
38 |
Aric Almirola | 43 | Ford | 30 | 127 | 0 | Accident | 6/0 |
|
39 |
Juan Pablo Montoya | 42 | Chevrolet | 14 | 126 | 0 | Running | 5/0 |
|
40 |
Joey Logano | 22 | Ford | 18 | 105 | 0 | Running | 4/0 |
|
41 |
Martin Truex Jr | 56 | Toyota | 5 | 97 | 0 | Accident | 3/0 |
|
42 |
Michael McDowell | 98 | Ford | 31 | 33 | 0 | Vibration | 2/0 |
|
43 |
Paul Menard | 27 | Chevrolet | 6 | 23 | 0 | Engine | 1/0 |
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