Filed under: Jimmie Johnson, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Sprint Cup, Hendrick Motorsports, NASCAR

SPEEDWAY, Ind. -- Scoring three consecutive Brickyard 400 wins is a record that will have to wait for at least two more years.

Jimmie Johnson, the latest driver in Indianapolis Motor Speedway history with an opportunity to take three straight checkered flags, drove to quite an unimpressive 22nd-place in the Brickyard 400 with a poorly handling race car.

"I'm not really sure (what was wrong with) the car today," Johnson said in his sweat-drenched Lowe's firesuit after pulling his car to the IMS hauler lot. "We had high expectations for the day. I just had a really bad understeer problem on the corner entering and into the center."

The four-time defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion entered Sunday's race as a logical favorite. Johnson just missed winning the pole during Saturday's qualifications and took Sunday's green flag from the front row alongside Juan Pablo Montoya.

 

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