The first Sprint win this season for the 2009 champion Jimmie Johnson came this weekend at the Auto Club Speedway, but not before a fair enough amount of good luck, or inspiration, helped the Hendrick Motorsports driver.
On lap 223, Johnson pulled onto pit road only seconds before the sixth and final caution flag came out, following a contact between Brad Keselowski and David Reutimann. Johnson managed to beat the pace car to the scoring line at the exit. As the lead cars pitted, Johnson inh… (read more)