Johnson wins at Atlanta: #48-Jimmie Johnson won the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway for his 1st win of the season, 5th win in at Atlanta and 76th career win. He ties Dale Earnhardt, Sr. for 7th on the all-time career wins list and has one at least 1 race in each of the last 15 years. Johnson led 52 of the 330 laps.
#88-Earnhardt, Jr. finished 2nd, followed by #18-Busch, #41-Busch, #19-Edwards, #4-Harvick, #78-Truex, Jr., #24-Elliott, #2-Keselowski, and #17-Stenhouse.
The 8th place finish is a career best for #24-Elliott.
The race went caution-free for the first 209 laps, the longest green flag run to start a race in Atlanta history.
A spin by #31-Newman with 2 laps remaining sent the race into "NASCAR Overtime". A wreck on the backstretch after the leaders had already passed the overtime line, forced the race to end under caution.
There were 28 lead changes among 8 drivers and 3 cautions for 13 yellow flag laps.
The average speed was 155.863mph.
Race Fast Facts - Atlanta: Jimmie Johnson won the 57th Annual Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, his 76th victory in 509 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
With the victory, Johnson ties Dale Earnhardt for seventh on the all-time series wins list.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2016.
This is his fifth victory and 16th top-10 finish in 25 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Dale Earnhardt Jr (second) posted his 14th top-10 finish in 29 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2016.
Kyle Busch (third) posted his sixth top-10 finish in 18 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Chase Elliott (eighth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Kyle Busch leads the point standings by 3 points over Martin Truex Jr.
Next Race will be at Las Vegas March 6th, 2016
(NASCAR Integrated Sports Marketing)(2-28-2016)
[after Atlanta, race 2 of 36]
1) #18-Busch, 78
2) #78-Truex, Jr., 75, -3
3) #4-Harvick, 74, -4
4) #19-Edwards, 73, -5
5) #11-Hamlin [1 win], 70, -8
6) #48-Johnson [1 win], 70, -8
7) #41-Kurt Busch, 69, -9
8) #22-Logano, 64, -14
9) #3-Dillon, 63, -15
10) #43-Almirola, 55, -23
11) #2-Keselowski, 54, -24
12) #20-Kenseth, 51, -27
13) #17-Stenhouse, Jr., 50, -28
14) #42-Larson, 49, -29
15) #31-Newman, 48, -30
16) #5-Kahne, 46, -32
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