Who won the NASCAR Sprint Cup CarFax 400 in Brooklyn, Michigan today?”
Brian Vickers took the lead with two laps to go and went on to win the Carfax 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Vickers started the race in pole position, and took advantage when leader Jimmie Johnson ran out of gas with two laps to go. With the victory on Sunday Vickers broke an 87 race win less streak, his last win came back in 2006. Jimmie Johson led for 134 of the 200 laps before running out of gas on lap 198. Jeff Gordon came in second on Sunday, 1.5 seconds behind Vickers. Gordon’s Hendrick Motorsports teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. came finished the race in third. Carl Edwards and Sam Hornish Jr. rounded out the top five. This was the second time this year that Jimmie Johnson gambled and ran out of gas at Michigan. Back in June, Johnson had the lead at the first race at Michigan International Speedway this year before also running out gas. Johnson finished the race in 33rd place, dropping to third in the Sprint Cup standings. Tony Stewart finished Sunday’s race in 17th place,
BROOKLYN, Mich. – Brian Vickers won a fuel-mileage gamble, holding off Jeff Gordon to win the Carfax 400 at Michigan International Speedway. It was Vickers’ first Sprint Cup victory since October of 2006, or 87 races. Vickers won the pole for this race and came in second in Saturday’s Nationwide event. Vickers took two tires, rather than four, on his last pit stop, which he credited with allowing him to stay up front in the Red Bull Toyota. Vickers and Jimmie Johnson were both up front late, when Johnson ran out of gas with about three laps left. With Johnson having to pit, it was just a matter of whether Vickers’ fuel would last over Gordon. Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished third, leading a race for the first time since Talladega in late April.
