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Jimmie Johnson tamed “the Monster Mile” Sunday afternoon, as he took the lead from Tony Stewart with two laps remaining, and was able to hold Stewart off to win the Autism Speaks 400.

Johnson (who won his fourth Cup Series race at Dover and his second win of the season) and Stewart (who took over the points lead with his second-place finish – leads Jeff Gordon by 46 points) were followed by Greg Biffle in third, Matt Kenseth fourth, Kurt Busch fifth, Kasey Kahne sixth, Carl Edwards seventh, Ryan Newman eighth, Casey Mears ninth and Mark Martin rounds out the top-10 finishers at Dover International Speedway.

Top-12 Unofficial Points Standings: 1. Tony Stewart – 1853 2. Jeff Gordon – 1807 (-46 Behind Leader) 3. Jimmie Johnson 1789 (-64) 4. Kurt Busch – 1762 (-91) 5. Ryan Newman – 1680 (-173) 6. Kyle Busch – 1634 (-219) 7. Denny Hamlin – 1630 (-223) 8. Matt Kenseth – 1625 (-228) 9. Greg Biffle – 1618 (-235) 10. Jeff Burton – 1587 (-266) 11. Carl Edwards – 1582 (-271) 12. Mark Martin – 1567 (-286).

2009 Autism Speaks 400 NSCS Race Results

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Lap	Pts	BPts	Status	TLd	LLd
1	8	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's/KOBALT Tools Chevrolet	400	195	10	Running	9	298
2	31	14	Tony Stewart	Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet	400	175	5	Running	1	6
3	5	16	Greg Biffle	3M/Nexcare Ford	400	170	5	Running	3	41
4	14	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt Ford	400	165	5	Running	1	7
5	19	2	Kurt Busch	Miller Lite Dodge	400	155		Running
6	2	9	Kasey Kahne	Budweiser Dodge	400	150		Running
7	13	99	Carl Edwards	Aflac Ford	400	151	5	Running	5	12
8	11	39	Ryan Newman	U.S. Army Chevrolet	400	142		Running
9	17	7	Casey Mears	Jack Daniel's Chevrolet	400	138		Running
10	28	5	Mark Martin	Kellogg's / CARQUEST Chevrolet	400	139	5	Running	1	1
11	25	33	Clint Bowyer	The Hartford Chevrolet	400	130		Running
12	22	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet	400	127		Running
13	12	77	Sam Hornish Jr.	Mobil 1 Dodge	400	124		Running
14	18	26	Jamie McMurray	Crown Royal Ford	400	121		Running
15	21	20	Joey Logano #	Home Depot Toyota	400	118		Running
16	32	31	Jeff Burton	Caterpillar Chevrolet	400	115		Running
17	35	29	Kevin Harvick	Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet	400	112		Running
18	1	0	David Reutimann	Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota	400	114	5	Running	2	25
19	4	43	Reed Sorenson	Air Force Dodge	400	111	5	Running	1	4
20	20	47	Marcos Ambrose	RaceSavers.com Toyota	400	103		Running
21	15	1	Martin Truex Jr.	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet	399	100		Running
22	33	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet	399	97		Running
23	6	18	Kyle Busch	M&Ms Toyota	399	94		Running
24	26	6	David Ragan	UPS Ford	399	91		Running
25	9	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull Toyota	399	88		Running
26	42	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Chevrolet	398	85		Running
27	10	19	Elliott Sadler	Stanley Tools Dodge	398	87	5	Running	1	2
28	27	96	Bobby Labonte	Ask.com/AutismSpeaks.org Ford	397	79		Running
29	7	44	A J Allmendinger	Auto Value Bumper to Bumper Dodge	396	76		Running
30	3	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target Chevrolet	395	78	5	Running	1	3
31	30	12	David Stremme	No. 12 Penske Dodge Dodge	370	70		Accident
32	36	98	Paul Menard	Pittsburgh Paints/Menards Ford	363	67		Running
33	40	7	Robby Gordon	Richmond Water Heaters Toyota	282	64		Accident
34	41	34	John Andretti	Taco Bell Chevrolet	253	61		Accident
35	29	55	Michael Waltrip	NAPA Toyota	250	58		Engine
36	16	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Office Toyota	232	55		Accident
37	23	82	Scott Speed #	Red Bull Toyota	118	52		Engine
38	38	87	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports Toyota	67	49		Drive Shaft
39	39	66	Dave Blaney	PRISM Motorsports Toyota	66	46		Transmission
40	37	9	Mike Bliss	Phoenix Racing Dodge	56	43		Electrical
41	34	36	Mike Skinner	Tommy Baldwin Racing Toyota	51	40		Engine
42	43	37	Tony Raines	Long John Silver's Chevrolet	42	37		Accident
43	24	71	David Gilliland	TRG Motorsports Chevrolet	38	39	5	Power	1	1