If the NASCAR Sprint Series is racing on a 1.5-mile track, assume Jimmie Johnson is going to be in the mix.
The El Cajon native has won four of the last six races at that distance and, after Saturday night's win in Kansas in the Spongebob Squarepants 400 (no, I am not making that up), J.J. has 23 career wins at the 1.5-mile distance, an all-time record.
Early in the race Johnson had drifted back to 36th place but on a restart with six laps to go he was sitting third. Jimmie blew past Martin Truex Jr. and Kevin Harvick and held on for his series-leading 3rd win of the season.
Harvick finished second, maintaining his overall points lead. Johnson sits in 3rd place, 48 points behind, heading to another track he knows well in Charlotte.
