http://sports.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/racing/story.asp?i=20100628071010500000101&ref=hea&tm=&series=NASCARLOUDON, N.H. (AP) Jimmie Johnson sent the ultimate payback to Kurt Busch.
Johnson answered Busch's bump with a late nudge of his own that let him take the lead with two laps left and win the Sprint Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday for his fifth victory of the season.
With four straight Cup championships on his resume, Johnson has little left to prove. At the end of this one, Johnson sent a message that he's no pushover when the checkered flag is at stake.
"I don't want people to think, `Oh, I can knock the 48 out of the way because he's not going to wreck me,'" Johnson said.
Busch grabbed the lead with about seven laps left when he nudged Johnson in the left rear. Johnson ran down Busch and quickly got side by side to energize what had been a lackluster race on the 1.058-mile track.
Johnson put a little bump on Busch to move him up the track, allowing the No. 48 to slip underneath for the victory that tied Denny Hamlin for the series lead.
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Just a small break in all the soccer threads!
Actually, it was quite an interesting race.