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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Clint Bowyer finished third and was followed by Brad Keselowski.<\/p>\n
Kevin Harvick was sixth, followed by Denny Hamlin. Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished eighth, and Greg Biffle and Jamie McMurray rounded out the top 10.<\/p>\n
Unofficial Results<\/p>\n
1 Jeff Gordon (24) Chevrolet 47\/4 500 78 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
2 Matt Kenseth (20) Toyota 44\/2 500 202 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
3 Clint Bowyer (15) Toyota 42\/1 500 60 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
4 Brad Keselowski (2) Ford 40\/0 500 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
5 Jimmie Johnson (48) Chevrolet 40\/1 500 123 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
6 Kevin Harvick (29) Chevrolet 38\/0 500 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
7 Denny Hamlin (11) Toyota 38\/1 500 14 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (88) Chevrolet 36\/0 500 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
9 Greg Biffle (16) Ford 35\/0 500 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
10 Jamie McMurray (1) Chevrolet 34\/0 500 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
11 Jeff Burton (31) Chevrolet 34\/1 500 5 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
12 Carl Edwards (99) Ford 32\/0 500 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
13 Juan Pablo Montoya (42) Chevrolet 31\/0 500 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
14 Joey Logano (22) Ford 30\/0 500 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
15 Kyle Busch (18) Toyota 30\/1 500 12 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
16 Martin Truex Jr. (56) Toyota 28\/0 500 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
17 Danica Patrick (10) Chevrolet 27\/0 499 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
18 Kurt Busch (78) Chevrolet 26\/0 499 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
19 Marcos Ambrose (9) Ford 25\/0 499 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
20 Aric Almirola (43) Ford 24\/0 499 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
21 Casey Mears (13) Ford 23\/0 499 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
22 Paul Menard (27) Chevrolet 22\/0 499 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
23 David Gilliland (38) Ford 21\/0 499 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
24 Travis Kvapil (93) Toyota 20\/0 499 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
25 Elliott Sadler (55) Toyota 20\/1 499 6 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
26 Michael McDowell (98) Ford 18\/0 498 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
27 Kasey Kahne (5) Chevrolet 17\/0 497 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
28 Ken Schrader (32) Ford 16\/0 496 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
29 Landon Cassill (140) Chevrolet 15\/0 495 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
30 J.J. Yeley (36) Chevrolet 14\/0 495 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
31 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (17) Ford 13\/0 495 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
32 Bobby Labonte (47) Toyota 12\/0 494 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
33 Joe Nemechek (87) Toyota 11\/0 493 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
34 Josh Wise (35) Ford 10\/0 490 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
35 Cole Whitt (30) Toyota 9\/0 459 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
36 Mark Martin (14) Chevrolet 8\/0 455 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
37 David Reutimann (83) Toyota 7\/0 451 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
38 Ryan Newman (39) Chevrolet 6\/0 432 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
39 Dave Blaney (7) Chevrolet 5\/0 357 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
40 Reed Sorenson (95) Ford 4\/0 275 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
41 Tony Raines (33) Chevrolet 3\/0 220 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
42 Kyle Larson (51) Chevrolet 2\/0 160 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n
43 David Ragan (34) Ford 1\/0 109 0 $0 Chart<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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