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[/media-credit]Ryan Newman survived the pair of Green-White-Checkered finishes at Martinsville Speedway to score the 16th victory of his career.
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Lap 1 Kevin Harvick leads lap over Kasey Kahne, Denny Hamlin and Clint Bowyer and Ryan Newman.
Lap 5 Jeff Gordon passes Brad Keselowski for sixth
Lap 7 Gordon passes Newman for fifth
Lap 11 Bowyer and Gordon pass Hamlin for third
Lap 16 Harvick leads Kahne, Bowyer, Gordon, Hamlin, Keselowski, Newman, Kyle Busch, Paul Menard and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Lap 16 Gordon passes Bowyer for third
Lap 17 Keselowski passes Hamlin for fifth
Lap 18 Newman passes Hamlin for sixth as Earnhardt Jr. passes Menard for ninth
Lap 20 Harvick leads Kahne, Gordon, Bowyer, Keselowski, Newman, Hamlin, Busch, Earnhardt Jr., Menard
Lap 23 Gordon takes the lead from Harvick
Lap 28 Gordon leads Harvick, Bowyer, Keselowski, Kahne, Newman, Hamlin, Earnhardt Jr., Busch and Martin Truex Jr.
Lap 60 Kurt Busch to pit road with a flat tire
Lap 68 Hamln passes Harvick
Lap 69 Gordon leads Keselowski, Bowyer, Kahne, Hamlin, Harvick, Newman, Earnhardt Jr., Kyle Busch and Jeff Burton
Lap 88 Gordon leads Keselowski, Kahne, Bowyer, Hamlin, Newman, Earnhardt Jr., Jimmie Johnson, Burton, Harvick
Lap 95 Hamlin passes Bowyer for fourth
Lap 98 Caution Kyle Busch into the wall due to a broken rear track bar. Pit stops…..Gordon leads Hamlin off pit road. Gordon chooses to start on the inside….Two penalties: Newman too fast entering, Johnson too fast exiting
Lap 105 Restart as Gordon keeps the lead over Hamlin though turn one.
Lap 111 Gordon leads Hamlin, Kahne, Bowyer, Keselowski, Truex, Burton, Earnhardt Jr., Matt Kenseth and Tony Stewart.
Lap 114 Kahne passes Hamlin for second
Lap 121 Gordon leads Kahne, Hamlin, Bowyer, Burton, Truex, Earnhardt Jr., Keselowski, Kenseth and Stewart
Lap 159 Gordon leads Hamlin, Bowyer, Earnhardt Jr., Kahne, Burton, Truex, Keselowski, Stewart, Kenseth
Lap 169 Keselowski passes Truex for seventh
Lap 173 Earnhardt Jr. passes Bowyer for third
Lap 177 Kenseth passes Stewart for ninth
Lap 179 Kahne passes Bowyer
Lap 180 Gordon leads Hamlin, Earnhardt Jr., Kahne, Bowyer, Burton, Keselowski, Truex, Kenseth, Stewart
Lap 189 Keselowski passes Burton for sixth
Lap 220 Gordon leads Earnhardt Jr., Hamlin, Kahne, Bowyer, Kenseth, Keselowski, Almirola, Stewart, Johnson
Lap 221 Bobby Labonte hits pit road
Lap 223 Kahne passes Hamlin for third
Lap 225 Harvick and Truex pit
Lap 229 Earnhardt Jr. passes Gordon for the lead
Lap 230 Kahne. A.J. Allmendinger and Joey Logano pit
Lap 233 Earnhardt Jr., Edwards, Greg Biffle, Regan Smith and Gordon pit, handing the lead to Hamlin
Lap 235 Marco Ambrose, Hamlin, Johnson and Edwards pit, handing the lead to Bowyer
Lap 237 Bowyer, Rains, Keselowski, Hermie Sadler and Kenseth pit, handing the lead to Almirola.
Lap 239 Almirola pits, handing the lead to Gordon.
Caution Lap 245 Dave Blaney goes for a spin. Kahne goes behind the wall due to a motor issue. Some lead lap cars pit, others decide to stay out.
Restart Lap 255 as Gordon pulls the lead early over Earnhardt Jr.
Lap 260 Gordon leads Earnhardt Jr., Bowyer, Kenseth, Keselowski, Hamlin, Johnson, Truex, Almirola, Stewart
Lap 262 Bowyer passes Earnhardt Jr. for second
Caution Lap 264 Juan Pablo Montoya hits the inside wall after contact from Ken Schrader. Newman gets the lucky dog.
Restart Lap 272
Lap 275 Gordon leads Bowyer, Earnhardt Jr., Keselowski, Kenseth, Hamlin, Johnson, Truex, Stewart and Allmendinger
Lap 280 Hamlin and Johnson both pass Kenseth
Lap 281 Stewart passes Truex for eighth
Lap 287 Johnson passes Hamlin
Lap 289 Johnson passes Keselowski
Lap 290 Gordon leads Bowyer, Earnhardt Jr., Johnson, Keselowski, Hamlin, Kenseth, Stewart, Truex and Allmendinger
Lap 300 Allmendinger and Almirola pass Truex
Lap 310 Gordon leads Bowyer, Johnson, Earnhardt Jr., Keselowski, Hamlin, Kenseth, Stewart, Allmendinger and Almirola.
Lap 314 Johnson passes Bowyer for second
Caution Lap 316 Kahne blows up…..Gordon leads Johnson, Bowyer, Earnhardt Jr., Keselowski, Hamlin, Kenseth, Stewart, Allmendinger and Almirola….Keselowski too fast in the pits
Restart Lap 328
Lap 333 Gordon leads Johnson, Earnhardt Jr., Hamlin, Bowyer, Kenseth, Stewart, Almirola, Allmendinger and Truex
Lap 340 Hamlin passes Earnhardt Jr. for third
Lap 348 Bowyer passes Earnhardt Jr. for fourth
Lap 355 Earnhardt Jr. passes Bowyer for fourth
Lap 356 Johnson passes Gordon for the lead
Lap 357 Johnson leads Gordon, Hamlin, Earnhardt Jr., Bowyer, Kenseth, Stewart, Almirola, Newman and Allmendinger
Caution Lap 361 Travis Kvapil spins. Edwards gets the lucky dog…..All of the leaders pit……Hamlin leads Gordon, Johnson and Stewart off pit road
Restart Lap 368 and Hamlin leads Gordon off of turn two
128 to go Hamlin leads Johnson, Gordon, Kenseth, Bowyer, Newman, Stewart, Truex, Earnhardt Jr., Allmendinger
122 to go Bowyer passes Kenseth for fourth
112 to go Hamlin leads Johnson, Gordon, Bowyer, Newman, Kenseth, Earnhardt Jr., Keselowski, Truex and Stewart
107 to go Johnson passes Hamlin for the lead, Gordon also passes Hamlin.
103 to go Johnson leads Gordon, Hamlin, Bowyer, Newman, Keselowski, Kenseth, Earnhardt Jr., Truex, Biffle
101 to go Bowyer passes Hamlin for third
99 to go Earnhardt Jr. passes Kenseth
89 to go Truex passes Kenseth; Allmendinger passes Biffle; Keselowski passes Newman
88 to go Johnson leads Gordon, Bowyer, Hamlin, Keselowski, Newman, Earnhardt Jr., Truex, Kenseth, Allmendinger
81 to go Earnhardt Jr. passes Newman
75 to go Keselowski passes Hamlin
72 to go Earnhardt Jr. passes Hamlin
68 to go Newman passes Hamlin
67 to go Johnson leads Gordon, Bowyer, Keselowski, Earnhardt Jr., Newman, Hamlin, Truex, Kenseth, Allmendinger
63 to go Kenseth passes Truex for eighth
52 to go Earnhardt Jr. passes Keselowski for fourth
50 to go Johnson leads Gordon, Bowyer, Earnhardt Jr., Keselowski, Newman, Hamlin, Kenseth, Truex, Allmendinger
44 to go Earnhardt Jr. passes Bowyer for third
40 to go Allmendinger passes Truex for ninth
36 to go Johnson leads Gordon, Earnhardt Jr., Bowyer, Keselowski, Newman, Hamlin, Kenseth, Allmendinger and Almirola
20 to go Kenseth passes Hamlin for seventh
15 to go Allmendinger passes Hamlin for eighth
3 to go Gordon and Johnson side-by-side for the lead as the caution comes up for Reuitmann being stalled. Stewart gest the lucky dog.
Green-White-Checkered…..Gordon and Johnson stay out as everybody else pits.
Restart……..Bowyer took Gordon and Johnson three-wide, sending all three for a spin……Keselowski just ran out of fuel while running third
Restart…….Newman and Allmendinger are side-by-side for the lead.
Ryan Newman wins over Allmendinger and Earnhardt Jr.
