At long last! Johnson wins 200th for Hendrick

DARLINGTON, S.C. — Finally!

After months of frustration, Jimmie Johnson gave Rick Hendrick his 200th Sprint Cup Series victory, running away from the rest of the field on a green-white-checkered restart that took the Bojangles' Southern 500 one lap past its scheduled distance.

On Saturday night at Darlington Raceway, Johnson ended his own winless streak of 16 races, a drought of relative epic proportions for the five-time champion. The victory was Johnson's 56th, breaking a tie with Rusty Wallace for eighth on the all-time list.

Denny Hamlin ran second, followed by Tony Stewart, Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr.