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Jimmie Johnson finished fourth in today's Duel. He commented on what he learned.“It’s really tough to pass. When another car gets near your rear tire it’s like you threw the parachute out. Just a new vehicle, a new way to race we are trying to understand how to make our car better in those situations, just trying to learn really. Great run, a Chevy won, I think we were in position to win ourselves too so a very good day." Johnson said.Hendrick teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished 9th. He also shared his thoughts.“We’ve got to work on our handling. Our car was really really tight. At the first, we were on the splitter pretty bad; we worked on it yesterday and went a little too far. Got a little too aggressive with that. But put a packer in on that pit stop, and it was still real tight. I was having to lift in the center of three and four, just to get off the corner. I had to lift real big getting into one on the first lap where Juan (Pablo Montoya) got into the fence behind ...
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Driver
Team
Time
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1
88
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
National Guard Chevrolet
45.319
Leader
2
38
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Driver
Team
Time
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12
Sam Hornish Jr.
Alliance Truck Parks Ford
46.915
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22
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