• Johnson wins at Infineon Raceway: #48-Jimmie Johnson won the Toyota / Save Mart 350 Sprint Cup Series race at Infineon Raceway for his 1st win at a road course, 4th win of the season and 51st of his career. The win is Hendrick Motorsports 15th win on a road course. #7-Robby Gordon finished 2nd for his best finish since Watkins Glen in 2005 when he finished 2nd and first top 5 since finished 3rd at Charlotte in May 2009. #29-Harvick finished 3rd followed by #9-Kahne, #24-Gordon, #47-Ambrose, #16-Biffle, #26-Boris Said, #14-Stewart and #42-Montoya. #47-Ambrose was poised to win his first Sprint Cup race with 6 laps to go during the 7th caution, Ambrose shut off his engine to save gas, then could not restart the engine immediately. Ambrose lost 6 positions while restarting his engine. Drivers are supposed to maintain caution speed and NASCAR officials let the #47 team know, forcing Ambrose to restart in seventh. Points leader #29-Harvick increased his points lead to 140 [from 22], now over Johnson, who moved to 2nd. #18-Busch wrecked early and finished 32nd, falling to 4th in the points. #88-Earnhardt Jr. finished 11th. A couple road course specialists making their first Sprint Cup starts did ok with #09-Magnussen finishing 12th and #83-Ekstrom finishing 21st.
  There were 12 lead changes among 8 drivers and 7 cautions for 14 yellow flag laps along with a red flag that lasted about 21 minutes after a big wreck on lap 67. The attendence was reported at 90,000, down from 93,500 last year
  See race results, awards, laps led and more on Jayski's Infineon Race Results/Awards page.(6-20-2010)

• Race Fast Facts - Infineon Raceway:
  #48-Jimmie Johnson won the Toyota/Save Mart 350, his 51st victory in 307 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
  This is his fourth victory and 10th top-10 finish in 2010.
  This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in nine races at Infineon Raceway. Johnson won his first NASCAR Sprint Cup road race in his 17th road course start.
  #7-Robby Gordon (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in 13 races at Infineon Raceway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2010.
  #29-Kevin Harvick (third) posted his third top-10 finish in ten races at Infineon Raceway.
  #34-Kevin Conway (28th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  Kevin Harvick leads the point standings by 140 points over Jimmie Johnson.(NASCAR Statistics)(6-20-2010)

• 2010 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:
  [after Infineon, race 16 of 36]:
  rank, car#, driver, points, behind
  1) #29-Kevin Harvick [1 win], 2334
  2) #48-Jimmie Johnson [4 wins], 2194, -140
  3) #18-Kyle Busch [2 wins], 2193, -141
  4) #11-Denny Hamlin [5 wins], 2183, -151
  5) #24-Jeff Gordon, 2142, -192
  6) #2-Kurt Busch [2 wins], 2118, -216
  7) #17-Matt Kenseth, 2092, -242
  8) #31-Jeff Burton, 2027, -307
  9) #16-Greg Biffle, 2011, -323
  10) #14-Tony Stewart, 1983, -351
  11) #5-Mark Martin, 1947, -387, +72
  12) #99-Carl Edwards, 1932, -402, +57 ahead of 13th
  Chase for the Sprint Cup - Contenders:
  13) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr, 1876, 57 points out of the chase
  14) #33-Clint Bowyer, 1858, -74
  15) #39-Ryan Newman [1 win], 1850, -82
  2009 Chase Drivers not in top 16
  20) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya, 1781, -151
  21) #9-Kasey Kahne, 1771, -161
  34) #83-Brian Vickers, 1158 [out season with illness]
  See drivers championship points standings on Jayski's Drivers Points Standings page.(6-20-2010)

• Top-35 in Owner Points and guaranteed a starting spot at New Hampshire:
  No one moved in to or out of the top-35, but the #26 moved up to 36th & the #38 to 27th, #7 moved from 35th to 32nd with the 2nd place finish.
  32) #7-Gordon/RGM: 1230, +101
  33) #71-Labonte/TRG: 1203, +74
  34) #37-Kvapil/Front Row: 1200, +71
  35) #34-Conway/Front Row: 1191, 62 points ahead of 36th
  these teams/ drivers must qualify by speed:
  36) #26-Stremme/Latitude43: 1129, 62 points out of the top 35
  37) #38-Gilliland/Front Row: 1101, -90
  The teams are NOT locked in past the next race as the owners points change after each race.
  For the owner points standings, see my Owners Points Standings page.(6-20-2010)

# Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. ** Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. * Includes race leader bonus.

Failed to qualify: (3) #02 Brandon Ash; #36 Brian Simo; #55 Michael Waltrip

Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 90,000 Jimmie Johnson won the Toyota/Save Mart 350, his 51st NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory and first on a road course. To start the race, the following cars dropped to the rear for the reason indicated: No. 6, 77 (backup cars).

TIME OF RACE:2 hours, 56 minutes, 38 seconds
AVERAGE SPEED:74.357 mph
MARGIN OF VICTORY:3.105 second(s)

COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Kasey Kahne (93.893 mph. 76.300 secs.)
DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE: Kasey Kahne (crew chief Kenny Francis)
GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP: Jimmie Johnson (91.7321 mph, Lap 5)
MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Jimmie Johnson
MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE: Robby Gordon
MOOG CHASSIS PARTS PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE: Marcos Ambrose (crew chief Frank Kerr, 0.080 sec.)
NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner: rolls over to $170,000 at next event ++
O'REILLY AUTO PARTS POSITION IMPROVEMENT AWARD: Jan Magnussen (20 places)
RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Kevin Conway
SUNOCO DIAMOND PERFORMANCE : Jimmie Johnson
TISSOT PIT ROAD PRECISION: Boris Said (116.717 seconds)
WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER: Marcos Ambrose (35 Laps)

Caution Flags: 7 cautions for 14 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 12 - 13 (Car #1,18,33,43 Accident Turn 8 [None]); 59 - 60 (Fluid On Track [71]); 65 - 66 (Car #12 Accident Turn 10 [1]); 68 - 69 (Car #11,13,56,77,78 Accident Frontstretch {Red Flag 21 Min. 18 Sec. After Lap 66} [34]); 86 - 87 (Car #20 Spin Turn 10 [46]); 93 - 94 (Car #83 Spin Turn 8 [11]); 104 - 105 (Car #12 Spin Turn 7 [11]).

Lap Leaders: 12 lead changes among 8 drivers. K. Kahne-pole, J. Johnson 1-33, T. Stewart 34-35, M. Ekstrom 36-42, J. Johnson 43-57, M. Truex Jr 58, B. Said 59-60, M. Ambrose 61-79, C. Bowyer 80, E. Sadler 81, B. Said 82-87, M. Ambrose 88-103, J. Johnson 104-110.