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NSCS Recap: Johnson holds off Edwards’ charge to take Chase lead

Jimmie Johnson, driver of the No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, celebrates his first win at Kansas Speedway (his fifth of the season) in Victory Lane for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Camping World RV 400.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — It was probably one of the most spectacular finishes in NASCAR history.

Carl Edwards made a suicide run into the third turn underneath race leader Jimmie Johnson. He was determined to win.

Unfortunately, Edwards ran out of track before running into the wall, struggled to maintain control and watched Johnson go back by him for the victory at Kansas Speedway.

A sellout crowd stood, cheering the last-lap, do-or-die antics of the hard-driving Edwards, even though his banzai run tactics didn’t work.

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Jimmie Johnson and Carl Edwards had yet another late race battle for the win at Kansas in Race #3 in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Here are the closing laps of the race. Leave your comments below.

RACE RECAP | KANSAS

Camping World RV 400
Race #3 in the Chase
10 Elliott Sadler
9 AJ Allmendinger great for his resume
8 David Ragan
7 Jeff Burton
6 Kevin Harvick
5 Matt Kenseth recovered from a spin
4 Jeff Gordon
3 Greg Biffle
2 Carl Edwards bounced off the wall in turn 4 coming to the line

VICTORY LANE

1 After leading the most laps, Jimmie Johnson took home his 5th win of the season and the points lead by 10

OTHER STORIES ON THE DAY

-Tony Stewart veered into the 83 of Brian Vickers sending the 20 mowing the infield grass and a 40th place finish

-Kyle Busch had engine problems and limped home in 28th putting him 311 points back of the leader and pretty much out of title hopes.