INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Jimmie Johnson grabbed his second win at
Indianapolis Motor Speedway by surviving horrendous tire troubles
that made Sunday's race a caution-marred debacle.
A durability issue with the tires Goodyear brought to the
Brickyard forced NASCAR to slow the race with competition cautions
designed to make teams change their tires. It created fears of a
tire shortage - and Goodyear shipped in 800 tires earmarked for use
next week in Pocono - because the longest green-flag run of the
race was an embarrassing 12 laps.
With cautions called every 10 to 12 laps, no one was certain
what the correct strategy was or if they had enough rubber to make
it to the end.
Johnson did, emerging from the final pit stop as the leader then
holding off Carl Edwards for the victory.

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