NASCAR: Vickers wins CARFAX 400

BROOKLYN, Mich., Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Brian Vickers sped past Jimmie Johnson with two laps to go Sunday and went on to win the CARFAX 400 NASCAR race at Michigan International Speedway.

Vickers, who had started on the pole for Toyota, held off Jeff Gordon by 1.4 seconds and earned his second career Sprint Cup Series victory.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished third, moving up from sixth place in the final 20 laps. Carl Edwards and Sam Hornish Jr. rounded out the top five.

Johnson had led for 134 laps but wound up in 33rd place after running out of gas on the fourth turn.