Jimmie Johnson Wins His 5th 2010 Sprint Cup Race; Closes in on Points Lead in Hendrick Chevy on Purolator
Release Date:
6/27/2010
Loudon, NH, June 27, 2010 — Four-time defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson won his fifth race of this primary stock car racing series Sunday at New Hampshire Speedway at the wheel of the Purolator-equipped Lowe's Chevrolet Impala. Driving for the powerful Hendrick Motorsports team, Johnson passed Kurt Busch, who was in the Penske Racing Miller Lite Dodge Charger, with two laps remaining to score his 52nd career Sprint Cup stock car victory and move to within 105 points the series lead. Tony Stewart finished second in his Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet while Busch took third. Four-time Sprint Cup champion Jeff Gordon finished fourth in another Purolator-equipped Hendrick Chevrolet.