Looks like the title will come down to Kenseth vs. JJ

	Johnson had his problems in Dover but he still finished sixth. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images

Matt Kenseth and Jimmie Johnson didn't race each other bumper-to-bumper at the Monster Mile on Sunday. On the other hand, they might as well have been battling for NASCAR's Nextel Cup Championship.

Each, in his own way, had something to prove in Dover.

Johnson's task was far greater. After an atypical spin in qualifying -- in which he kept Lowe's Chevy off the wall -- he suffered the inconvenience of having to share a pit stall due to his 42nd place qualifying result.

He also fell a lap down (it was close to two laps at one point). Even worse, a late-race small incident with rookie David Stremme caused some minor rear end damage. A weekend like that might cause others to throw in the towel, but not Johnson -- nor his crew chief Chad Knaus.

"It was a great fight," Johnson said. "We didn't have the speed at the beginning of the race. We just had to adjust on it. We got down a lap and fought from there. Once we got back on the lead lap we had the car much more stable and underneath me and I could race them."

During the caution for the Stremme incident, Knaus called for a spring rubber adjustment that made Johnson's wounded car handle better. The move worked. Near the checkered flag, Johnson's team was clocking their man a half-second faster than his rivals.

The car was feeling so good, Johnson would've liked another 100 miles. "We worked our way back up there," he said. "I wish this was a 500-mile race."