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Johnson Continues Hunt for Bristol Win

Jimmie Johnson scored a career-best third-place finish at Bristol Motor Speedway in March. After good performances and disappointing results for so long, Johnson was thrilled with the top five finish and hopes to do the same this weekend in Saturday night’s Sharpie 500.
 
One of only six tracks on which Johnson hasn’t won, Bristol underwent a makeover two years ago. Since then, the three-time Champion believes the team has begun to improve and explains how things have changed at the .533-mile oval.
 
“The old track in general was a dog eat dog world,” explained Johnson. “If you were a half of tenth off and you were on the good side and a half of tenth faster than guys you had a great evening, if you’re a half of tenth off you’re in everybody’s way and every guy that got to you was going to knock you out of the way. I know the fans really enjoyed that from everything I’ve seen so far but from a racing standpoint its nice going to the track now knowing that you can actually race for your positions. If you don’t have the best car a guy has the option of going around and isn’t just going to dump you. I like that aspect of it.” 

The event will be broadcast live under the lights on ESPN beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET.
 
RACE NOTES
Bristol Motor Speedway

• Johnson has made 15 Sprint Cup Series starts at Bristol Motor Speedway, posting three top-five and seven top-10 finishes.
• The .533-mile short track is one of only six Sprint Cup venues at which Johnson hasn’t visited Victory Lane. The others are Michigan, Infineon, Chicago, Watkins Glen and Homestead.
• The three-time champion has completed 97.8% (7349 of 7513) of competition laps at the track and has led 131.
• Johnson has an average start and finish of 16.3 and 16.4.

• Johnson will pilot chassis No. 480 in Saturday night’s race. He last drove that car to a career-best third-place finish at Bristol Motor Speedway in March.
• Johnson took backup chassis number 465 to Victory Lane at Dover International Speedway in June.

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