Jimmie Johnson Claims First Nextel Cup Title!!

Jimmie Johnson avoided a few early incidents in route to winning his first Nextel Cup Championship. For the most part Johnson did exactly what he wanted; ride around and stay out of trouble. All the other drivers could do is try to win and hope that Johnson had some bad luck. Well, that was not the case. Matt Kenseth, Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick run well enough to finish in the top ten, but that was not good enough to gain ground on Johnson (who finished 9th). For Johnson it means a load off his back as he has come up short in the past few seasons. For the other contenders it means, wait till next year.

While the attention was being paid to Johnson winning the title, there was actually a race going on in which Greg Biffle won. This marks the third consecutive year that Biffle has won the finale at Homestead. The rest of the top five included Martin Truex, Jr., Denny Hamlin, Kasey Kahne and Kevin Harvick.