INDIANAPOLIS - Jimmie Johnson won't get tired of this.

A year after winning an Allstate 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway plagued by tire problems, Johnson repeated Sunday, passing Mark Martin for the lead with 23 of 160 laps remaining and holding off his Hendrick Motorsports teammate for the win.

Johnson becomes the first driver in NASCAR's 16-race history at the historic track to win consecutive races. The victory is his third win overall in the Allstate 400.

This year, tires were not an issue - only Kyle Busch had a blown tire and it was unclear whether it was due to a wear problem - and much of the race was run incident-free with Juan Pablo Montoya leading the way.

Montoya, however, was hit with a pit road speeding penalty while making a green-flag pit stop on Lap 125 and fell back in the field.

The win is Johnson's third of the season and 43rd of his Sprint Cup Series career.

The race got off to a slow start as Robby Gordon spun in Turn 4 on the first lap to bring out the first caution.

About the same time, NASCAR officials told Elliott Sadler he needed to pit because of smoke billowing from his No. 19 Dodge. Sadler's crew worked on his car on pit road before Sadler eventually took it to the garage area.

Martin, the pole winner, led on the restart on Lap 5.

Montoya soon took the lead from Martin and remained out front until cars began a round of green-flag pit stops on Lap 30. When the stops were completed on Lap 35, Montoya led again followed by Martin, Brian Vickers, Tony Stewart and Johnson.

Two laps later Denny Hamlin was knocked out of contention when he broke the drive shaft in his No. 11 Toyota.

Kyle Busch blew a right-front tire on his No. 18 Toyota on Lap 58, which brought out the second caution of the race. While Busch took his car to the garage, the lead-lap cars pitted for tires and fuel.

Montoya remained in the lead on the restart on Lap 63, followed by Martin, Vickers, Greg Biffle and Johnson.

Stewart and Jeff Gordon started down pit road on Lap 91 to begin another round of green-flag pit stops for fuel and tires. When all the drivers had cycled through their stops on Lap 95, Montoya continued to lead followed by Martin, Vickers, Johnson and Stewart.

With 40 laps remaining, Montoya held more than a four-second lead over Martin. Johnson had moved to third, Vickers was fourth and Stewart fifth.

On Lap 124, Matt Kenseth and Biffle became the first lead-lap cars to head down pit road for a third round of green-flag pit stops.

Montoya's day took a turn for the worse as he was penalized for speeding on pit road when he made his stop and had to make a pass-through penalty. He got a lucky break, however, as the engine blew on Earnhardt's No. 88 Chevrolet on Lap 128 to bring out the third caution of the race.

When the race restarted on Lap 137, Martin was the race leader, followed by Johnson, Biffle, Stewart and Vickers. Montoya lined up 12th.

Johnson passed Martin on the restart to take the lead for the first time in the race.