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For most of the 400-lap race at Richmond International Raceway last night, it looked like either Carl Edwards, Tony Stewart, or Jimmie Johnson would wind up in victory lane when it was all said and done. After all, when the caution flag flew on lap 311, all three were running 1-2-3 going into the yellow flag stops. That caution was where everything broke loose and took two of the top three out of contention during the yellow flag sequence. Jimmie Johnson's right rear tire changer forgot to take the tire he just changed with him to the pit wall and the jackman was forced to roll the tire to the wall. That's a penalty and forced Johnson to start at the tailend of the field on the lap 319 restart and in 15th place which was the tail end of the lead lap. He would rally to finish sixth. On that very restart is where Edwards' dominant night was taken away as well. Edwards was running second to leader Stewart coming to the restart. Edwards ended up jumping to a very big lea...
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