FedEx 400 at Dover Race Recap

Johnson with his rainbow wig in Victory Lane

Johnson and the Rainbow Wig Claim Dover

While he becomes one of the most hated and feared drivers in the sport, Jimmie Johnson cannot be ignored as one of the sports most talented driver. This week at Dover, Jimmie Johnson claimed his seventh win at Dover and third win this season (counting the All Star race). The win also put Johnson above Richard Petty and Bobby Allison for the most all-time wins at the track. This is an amazing bounce back for a driver who began the season with negative points following a terrible finish at Daytona and a points hit for "cheating."

Johnson was the dominant driver throughout the afternoon fighting only one true rival for the win: Jeff Gordon. However, Gordon had problems with a vibration in a wheel forcing him to pit and subsequently going a lap down. Gordon stayed a lap down due to an untimely (and controversial caution) for "debris" which caused him to take the wave-around. Gordon could never fight his way back and managed to finish 13th with a car that could have easily won.

All-in-all, Johnson's win came down to one thing, the hair. For those of you who did not tune in, Johnson was sporting a rainbow colored wig throughout the weekend in promotion of Madagascar 3. He was quoted as saying, "The hair really brought some speed to the team."

It is nice to see consistant success for Rick Hendrick who picked up his 200th career win as an owner back at Darlington. This race marks the fourth in a row for Hendrick including Kasey Kahne's win last week at Charlotte. It also marked a 3-4 streak for Johnson.

On another note, there was a massive 13 car wreck on lap 9 taking out Tony Stewart, Juan Montoya, and Regan Smith among others. The accident was caused by contact between Stewart and the 83 of Landon Cassill coming off the corner. Besides that, most of the cautions throughout the day were due to debris or engines spontaneously combusting.

Notable:

Dale Earnhardt Jr. continues his impressive season with another top five leaving him third in points.

Kurt Busch has more anger issues using another expletive as he threatened to "beat the %*&#" out of the reporting questioning him following Saturday's Nationwide race.

Tune in next week for the Pocono 400 at 1pm.

Results:

1. Jimmie Johnson #48 Lowe's Chevrolet
2. Kevin Harvick #29 Jimmy Johns Chevrolet
3. Matt Kenseth #17 Best Buy Ford
4. Dale Earnhardt Jr #88 Amp Energy Chevrolet
5. Clint Bowyer #15 5-Hour Energy Toyota
6. Aric Almirola #43 Jani-King Ford
7. Martin Truex Jr. #56 Napa Toyota
8. Joey Logano #20 Home Depot Toyota
9. Kasey Kahne #5 Hendrickcars.com Chevrolet
10. Marcos Ambrose #9 Stanley Ford
11. Greg Biffle #16 3M Ford
12. Brad Keselowski #2 Miller Light Dodge
13. Jeff Gordon #24 DuPont Chevrolet
24. Kurt Busch #51 Phoenix Construction Chevrolet
25. Tony Stewart #14 Mobil 1 Chevrolet
26. Carl Edwards #99 Subway Ford
29. Kyle Busch #18 M&M's Toyota

Points Standings:

1. Greg Biffle #16 486 points
2. Matt Kenseth #17 -1
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr. #88 -10
4. Denny Hamlin #11 -22
5. Jimmie Johnson #48 -33