Dover NASCAR: Jimmie Johnson goes from last to win amid mayhem
Jimmie Johnson scored his third victory of the 2017 NASCAR Cup season and 11th at Dover after going from last to first for Hendrick Motorsports

A late caution for David Ragan's tyre-failure-induced crash with four laps remaining took the race into overtime, with Kyle Larson leading the field.
Johnson had the stronger restart to storm into first place, just managing to cross the overtime line under green flag conditions before a multi-car pile-up caused the race to finish under caution.
Ty Dillon had been fourth after a strong run late in the final stage, but he spun in front of the pack on dust used to clear up behind Ragan's burning car, triggering a big last-lap crash on the back straight in the extended 406-lap race.
A pre-race gear change sent Johnson to the back of the grid, with the seven-time Cup champion - now tied with Cale Yarborough for most wins in the series with 83 - making his way up to fifth by the end of the first stage.
He was brought into winning contention mid-way through the final stage, when he chose to stay out while his rivals pitted under green flag conditions before Regan Smith's tyre failure caused a caution.
Johnson capitalised by pitting, emerging in third and then moving into second place, before taking the lead in overtime.
Larson spent long stints in the lead but, just like the same event in 2016, he narrowly missed out on triumphing at Dover.
Martin Truex Jr won the first two stages but lost ground pitting under green flag conditions, while Johnson benefited from the following caution.
Truex was one of the few to pit late on for tyres, missing the overtime chaos to claim third.
Ryan Newman steadily made his way up the order in the first half of the race, finishing fourth, ahead of Chase Elliott and rookie Daniel Suarez - who spent a large chunk of the race in the top 10.
Jamie McMurray emerged from the late mayhem in seventh, with Denny Hamlin recovering from an early penalty for an uncontrolled tyre in the pits with eighth.
Kevin Harvick was ninth and Danica Patrick next up, scoring her second top 10 result of the season despite a mid-race spin.
Polesitter Kyle Busch was classified down in 16th, dropping down the order early on after his left-rear wheel fell off after a fumbled pitstop.

He rallied back to the front only to pit under green late on with a suspected loose front wheel.
It was a frequently-interrupted race, with 14 cautions in total - quite a few caused by drivers suffering tyre failures, eliminating several front-runners early on.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr was the first to hit trouble with his tyres, running third in stage one before two right-front tyre failures within the space of eight laps put him out of the race.
On the restart following Stenhouse's first incident, Kurt Busch lost the rear while battling for second and spun up the track, hitting Brad Keselowski.
The Penske driver retired on the spot, while Busch returned to the race, only to later crash heavily with a burst left-rear tyre.

RESULTS:
Pos | Driver | Team | Car | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 406 |
2 | Kyle Larson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 406 |
3 | Martin Truex Jr. | Furniture Row Racing | Toyota | 406 |
4 | Ryan Newman | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 406 |
5 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 406 |
6 | Daniel Suarez | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 406 |
7 | Jamie McMurray | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 406 |
8 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 406 |
9 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 406 |
10 | Danica Patrick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 406 |
11 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 406 |
12 | Matt Kenseth | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 406 |
13 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 406 |
14 | Ty Dillon | Germain Racing | Chevrolet | 406 |
15 | Erik Jones | Furniture Row Racing | Toyota | 405 |
16 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 405 |
17 | Kasey Kahne | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 404 |
18 | A.J. Allmendinger | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 404 |
19 | Michael McDowell | Leavine Family Racing | Chevrolet | 404 |
20 | Ross Chastain | Premium Motorsports | Chevrolet | 403 |
21 | Trevor Bayne | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 402 |
22 | Cole Whitt | TriStar Motorsports | Chevrolet | 402 |
23 | Chris Buescher | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 402 |
24 | Gray Gaulding | BK Racing | Toyota | 402 |
25 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 402 |
26 | Ryan Sieg | BK Racing | Toyota | 400 |
27 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Circle Sport / TMG | Chevrolet | 400 |
28 | Timmy Hill | MBM Motorsports | Chevrolet | 398 |
29 | Matt DiBenedetto | Go FAS Racing | Ford | 397 |
30 | David Ragan | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 393 |
31 | Clint Bowyer | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 391 |
32 | Ryan Blaney | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 373 |
33 | Paul Menard | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 343 |
34 | Regan Smith | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 329 |
35 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing | Chevrolet | 283 |
36 | Landon Cassill | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 257 |
37 | Kurt Busch | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 93 |
38 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | Ford | 66 |
39 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 62 |
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS:
Pos | Driver | Points |
---|---|---|
1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 545 |
2 | Kyle Larson | 536 |
3 | Kevin Harvick | 429 |
4 | Kyle Busch | 416 |
5 | Jamie McMurray | 415 |
6 | Jimmie Johnson | 414 |
7 | Brad Keselowski | 410 |
8 | Chase Elliott | 398 |
9 | Denny Hamlin | 361 |
10 | Clint Bowyer | 349 |
11 | Joey Logano | 348 |
12 | Matt Kenseth | 328 |
13 | Ryan Blaney | 320 |
14 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 299 |
15 | Ryan Newman | 299 |
16 | Kurt Busch | 291 |
17 | Trevor Bayne | 287 |
18 | Erik Jones | 283 |
19 | Daniel Suarez | 278 |
20 | Kasey Kahne | 270 |
21 | Austin Dillon | 262 |
22 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 228 |
23 | Ty Dillon | 228 |
24 | Paul Menard | 201 |
25 | Aric Almirola | 188 |
26 | Chris Buescher | 186 |
27 | Michael McDowell | 173 |
28 | A.J. Allmendinger | 168 |
29 | David Ragan | 165 |
30 | Danica Patrick | 154 |
31 | Cole Whitt | 154 |
32 | Landon Cassill | 138 |
33 | Matt DiBenedetto | 132 |
34 | Gray Gaulding | 74 |
35 | Reed Sorenson | 63 |
36 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | 60 |
37 | Michael Waltrip | 29 |
38 | Derrike Cope | 22 |
39 | Cody Ware | 3 |
40 | D.J. Kennington | 1 |

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