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Sports Briefing | Auto Racing: Jimmie Johnson’s Win Ties Dale Earnhardt

Jimmie Johnson used pit strategy to grab the lead and won an overtime race under yellow on Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway, earning his 76th victory to tie Dale Earnhardt on the career list.

u25a0 Leah Pritchett beat Brittany Force with a time of 3.775 seconds at 323.12 mph in the final of the Carquest Auto Parts N.H.R.A. Nationals in Chandler, Ariz., for her first Top Fuel victory. It was the first all-female Top Fuel final since Shirley Muldowney defeated Lucille Lee in 1982 in Columbus, Ohio.