MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP Oct 27, 2013) — Jeff Gordon has picked up his first win of the season, using a late pass of Matt Kenseth at Martinsville Speedway to snap a 32-race losing streak.
The four-time series champion passed Kenseth with 21 laps remaining Sunday to take the lead and pick up his eighth career victory at Martinsville. It’s Gordon’s first win at Martinsville since he swept the two races at the track in 2005.
Kenseth finished second and Jimmie Johnson was fifth. The two championship leaders are tied atop the standings with three races remaining to crown the Sprint Cup champion.
Clint Bowyer finished third and was followed by Brad Keselowski.
Kevin Harvick was sixth, followed by Denny Hamlin. Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished eighth, and Greg Biffle and Jamie McMurray rounded out the top 10.
Unofficial Results
1 Jeff Gordon (24) Chevrolet 47/4 500 78 $0 Chart
2 Matt Kenseth (20) Toyota 44/2 500 202 $0 Chart
3 Clint Bowyer (15) Toyota 42/1 500 60 $0 Chart
4 Brad Keselowski (2) Ford 40/0 500 0 $0 Chart
5 Jimmie Johnson (48) Chevrolet 40/1 500 123 $0 Chart
6 Kevin Harvick (29) Chevrolet 38/0 500 0 $0 Chart
7 Denny Hamlin (11) Toyota 38/1 500 14 $0 Chart
8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (88) Chevrolet 36/0 500 0 $0 Chart
9 Greg Biffle (16) Ford 35/0 500 0 $0 Chart
10 Jamie McMurray (1) Chevrolet 34/0 500 0 $0 Chart
11 Jeff Burton (31) Chevrolet 34/1 500 5 $0 Chart
12 Carl Edwards (99) Ford 32/0 500 0 $0 Chart
13 Juan Pablo Montoya (42) Chevrolet 31/0 500 0 $0 Chart
14 Joey Logano (22) Ford 30/0 500 0 $0 Chart
15 Kyle Busch (18) Toyota 30/1 500 12 $0 Chart
16 Martin Truex Jr. (56) Toyota 28/0 500 0 $0 Chart
17 Danica Patrick (10) Chevrolet 27/0 499 0 $0 Chart
18 Kurt Busch (78) Chevrolet 26/0 499 0 $0 Chart
19 Marcos Ambrose (9) Ford 25/0 499 0 $0 Chart
20 Aric Almirola (43) Ford 24/0 499 0 $0 Chart
21 Casey Mears (13) Ford 23/0 499 0 $0 Chart
22 Paul Menard (27) Chevrolet 22/0 499 0 $0 Chart
23 David Gilliland (38) Ford 21/0 499 0 $0 Chart
24 Travis Kvapil (93) Toyota 20/0 499 0 $0 Chart
25 Elliott Sadler (55) Toyota 20/1 499 6 $0 Chart
26 Michael McDowell (98) Ford 18/0 498 0 $0 Chart
27 Kasey Kahne (5) Chevrolet 17/0 497 0 $0 Chart
28 Ken Schrader (32) Ford 16/0 496 0 $0 Chart
29 Landon Cassill (140) Chevrolet 15/0 495 0 $0 Chart
30 J.J. Yeley (36) Chevrolet 14/0 495 0 $0 Chart
31 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (17) Ford 13/0 495 0 $0 Chart
32 Bobby Labonte (47) Toyota 12/0 494 0 $0 Chart
33 Joe Nemechek (87) Toyota 11/0 493 0 $0 Chart
34 Josh Wise (35) Ford 10/0 490 0 $0 Chart
35 Cole Whitt (30) Toyota 9/0 459 0 $0 Chart
36 Mark Martin (14) Chevrolet 8/0 455 0 $0 Chart
37 David Reutimann (83) Toyota 7/0 451 0 $0 Chart
38 Ryan Newman (39) Chevrolet 6/0 432 0 $0 Chart
39 Dave Blaney (7) Chevrolet 5/0 357 0 $0 Chart
40 Reed Sorenson (95) Ford 4/0 275 0 $0 Chart
41 Tony Raines (33) Chevrolet 3/0 220 0 $0 Chart
42 Kyle Larson (51) Chevrolet 2/0 160 0 $0 Chart
43 David Ragan (34) Ford 1/0 109 0 $0 Chart
