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Ed Hinton, ESPN.com

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A flawless race gave Jimmie Johnson a perfect year at Daytona International Speedway and put him on another exclusive list.

Johnson became the first driver in 31 years to sweep Daytona International Speedway, accomplishing the feat with a dominating run Saturday night for his fourth win of the season. The Daytona 500 winner is the first driver since Bobby Allison in 1982, and the fifth overall, to win both races in a season at Daytona.

"I don't think I made a bad move tonight. I'm pretty proud of that," Johnson said. "Gosh, growing up in Southern California and watching Bobby Allison ... to do anything Bobby has done is pretty special."

Allison was the last to do it in 1982, but the others who have done it is a Who's Who of NASCAR stardom.

Allison won 84 races in his career, 20 more than Johnson has now. He's in the Hall of Fame. Lee Roy Yarbrough did it in 1969, and Cale Yarborough swept 1968's Daytona double. He's in the Hall too, with 83 career victories.

The first man to do so was Fireball Roberts in 1962. Yep, Hall of Famer with 33 career victories.

"Jimmie just was good," Stewart said. "Jimmie was just really, really good. We were just a little bit off of him."

That pretty much sums up Johnson's career thus far, too.