Jimmie Johnson waited until the sun went down before making his move on the leaders, wining the Sharp AQUOS 500 at California Speedway in Fontana Sunday night.

The California native had a busy weekend before collecting the win. He hosted a charity golf tournament and was inducted into his high school's Hall of Fame.

Carl Edwards finished second, followed by Kyle Busch, Jeff Burton and Dale Earnhardt Jr.

The fifth-place finish by Little E gives him a shot at the 12th and final spot in the field in the chase for the title. He trails the current 12th place driver Kevin Harvick by 128 points.

The Nextel Cup Series is scheduled for Richmond Speedway at 7 p.m. Saturday for the running of the Chevy Rock & Roll 400. Harvick and Earnhardt won the two scheduled races last year at Richmond, which adds to the intrigue of the final 12 chase. Richmond is a three-quarter mile D-Oval with slight banking.

Tri-City SpeedwayThe Franklin track hosted the World of Outlaws Late Models over the Labor Day weekend. The highlights of the two-day show were two 50-lap features with the winners collecting $10,000.Steve Francis won the Saturday night race. Dan Stone shocked the crowd by pulling off a major upset, winning Sunday's feature race. Stone passed Francis on lap 38 and then pulled away from the field to collect the victory. The Thompson, Pa., driver races at several tracks in the northeast part of the state, including Pan-Can, Skyline and Susquehanna.

Sharon SpeedwayTrack champions were declared following Saturday night's race program. Bob Felmlee (Sprints) Guy Griffin (Limited Sprints), Del Rouguex (Modifieds), Steve D'Apolito (Stock Cars) and Howard Fraley (E-Mods) will make up the head table at the annual awards banquet.Ed Lynch Jr. captured the Sprint feature while Dave Schrader nailed the Modified A-Main, D'Apolito took top honors in the Stock main event and Scott Jones checkered the E-Mod feature

Lernerville SpeedwayThe Action Track has two special races on the schedule to round out the season. The popular Bus Races, Powder Puff challenge and the Senior Series are this Saturday. A two-day show Sept. 14 and 15 will feature the Advance Auto Parts Autumn-Motive Fest 2007 for the Pure Stock division.

Final ColumnA special salute to all area track public relations directors for a job well done in 2007. This is my last racing column for the year. Have a very Happy Thanksgiving and Christmas Holiday season.Jim Lokhaiser is a racing columnist for the Butler Eagle.