Catchfence

Jimmie Johnson held off the pole sitter, and Hendrick Motorsports teammate Mark Martin by 0.400 seconds in the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, and became the first back-to-back NSCS winner at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

It was a speeding off pit road penalty that ruined what seemed to be Juan Pablo Montoya’s race to win, as he dominated 116 of the 160 laps, and undoubtedly had the fastest car, but ended up finishing in the 11th-place position.

This was Johnson’s third win at the Brickyard, his third win of the season, and his 43rd career series victory moving himself into second in the points standings. Johnson, who gave team owner Rick Hendrick his seventh victory at Indy, is now 192 points behind series leader Tony Stewart, who finished third.

Rounding out the top-10 were Greg Biffle in fourth, Brian Vickers fifth, Kevin Harvick sixth, Kasey Kahne seventh, David Reutimann eighth, Jeff Gordon ninth and Matt Kenseth in tenth.

Race Notes:

Average Speed: 145.882 MPH
Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 44 Mins, 31 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 0.400 Seconds
Lead Changes: 9 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 14 laps
Attendance: 180,000 (record low)

Unofficial Top-12 in The Points Standing:1. Tony Stewart – 3054 2. Jimmie Johnson – 2862 (-192 Behind Leader) 3. Jeff Gordon – 2847 (-207) 4. Kurt Busch – 2608 (-446) 5. Carl Edwards – 2556 (-498) 6. Denny Hamlin – 2518 (-536) 7. Ryan Newman – 2506 (-548) 8. Kasey Kahne – 2482 (-572) 9. Mark Martin – 2471 (-583) 10. Juan Pablo Montoya – 2461 (-593) 11. Greg Biffle – 2445 (-609) 12. Matt Kenseth – 2429 (-625)

On the Outside Looking in for the Chase: 13th David Reutimann – 2361 (-693) -68 Behind 12th-Place

2009 Allstate 400 NSCS Race Results

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Lap	Pts	BPts	Status	TLd	LLd
1	16	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's/KOBALT Tools Chevrolet	160	190	5	Running	1	24
2	1	5	Mark Martin	CARQUEST/Kellogg's Chevrolet	160	175	5	Running	2	14
3	7	14	Tony Stewart	Old Spice/Office Depot Chevrolet	160	170	5	Running	1	2
4	12	16	Greg Biffle	3M/Pistonz Earplugs Ford	160	160		Running
5	6	83	Brian Vickers	Red Bull Toyota	160	160	5	Running	1	2
6	19	29	Kevin Harvick	Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet	160	150		Running
7	8	9	Kasey Kahne	Budweiser Dodge	160	146		Running
8	5	0	David Reutimann	Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota	160	142		Running
9	22	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Chevrolet	160	138		Running
10	25	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt Ford	160	134		Running
11	2	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target Chevrolet	160	140	10	Running	3	116
12	18	20	Joey Logano #	Home Depot Toyota	160	127		Running
13	9	43	Reed Sorenson	Valvoline Dodge	160	124		Running
14	17	39	Ryan Newman	Haas Automation Chevrolet	160	121		Running
15	41	99	Carl Edwards	Aflac Ford	160	118		Running
16	21	12	David Stremme	No. 12 Penske Dodge Dodge	160	115		Running
17	13	1	Martin Truex Jr.	Guitar Hero Chevrolet	160	112		Running
18	10	33	Clint Bowyer	Cheerios/Hamburger Helper Chevrolet	160	109		Running
19	27	7	Casey Mears	Jack Daniel's Chevrolet	160	111	5	Running	1	1
20	33	44	A J Allmendinger	Hunt Brothers Pizza Dodge	160	103		Running
21	24	26	Jamie McMurray	Crown Royal Ford	160	100		Running
22	11	47	Marcos Ambrose	Little Debbie/Kingsford/Clorox Toyota	160	97		Running
23	31	96	Bobby Labonte	Ask.com Ford	160	94		Running
24	29	6	David Ragan	UPS Ford	160	91		Running
25	38	31	Jeff Burton	Prilosec OTC/Walmart Chevrolet	159	88		Running
26	4	21	Bill Elliott	Motorcraft Ford	159	85		Running
27	40	2	Kurt Busch	Miller Lite Dodge	159	82		Running
28	32	7	Robby Gordon	John Manville Toyota	159	79		Running
29	28	98	Paul Menard	Johns Manville/Menard's Ford	158	76		Running
30	37	71	David Gilliland	TRG Motorsports Chevrolet	158	78	5	Running	1	1
31	26	82	Scott Speed #	Red Bull Toyota	157	70		Running
32	35	34	John Andretti	Taco Bell Chevrolet	156	67		Running
33	43	8	Terry Labonte	Carter/Simo Racing Toyota	154	64		Running
34	14	11	Denny Hamlin	FedEx Office Toyota	144	61		Running
35	23	55	Michael Waltrip	NAPA Toyota	139	58		Engine
36	3	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet	127	55		Engine
37	15	77	Sam Hornish Jr.	Mobil 1 Dodge	118	52		Running
38	20	18	Kyle Busch	Snickers Toyota	112	49		Running
39	36	78	Regan Smith	Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet	108	46		Running
40	42	19	Elliott Sadler	Best Buy Dodge	45	43		Running
41	39	36	Mike Skinner	Guy Fieri Knuckle Sandwich Toyota	35	40		Transmission
42	34	66	Dave Blaney	PRISM Motorsports Toyota	23	37		Brakes
43	30	87	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports Toyota	21	34		Brakes