Reutimann Wins Lifelock 400 NASCAR 7.10.10

David Reutimann didn't need any help from Mother Nature this time when he won Saturday's LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway for his second career Sprint Cup Series victory.

Reutimann drove past Jeff Gordon for the lead with 54 laps remaining, and then after reclaiming the top spot following a late-race round of green-flag pit stops, he held off Carl Edwards in the closing laps for his first win in a Sprint Cup race that went the scheduled distance. His maiden victory in NASCAR's top circuit came 42 races ago at Charlotte, where the May 2009 event was cut 173 laps short of its 400-lap distance due to rain.

"No rain tonight," Reutimann joyfully said in Victory Lane. "We earned this one, and nobody gave it to us, and that feels really good."

Reutimann led 52 of the final 67 laps, as he beat Edwards by 0.727 seconds.

"We had a really good car from the time we unloaded until now," Reutimann added. "We got really free that last run. [Edwards] started gaining on us... Thankfully, he didn't have enough time to get to us."

Edwards finished a season-best second, while Gordon, who made his 600th career start, took the third spot. Gordon's winless streak has now reached 48 races, which is the longest drought for the four-time Cup champion.

"I noticed in my mirror [Reutimann] was following me and gaining on us," Gordon said. "I knew he was the car to beat. He proved it those last hundred laps for sure."

Clint Bowyer finished fourth, followed by pole sitter Jamie McMurray.

Kasey Kahne, Jeff Burton, Denny Hamlin, Tony Stewart and Paul Menard completed the top-10.