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No criticism, just awe this time

By Jerry Bonkowski
Special to ESPN.com

Sunday, May 30, 2004

Johnson CONCORD, N.C. -- It took him a year of waiting, but Sunday night Jimmie Johnson finally got the vindication he so desperately sought. When Johnson won last year's Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway, he and NASCAR were roundly criticized that the race was called due to rain after just 276 of the scheduled 400 laps -- only for the skies to clear shortly after the event was judged official. Johnson took the criticism to heart, and vowed that if he had a chance to come back this ye ...

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