DARLINGTON, S.C. - Jimmie Johnson gave Hendrick Motorsports its 200th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win when he took the checkered flag in Saturday night's Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.
Johnson led six times for 134 laps, including the final 44, en route to his third triumph at the historic track and the milestone win for owner Rick Hendrick.
"Very proud of the effort that the whole 48 team put together," Johnson said. "We've been awfully close to winning the 200th for him the last month or two. Very happy that we closed the deal today."
The win was the 56th of Johnson's career. Since the first win on April 29, 1984 when Geoff Bodine went to Victory Lane at Martinsville Speedway, 15 drivers have combined to give Hendrick the victory total. Jeff Gordon leads the group with 85.
If dreams come true in the Aaron's 499, Joe Levis will be sleeping easy tonight. It was a great race for Joe and his team at Talladega for a number of reasons. Joe went to victory lane for the first time this season and second time in his career after scoring a total of 192 points. He became the first member on his team Southern Style Racing to go to victory lane in their first year of existance. Also to top it all off, Joe becomes the 5th different member to lead the points standings his year.
Aaron's 499 Top 5 finishers
1. Joe Levis
2. Fred Moore
3. Greg Eichele
4. Ray Perrotta
5. Gary Wheat
DARLINGTON, S.C. - Joey Logano outran his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin on a green-white-checkered finish to take his second-straight NASCAR Nationwide Series victory in Friday night's VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200 at Darlington Raceway.
Logano followed his win last week at Talladega Superspeedway with his first career checkered flag at the historic South Carolina track.
But it came in controversial fashion.
Logano made contact with leader Elliott Sadler on a restart with five laps-to-go sending the Richard Childress Racing driver into the wall and out of the race
Ron Blackman may still be looking to get his first Cup win, but he's not having too much trouble here in the Nationwide series. The lady in black didn't prove too much trouble for Ron as he tames her to get his first win of the season and third of his career.
Ron has now made it three straight seasons for going to victory lane. In 2010 he won at Texas and last year he won at Watkins Glen. For 2012 he gets his first short track victory. He is also hoping to break the streak of just one win a year and get a few more by the end.
VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200 Top 5 Finishers
1. Ron Blackman
2. Don Hardison
3. Natalie Jones
4. Will Riney
5. Terry Howell
KANSAS CITY, Kan. - James Buescher scored his first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory in Saturday's SFP 250 at Kansas Speedway.
Buescher led 103 of the 167-lap race around the 1.5-mile speedway to give Turner Motorsports its second straight NCWTS victory following Kasey Kahne's win last Sunday at Rockingham Speedway.
He passed Brad Keselowski with 10 laps-to-go and then cruised to the checkered flag.
The win gave Buescher a Truck Series win in 2012 to go along with his first career Nationwide Series victory that he scored at Daytona to start the season in February.
For the fourth race of the season we get our 4th different winner as Joseph Cardwell goes to victory lane at Kansas. Also, for the 2nd week in a row we break the points record. Last week Brian Blair set the new record with 245 points at Rockingham. He doesn't get to celebrate the record very long because Joseph Cardwell scores 249 points en route to his win.
SFP 250 Top 5 finishers
1. Joseph Cardwell
2. David Latimer
3. Bob Thomas
4. Leon Baker
5. Lou Demian
Lucky Dog Racing looking forward to its third LROC win in 2012
Last year Lucky Dog Racing won its second LROC championship in a row after a close finish that went down to the wire in the final race at Homestead. As the series gets ready for it's seventh season with the first race at Daytona, LDR has its eyes on its third straight championship. This year we have another strong team full of champions and a few members making their very first starts in the series. Harry Jeffery will be leading the way and making his first start after his impressive capture of his first Cup championship. Jose Rodriguez is another new comecomer both in LROC and Lucky Dog Racing. He was on fire last year and will look to keep it going. The third newcomer is Ron Blackman who gets in after winning the Yahoo Championship.
Returning members include Nationwide Series Champion Lou Demian who makes his record sixth appearance, Streak to the finish champion Gary Wheat and Chaser Eraser Champion Kevin Sullivan.
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