Johnson: I would have gone below the line, too

Two-time defending Cup champ saw nothing wrong with Smith's actions Two-time defending Cup champion Jimmie Johnson said he would have done just as Regan Smith did in getting penalized at the AMP Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday. NASCAR penalized Smith for passing winner Tony Stewart below the line and demoted the driver of the No. 01 Chevrolet to 18th position. Johnson, who finished ninth at Talladega and expanded his lead in the points standings to 72 over second-place Carl Edwards, saw nothing wrong with Smith's actions. "Here's what happened," Johnson said. "(Saturday) it was brought up in the truck series race (in the TV commentary). Everybody was watching it. Everybody said,... [read full story]