NASCAR Cup Series

What was expected to and nearly came to be a disastrous day for Danica Patrick, turned out to be a career one at Martinsville. Patrick...

Clint Bowyer (second) was the highest finishing Camry driver in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Virginia's Martinsville Speedway.

Jimmie Johnson won the 64th Annual STP Gas Booster 500 Sunday at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, VA. The Hendrick Motorsports driver started on the pole, and led 347 laps to capture his 8th victory at Martinsville.

In 41 starts at Martinsville Speedway, Bobby Labonte has one pole, one win, six top-five and 14 top-10 finishes and has led 320 laps. His average start is 18.902 and his average finish is 18.415.

Jimmie Johnson captured his 62nd career Sprint Cup Series victory on Sunday’s in the STP Gas Booster 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Johnson led 346 laps in route to his eighth win and 20th top-10 finish in 23 races at Martinsville.

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS – RACE WINNER FOR THE EIGHTH TIME YOU WIN AT MARTINSVILLE. EVERY WIN HAS A STORY. YOU HAD A HUNGRY GUY BEHIND YOU THERE IN CLINT BOWYER. WHAT WAS THE STORY OF THIS WIN?

Jimmie Johnson closed out a perfect weekend at Martinsville Speedway Sunday afternoon, winning the STP® Gas Booster™ 500 in dominant fashion.

For a brief time during the STP Gas Booster 500 at Martinsville Speedway it appeared that Kurt Busch was going to make another comeback as he did by scoring top-five finishes in the past two Sprint Cup races in Bristol, Tenn. and Fontana, Calif.

After getting the lead on a late race pit stop, Jimmie Johnson would hold on to the lead for the final 51 laps to pick up his eighth Martinsville Grandfather Clock.

BRAD KESELOWSKI – No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion – THAT APPEARED TO BE A HARD-FOUGHT SIXTH-PLACE FINISH. “They’ve all been hard-fought. We seem to run sixth here every time. Sixth is good, but it’s just not great."