Talk about your great finishes: Jimmie Johnson got a push from Dale Earnhardt Jr. on the last lap of the Aaron’s 499 to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway by the thinnest margin in NASCAR history since the advent of electronic timing.
NASCAR Results From Talladega Superspeedway: Jimmie Johnson Wins Aaron’s 499
Johnson used Earnhardt’s push to edge just in front of Clint Bowyer and Jeff Gordon at the finish line, and took the checkered flag by .002 seconds, or two thousandths of a second. It’s the narrowest margin of victory in NASCAR history, tying Ricky Craven’s win over Kurt Busch at Darlington in 2003.
That win clearly means something to both drivers, given what Johnson did after Earnhardt came to see him on the way to Victory Road:
And when Dale Earnhardt Jr. leaned in to congratulate him, @JimmieJohnson gave him winning checkered flag @TalladegaSuperS #NASCARFull results from the Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway are as follows:
- Jimmie Johnson
- Clint Bowyer
- Jeff Gordon
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Kevin Harvick
- Carl Edwards
- Greg Biffle
- Mark Martin
- David Gilliland
- Joey Logano
- A.J. Allmendinger
- Paul Menard
- Martin Truex Jr.
- David Reutimann
- Regan Smith
- Jeff Burton
- Tony Stewart
- Kurt Busch
- Andy Lally
- Robby Gordon
- Jamie McMurray
- Casey Mears
- Denny Hamlin
- Bobby Labonte
- Ryan Newman
- J.J. Yeley
- Dave Blaney
- Michael Waltrip
- Travis Kvapil
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Landon Cassill
- Marcos Ambrose
- Brad Keselowski
- Terry Labonte
- Kyle Busch
- Matt Kenseth
- Kasey Kahne
- Brian Vickers
- David Ragan
- Trevor Bayne
- Joe Nemechek
- Steve Park
- Kevin Conway
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