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Jimmie Johnson will try to move closer to the top of the driver standings on Sunday when he takes the track at Pocono Raceway for the Pennsylvania 500.

Johnson held off Mark Martin and Tony Stewart for the victory last time out at the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Greg Biffle and Brian Vickers made up the rest of the top five drivers in that race.

Kevin Harvick, Kasey Kahne, David Reutimann, Jeff Gordon, and Matt Kenseth also earned Top-10 results at Indianapolis. Juan Montoya was 11th, Ryan Newman was 14th, Carl Edwards was 15th, Kurt Busch was 27th, and Kyle Busch ended up 38th.

Stewart sits 192 points up on Johnson in the driver standings heading into the Pennsylvania 500. Gordon has dropped to third in the standings, 207 points back of Stewart after 20 events.

Mark Martin will try to make it back-to-back victories on July 26 when the Sprint Cup Series returns from its break for the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Martin held off Jeff Gordon for the checkered flag in the LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway last time out. Kasey Kahne ended up in third place at Chicagoland, while Tony Stewart and Denny Hamlin rounded out the day's Top 5.

Ryan Newman, Brian Vickers, Jimmie Johnson, Clint Bowyer, and Juan Montoya made up the rest of the Top 10 in the LifeLock.com 400. Kurt Busch was 17th, Matt Kenseth was 23rd, and Kyle Busch hit the wall and had to settle for a 33rd-place result.

Martin's win at Chicagoland moved him above the Chase cutoff line and into 11th place in the driver standings. Stewart holds a 175-point lead on Gordon at the top of the list after 19 races, with Johnson 212 points behind in third place in the standings.

The drivers of the Sprint Cup Series will take part in their second consecutive Saturday night race this weekend as they hit Chicagoland Speedway for the LifeLock.com 400.

Tony Stewart grabbed the checkered flag at the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway over the weekend, avoiding a late crash that saw leader Kyle Busch get knocked into the wall. Busch had to settle for a 14th-place result in that race.

Jimmie Johnson, Denny Hamlin, Carl Edwards, and Kurt Busch rounded out the Top 5 at Daytona. Marcos Ambrose, Brian Vickers, Matt Kenseth, Juan Montoya, and Elliott Sadler made up the rest of the day's Top 10 drivers in the Coke Zero 400.

Jeff Gordon finished in 28th place at Daytona, and he now trails Stewart by 180 points in the driver standings. Johnson sits third in the standings, 194 points back of the leader, with Kurt Busch fourth, and Edwards fifth.