Johnson took the lead on lap 28

"If it wasn't for the 48, we were probably in our zip code on the rest of the field, Busch said. "But Jimmie Johnson was in his own country today, so we just couldn't keep up with him."

Johnson took the lead on lap 28, beating Denny Hamlin out of the pits under green and on the race's final restart with 20 laps to go immediately bolted away from the field rendering the question of the final segment not "Who will win?" but rather "Will a caution erase this lead?"

It was Johnson's fourth Brickyard 400 win and the type of controlling win that's become commonplace for the 48 team, especially during Johnson's 2006-2010 championship run.

Ortiz’s 22nd home run of the season tied the game

"I was trying to attack the zone. Papi got me. Congrats to him," Griffin said. "That's a great milestone right there. My name will be next to that one."

Ortiz's 22nd home run of the season tied the game at 1. Ortiz has 352 home runs and 1,142 RBIs as a designated hitter for most all time by a DH.

Ortiz tipped his batting helmet as his milestone was announced to a standing ovation before he stepped in to hit in the sixth, then drew a five-pitch walk. He was thrilled with the surprising gesture from a crowd of 28,240.

"That was pretty cool. You're playing on the road and you get something like that on the road, where people really appreciate it," he said.