stock car race held june california contested laps sixteenth race sprint cup series season road course competitions schedule race won team finished second started fourth clinched conditions sunny start race making track potentially slippery pole position driver maintained lead corner johnson started second position grid took lead lap suffered ill handling car beginning race causing fall seventh sixth lap seven laps finish race leader turned car try save fuel engine subsequently stalled dropped lead sixth place seven laps remaining allowing finish fourth fifth lead changes different drivers course race johnson fourth win season result moved spots second drivers championship points leader ahead chevrolet maintained lead manufacturers championship points ahead toyota ahead dodge races remaining season report background prior race led drivers championship points stood second points drivers championship points toyota brother kurt fourth points fifth points manufacturers championship chevrolet leading points points ahead rival toyota closing gap teams previous races dodge points tied ford battle teams chose temporarily replace regular drivers road course accident previous race chose replace chose replace road courses hold nascar races international standard road course turn course miles long track modified adding bypassed turns shortening course miles nascar events race criticized drivers preferred layout replaced degree turn bringing track current dimensions miles practice qualifying practice sessions held sunday race friday saturday session lasted minutes saturday afternoon session lasted minutes evening session lasted minutes practice session quickest leading second fourth fifth respectively second practice session fastest fastest lap time seven tenths second quicker second placed took place ahead fourth placed second session caused stopped track spun collided wall saturday evening session held time day race start quickest posting time narrowly faster second burton johnson rounded positions won race managed twelfth qualifying cars entered able race nascar qualifying procedure clinched seventeenth career pole position time joined row grid johnson qualified took fourth started fifth quickest earlier session drivers qualify race race sixteenth total thirty season began televised live united_states tnt conditions sunny high making track potentially slippery volunteer coordinator began pre race ceremonies giving invocation cnn news anchor performed national anthem nfl running northern gave command drivers start engines pace laps rear starting grid switched cars accidents practice qualifying held lead going corner going turn seven went wide johnson lead slowed johnson claimed lead vacated position filled moved fifth passing sixth lap starting pole position lost positions seven laps johnson continued increase lead seconds lap caution flag accident involving laps later teams decided pit went garage repairs johnson good restart retaining position passed second position improved position passing fourth spun restart johnson built lead second laps restart lap improved position sixth passing johnson continued pull away second lead lap lap reported struggling damage hood race car lap later passed ninth emerged passing lap green flag pit stops began came pit road fuel new tires laps later received drive penalty exiting pit road fast lap johnson went pit road received new tires fuel allowing stewart claim lead gained lead stewart went pit lane lap continued trouble hood began cover green flag conditions johnson soon built second lead second place given drive penalty speeding pit road lap pit stop team pit stop strategy johnson lead seconds lap reduced safety car deployed eighth lap spun car stopped middle track pit stops completed positions filled stewart second fourth fifth said good restart older tires passed lap later johnson ready passed cars position spun going turn caution flag turned sideways turn major damage going dirt track said slow restart making cars prompting red flag lap minutes drivers restarted engines cleanup crews working good restart lap johnson laps later stewart went pit lane johnson catching lap johnson went pit lane fuel new tires scored seventeenth afterward following lap went pit lane new tires fuel leader held lead pit stops fifth caution flag came lap collided led field restart went track turn fell fifth position johnson passed shortly restart sixth caution came spun good restart maintain position johnson defended second lap spun sideways collided laps later seventh caution came fluid coming race car spun caution turn stopped car save fuel case green white finishes came stop going hill lost positions went lead caution thinking restart nascar ruled soon failed maintain speed caution car ordered 7th place restart costing chance victory slowed lead 7th place johnson restarted lead final lap spun collided tire barriers brakes failed johnson crossed finish line fourth win season road course followed second ahead fourth fifth race total lead changes different drivers post race appeared victory lane victory lap start celebrating fourth win season road course race stated lot confidence time years trying hopeful overturned stone missed past don think forgotten area missed shot ready mentally physically testing think found couple small things bring speed cars following win added win important going win championship leading near end race stalled car going order conserve fuel nascar ruled failed maintain reasonable speed caution caused drop seventh subsequent press conference johnson said feel bad definitely gift kind handed johnson expressed enjoyment winning race stated normally shut car downhill save fuel don think going hill place thought fuel electrical car came stop thought wow know kicking happened type mistake expect hoping stay alongside count guys making mistakes didn think totally wall furious accident involving gordon apologized collision vowed second place finish said team needs little bit morale morale boost workshop race result left leading driver championship points johnson failed finish past races second point ahead ahead fifth points manufacturers championship chevrolet maintained lead points toyota remained second points ford followed points point ahead dodge fourth race took hours minutes thirty seconds complete margin victory seconds results qualifying race standings race note positions included sets standings
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