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Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe's/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet, does a burnout after winning the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 18, 2007. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) ยป More Photos
In case anyone wondered whether last year's NASCAR Nextel Cup title run was a fluke, Jimmie Johnson and the rest of the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports crew have begun the 2007 season with the hunger and ferocity of upstart contenders, not the complacency of established champions.
Johnson drove the wheels off his Chevrolet when it mattered Sunday, passing Tony Stewart with three laps to go to capture the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It was Johnson's second-consecutive Cup victory, his third-consecutive top-three finish and something of a statement race.
Stewart appeared to have the race in the bag, with a lead of 1.297 seconds with 305 of 325 laps completed. But six laps later, a caution flag flew for debris NASCAR discovered in Turn 3. With all the
The green flag flew for the last time on Lap 315 and Stewart sailed away clearly into the lead. Just two circuits later, though, Johnson was around Kenseth for second place and took off in hot pursuit of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet.
Johnson got underneath Stewart only to have the door slammed on him twice as he couldn't make the pass for the lead stick. Finally, on Lap 323, Johnson set up Stewart brilliantly, going low in Turn 1 and taking the lead. Unlike prior attempts, though, Stewart couldn't keep Johnson pinned to the bottom and force him to lift.
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