Johnson struggling at Detroit, trying to stay out of the way

[ASFN Admin]

Jimmie Johnson has struggled to get around the Raceway at Belle Isle Park and at times has been more than 5 seconds off the pace of the leader. The most challenging track the seven-time NASCAR champion has ever raced was not kind to Johnson in Saturday's first race of a two-day doubleheader: Johnson finished 24th, 14 laps down, because a sensor on his throttle pedal had to be replaced during a lengthy pit stop. Power was seething following the lone 75-minute practice on the temporary street course around the Belle Isle public park because one unnamed driver continued to hold him up every lap.

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