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Jimmie Johnson gets 5th Sprint Cup win at Texas
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Jimmie Johnson poses for photos in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, Saturday, April 11, 2015. - photo by Tim Sharp
FORT WORTH, Texas — Jimmie Johnson led 128 laps to get his fifth career NASCAR Sprint Cup victory at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday night. Johnson also won in November at Texas, where all four of his previous wins had been in fall races. He went back in front to stay with 14 laps left, holding off Kevin Harvick and Hendrick Motorsports teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. to get his 72nd career victory.
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