Edwards Wins Second in a Row, Johnson is Five Time Champion

RACE RECAP | HOMESTEAD-MIAMI SPEEDWAY

10 Greg Biffle
9 Matt Kenseth
8 Tony Stewart
7 Ryan Newman
6 Kasey Kahne
5 A.J. Allmendinger
4 Aric Almirola
3 Kevin Harvick finished 3rd in points (-41)
2 Jimmie Johnson is the 2010 Sprint Cup Series Champion

-It’s Johnson’s 5th straight title
-He had to come from behind to win this one
-No driver has ever won 5 straight
-He leads all active drivers with the most championships
-10th championship for Hendrick Motorsports

VICTORY LANE

1 Carl Edwards led the most laps and wins his second race in a row after not winning since 2008.

OTHER STORIES ON THE DAY

-Denny Hamlin went for a wild ride in the backstretch grass after running into Greg Biffle. He later had a tire going down and pitted. Denny finished 14th and 2nd in the point standings (-39)

-Jeff Burton pounded the wall hard, sending him the garage

-Kevin Harvick made his way to the front only to get caught speeding on pit road

-The engine expired on the 24 of Jeff Gordon

-Jimmie Johnson’s pit crew had less than stellar stops all day

-Kevin Harvick dumped Kyle Busch with about 22 laps to go, the 18 caught fire and Kyle is okay

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