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SONOMA, Calif. -- Jimmie Johnson finished fourth in Sunday’s Sprint Cup event at Infineon Raceway.
Aside from a penalty for speeding on pit road, Johnson ran in the top-10 throughout the event before earning his second career top-five finish with an 11th-place result at the 1.99-mile road course.
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"Yeah it was a good finish,” said Johnson, who remains third in the Sprint Cup Series driver point standings. “Unfortunately we were speeding on pit road and I had to come back from that. I passed a lot of cars so very proud of the effort, very proud of the race car.”
The only hiccup of the day occurred when Johnson’s No. 48 Lowe’s Chevy made contact with the No. 2 car of Kurt Busch in the ess turns of the speedway on Lap 90 of 110.
“Unfortunately I got together with the No. 2 (Kurt Busch) getting into the esses and got him into the wall so I had to find him and apologize,” explained Johnson. “It was just a racing deal, nothing more. It left a bruise on the left front but other than that it was a good day.
"We went through a lot with the pit road speeding penalty and we had to fight back from that. But what a great race car. Chad (Knaus) and the guys did a great job. I was real fast on the long runs so I could just work away at it. I’m very proud of this Lowe's Impala in the top-four here at Infineon Raceway. This has been a tough, tough track for us so we are getting better and making progress."
Kasey Kahne grabbed the victory with Tony Stewart, Marcos Ambrose, Johnson and Denny Hamlin following him to the finish line. Stewart remains the Sprint Cup Series points leader, followed by Jeff Gordon (-84). Johnson (-157), Kurt Busch (-280) and Carl Edwards (-313).
The Sprint Cup Series will compete at New Hampshire Motor Speedway next weekend. The race will be broadcast live on TNT beginning at 1:30 p.m. ET.