Los Angeles Times

Johnson wins at Daytona for season sweep

- Wire reports

Jimmie Johnson became the first driver in 31 years to get a sweep at Daytona Internatio­nal Speedway, accomplish­ing the feat with a dominating run Saturday night in the Coke Zero 400 for his fourth win of the season.

The Daytona 500 winner is the first driver since Bobby Allison in 1982, and the fifth overall, to win both races in a season at Daytona.

The five-time NASCAR champion was the leader on the restart for a two-lap sprint to the finish in overtime Saturday night. He held off Kevin Harvick on the restart, and then pulled out front to a sizable lead. Tony Stewart moved into second and may have been timing his attempt to make a pass for the lead when a caution in the middle of the pack froze the field.

Stewart was second, followed by Harvick in a Chevrolet sweep.

Clint Bowyer was fourth and team co-owner Michael Waltrip fifth in a pair of Toyotas. Then came Kurt Busch, Jamie McMurray and Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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