The leader virtually all night, Johnson dropped to fifth during a caution but roared back to the lead with 16 laps left Sunday night to win the Coca-Cola 600 for the second straight season.

"That car was so good," Johnson said. "There were times when some of the guys were better, but we just stuck to our game plan."

A red flag with six laps left forced Johnson to sweat it out a bit, but when the green fell, he sped away from the field again at Lowe's Motor Speedway. He won under caution after Bobby Labonte's wreck on the final lap, with Michael Waltrip second. More