Jimmie Johnson created a little more breathing room in the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup standings with a dominant victory at the Coke Zero 400 on Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway.
2013 NASCAR standings: Jimmie Johnson remains on top after victory at Daytona
Johnson completed a season sweep at Daytona over the weekend, and he remains atop the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings with the victory. However, Clint Bowyer took over the No. 2 spot from Carl Edwards.
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Johnson went into the race 38 points ahead of Carl Edwards, and his lead now sits at 49 points ahead of Clint Bowyer, who finished fourth. Johnson’s victory gave him a season sweep for the year at Daytona, the first time that has been done in 31 years.
Edwards fell back to third place in the Sprint Cup standings with a 29th place finish at Daytona. Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch made the biggest moves of the week thanks to a pair of stellar performances. Stewart finished second at Daytona and moved up six spots in the standings to No. 10. Busch placed sixth at Daytona and is up to No. 9 in the standings.
The full standings can be found on NASCAR.com, here’s the current top 10:
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Clint Bowyer -49
3. Carl Edwards -71
4. Kevin Harvick -73
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. -110
6. Matt Kenseth -118
7. Kyle Busch -125
8. Greg Biffle -142
9. Kurt Busch -157
10. Tony Stewart -159
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