MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP Apr 7, 2013) — Jimmie Johnson pulled away on a restart with eight laps to go and won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday.
It was his eighth career victory on the shortest track the series races.
Only Richard Petty with 15, and Darrell Waltrip with 11 have won more.
The five-time champion picked the inside line for the restart with Clint Bowyer on the outside, teammate Jeff Gordon behind him and Kyle Busch to his outside, and Johnson got a clean break into Turn 1.
Bowyer was second and Busch, who tried to use the outside line, instead got hung up on the outside as Gordon and his Hendrick Motorsports teammate, Kasey Kahne, who restarted fifth, went underneath to take fourth.
Unofficial Results…
1 Jimmie Johnson 48 Chevrolet 1 500 346 2 Running 48/5 View Race
2 Clint Bowyer 15 Toyota 15 500 0 6 Running 42/0 View Race
3 Jeff Gordon 24 Chevrolet 6 500 0 6 Running 41/0
4 Kasey Kahne 5 Chevrolet 5 500 0 2 Running 40/0
5 Kyle Busch 18 Toyota 11 500 56 2 Running 40/1
6 Brad Keselowski 2 Ford 7 500 0 0 Running 38/0
7 Jamie McMurray 1 Chevrolet 13 500 0 3 Running 37/0
8 Marcos Ambrose 9 Ford 2 500 1 3 Running 37/1 View Race
9 Greg Biffle 16 Ford 22 500 0 -1 Running 35/0
10 Mark Martin 11 Toyota 35 500 0 4 Running 34/0 View Race
11 Brian Vickers 55 Toyota 3 500 0 0 Running 0/0 View Race
12 Danica Patrick 10 Chevrolet 32 500 0 3 Running 32/0 View Race
13 Kevin Harvick 29 Chevrolet 21 500 0 1 Running 31/0 View Race
14 Matt Kenseth 20 Toyota 8 500 96 1 Running 31/1
15 Carl Edwards 99 Ford 9 500 0 -3 Running 29/0
16 Casey Mears 13 Ford 41 500 0 4 Running 28/0
17 Tony Stewart 14 Chevrolet 26 500 0 0 Running 27/0
18 Jeff Burton 31 Chevrolet 29 500 0 0 Running 26/0 View Race
19 Paul Menard 27 Chevrolet 16 500 0 -1 Running 25/0
20 Aric Almirola 43 Ford 34 500 0 1 Running 24/0
21 Bobby Labonte 47 Toyota 31 500 0 3 Running 23/0
22 Regan Smith 51 Chevrolet 18 500 0 0 Running 0/0
23 Joey Logano 22 Ford 4 499 0 -2 Running 21/0 View Race
24 Dale Earnhardt Jr 88 Chevrolet 17 498 0 -2 Running 20/0 View Race
25 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 17 Ford 20 498 0 -3 Running 19/0 View Race
26 Juan Pablo Montoya 42 Chevrolet 14 497 0 0 Running 18/0
27 J.J. Yeley 36 Chevrolet 37 497 0 -1 Running 17/0
28 David Gilliland 38 Ford 30 496 0 0 Running 16/0
29 Dave Blaney 7 Chevrolet 39 495 0 -1 Running 15/0
30 David Ragan 34 Ford 23 493 0 1 Running 14/0
31 Ryan Newman 39 Chevrolet 10 492 0 -3 Running 13/0
32 Ken Schrader 32 Ford 36 492 0 1 Running 12/0
33 Landon Cassill 33 Chevrolet 33 492 0 1 Running 11/0 View Race
34 Joe Nemechek 87 Toyota 43 491 0 0 Running 0/0
35 Josh Wise 35 Ford 42 488 0 0 Running 0/0
36 David Stremme 30 Toyota 24 485 0 0 Electrical 8/0
37 Kurt Busch 78 Chevrolet 19 457 0 -6 Accident 7/0 View Race
38 David Reutimann 83 Toyota 40 457 0 -1 Running 6/0
39 Travis Kvapil 93 Toyota 25 436 1 0 Running 6/1
40 Martin Truex Jr 56 Toyota 12 385 0 -6 Running 4/0 View Race
41 Scott Speed 95 Ford 28 64 0 0 Rear Gear 3/0
42 Scott Riggs 44 Ford 38 47 0 1 Brakes 2/0
43 Michael McDowell 98 Ford 27 26 0 -1 Brakes 1/0
Standings
1 Hendrick MotorsportsJimmie Johnson 2 48 231 0 2 6 3 4 0
2 Penske RacingBrad Keselowski 0 2 225 6 0 6 4 5 0
3 Hendrick MotorsportsDale Earnhardt Jr -2 88 219 12 0 6 3 5 0
4 Joe Gibbs RacingKyle Busch 2 18 203 28 1 6 4 4 1
5 Hendrick MotorsportsKasey Kahne 2 5 199 32 1 6 3 4 0
6 Roush Fenway RacingGreg Biffle -1 16 199 32 0 6 0 3 0
7 Roush Fenway RacingCarl Edwards -3 99 193 38 1 6 3 3 0
8 Michael Waltrip RacingClint Bowyer 6 15 179 52 0 6 2 3 1
9 Richard Childress RacingPaul Menard -1 27 179 52 0 6 0 3 0
10 Joe Gibbs RacingMatt Kenseth 1 20 172 59 1 6 1 3 2
11 Penske RacingJoey Logano -2 22 167 64 0 6 1 1 0
12 Hendrick MotorsportsJeff Gordon 6 24 164 67 0 6 1 2 1
13 Earnhardt Ganassi RacingJamie McMurray 3 1 162 69 0 6 0 2 0
14 Richard Childress RacingKevin Harvick 1 29 161 70 0 6 0 1 1
15 Roush Fenway RacingRicky Stenhouse Jr -3 17 158 73 0 6 0 0 0
16 Richard Petty MotorsportsAric Almirola 1 43 149 82 0 6 0 0 1
17 Germain RacingCasey Mears 4 13 146 85 0 6 0 0 0
18 Joe Gibbs RacingDenny Hamlin 145 86 0 5 1 1 1
19 Furniture Row RacingKurt Busch -6 78 144 87 0 6 2 2 1
20 Richard Petty MotorsportsMarcos Ambrose 3 9 144 87 0 6 0 1 0
21 Joe Gibbs RacingMark Martin 4 11 136 95 0 5 1 2 0
22 Stewart-Haas RacingTony Stewart 0 14 135 96 0 6 0 1 0
23 Stewart-Haas RacingRyan Newman -3 39 134 97 0 6 1 3 2
24 Richard Childress RacingJeff Burton 0 31 131 100 0 6 0 1 1
25 Michael Waltrip RacingMartin Truex Jr
