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KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Jimmie Johnson stayed on the track during a late caution to take over the lead, then held off hard-charging Kevin Harvick to win the rain-delayed NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway.

Johnson was chased across the line by Harvick and Hendrick Motorsports teammates Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Gordon as the clock ticked past midnight into Sunday.

Most of the leaders were conserving fuel after pitting with 58 laps to go, and Johnson and Earnhardt decided to press their luck when Ricky Stenhouse Jr. got into the wall, bringing out the final caution with 12 laps left. The Hendrick cars remained on the track while Harvick went in for right-side tires and fuel, and Martin Truex Jr. got a splash of gas.

Johnson built a quick lead on the restart, but Harvick quickly got around Earnhardt on his fresh tires down the front stretch and set his sights on the lead.

Harvick appeared to have the faster car, but he bobbled at one point on the back stretch, giving Johnson a little more space. He maintained it the rest of the way to win for the third time this season and for the third time at Kansas Speedway.

Truex led a race-high 95 laps, but his pit decision proved costly. Without tires, he faded on the final restart and finished ninth - extending his winless streak to 112 races.

Joey Logano stormed to a top-five finish despite two pit-road penalties that had dropped him back to the leading line. The first came just before a band of rain passed through the area, forcing a delay of 2 hours, 16 minutes. The other penalty came when Logano entered pit road with it closed, dropping him from sixth to the back of the line with 83 laps to go.

Matt Kenseth was sixth, followed by Brad Keselowski, Kurt Busch, Truex and Ryan Newman, who finished in the top 10 with interim crew chief Todd Parrott calling the shots.

Newman's team learned Wednesday that its appeal of penalties for altering tires during a race at California had been upheld, and that he would be without normal crew chief Luke Lambert and two other crew members for a six-race period beginning with Kansas.

Eighteen-year-old Erik Jones, making his first Sprint Cup start in place of Kyle Busch, ran near the front most of the night before getting loose on the front stretch and turning into the wall. He was able to return to the race but finished 25 laps down.

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Power-packed race gives Penske 1st Grand Prix win at Indy: Will Power won the Grand Prix of Indianapolis on Saturday for his first IndyCar victory of the season, leading 65 of 82 laps on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The Team Penske star and defending IndyCar series champion held off a surprisingly strong run from Graham Rahal's Honda-powered car. The American finished second, 1.5023 seconds behind the Australian winner. Colombia's Juan Pablo Montoya, Power's teammate, was third.

Power's first career win at Indy also gave team owner Roger Penske his 16th series win at the track - his first on the 2.439-mile, 14-turn road course.

The pole-winner avoided a five-car crash in the first turn that sent Scott Dixon from second to 23rd. It was the only major crash on a day Power couldn't be caught.

Five drivers have won races this season, four with Chevy engines.

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Rosberg takes pole position for Spanish GP ahead of Hamilton: Nico Rosberg finally clinched his first pole position of the season at the Spanish Grand Prix on Saturday, ending his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton's bid for a fifth consecutive pole.

Rosberg signaled his intent with the fastest time in two of the three practice sessions this weekend, and continued that form with a dynamic drive in qualifying. The German finished .267 seconds clear of Hamilton and .777 ahead of Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, becoming the only driver to deprive championship leader Hamilton of pole position this season.

Rosberg said "awesome, thanks guys" over the race radio and gave both thumbs up as he climbed out of his car. His previous pole came at the season-ending Abu Dhabi GP last year.