Johnson starts playoff push from No. 5 spot at Brickyard

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jimmie Johnson will begin his last-gasp playoff push from the No. 5 starting spot after qualifying for the Brickyard 400 at 185.181 mph.
The seven-time Cup champion is the only driver to make the playoffs every year since the format was adopted in 2004. But he enters the race eight points out of the 16th and final spot.
He’ll be chasing pole winner Kevin Harvick, 2011 Brickyard winner Paul Menard and Clint Bowyer, who also is trying to lock up a playoff spot, afte