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Lap by Lap: TUMS Fast Relief 500 won by Jimmie Johnson

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[media-credit name=”Tyler Barrick/Getty Images” align=”alignright” width=”300″][/media-credit]Jimmie Johnson would take the lead late in the TUMS Fast Relief 500 to take the victory and the points lead, two points ahead of Brad Keselowski.

 

Lap 1 Jimmie Johnson and Brian Vickers side-by-side for the lead; Johnson leads at the line by a nose

Lap 2 Johnson clears Vickers for the lead

Lap 6 Johnson leads Vickers, Kyle Busch, Burton, Hamlin, Bowyer, Stewart, Kenseth, Gordon and Menard

Lap 12 Johnson leads Vickers, Kyle Busch, Burton, Hamlin, Bowyer, Gordon, Stewart, Menard, Logano, Truex Jr., Earnhardt Jr., Almirola, Kenseth.

Lap 14 Keselowski runs 30th after starting 32nd

Lap 15 Hamlin, Bowyer and Gordon by Burton for position

Lap 17 Bowyer and Gordon pass Hamlin for position

Lap 18 Keselowski 29th

Lap 29 Johnson leads Vickers, Gordon, Bowyer, Hamlin, Busch, Stewart, Menard, Truex Jr., Earnhardt Jr.

Lap 31 Keselwoski 27th

Lap 34 Gordon passes Vickers for second

Lap 37 Keselowski 28th

Lap 39 Bowyer passes Vickers

Lap 40 Hamlin passes Vickers so it’s Johnson leading Gordon, Bowyer, Hamlin, Vickers, Busch, Stewart, Menard, Truex Jr., Earnhardt Jr.

Lap 41 Busch passes Vickers

Lap 44 Kahne passes Earnhardt Jr. Keselowski 27th.

Caution Lap 45 David Stremme slows in turn one with a flat tire…..leaders head down pit road. Johnson leads Gordon, Hamlin, Busch, Bower, Vickers, Truex Jr. and Stewart off pit road. Hamlin caught speeding on pit road, restarts 30th. Keselowski up to 17th after changing left side tires

Lap 52 Restart as Johnson and Gordon side-by-side into turn one, Johnson clears Gordon into turn three

Lap 53 Busch passes Gordon for second

Lap 57 Johnson leads Busch, Gordon, Bowyer, Vickers, Truex Jr., Earnhardt Jr., Stewart, Kahne and Menard.

Lap 59 Keselowski 17th

Lap 60 Hamlin 29th

Lap 62 Gordon passes Busch for second; Earnhardt Jr. passes Truex for sixth

Lap 70 Gordon passes Johnson for the lead

Lap 75 Gordon leads Johnson, Busch and Earnhardt Jr.

Lap 78 Gordon leads Johnson, Busch, Earnhardt Jr., Vickers, Bowyer, Truex Jr., Kahne

Lap 90 Gordon leads Johnson, Kyle Busch, Earnhardt Jr., Vickers, Bowyer, Truex Jr., Kahne, Stewart and Kurt Busch

Lap 91 Montoya passes Kurt Busch for 10th; Keselowski 20th

Lap 95 Hamlin 14th

Caution Lap 98 David Gilliland has a flat right front tire……leaders pit. Johnson leads Kyle Busch, Gordon, Vickers, Bowyer, Truex Jr., Kurt Busch and Earnhardt Jr. off pit road.

Restart lap 104 as Johnson and Kyle Busch are side-by-side for the lead

Lap 105 Johnson clears Busch for first, Gordon clears Busch for second

Lap 106 Gordon looking inside of Johnson for the lead,

Lap 107 Gordon clears Johnson outta turn two; Busch clears Johnson for second

Lap 108 Johnson and Vickers make contact battling for third

Lap 109 Vickers clears Johnson for third

Lap 110 Gordon leads Ky Busch, Vickers, Johnson, Bowyer, Ku Busch, Truex Jr., Montoya, Kahne, Newman, Hamlin, Earnhardt Jr.

Lap 112 Keselowski 21st

Lap 115 Vickers alongside Busch for second….Gordon leads Vickers, Busch, Johnson, Bowyer, Ku Busch, Montoya, Kahne, Truex Jr. and Hamlin.

Lap 118 Keselowski 20th

Travis Kvapil spins in turn two…..Gordon, Ky Busch and Truex Jr. stay out as the leaders pit. Landon Cassill gets the lucky dog…….Johnson back to 11th due to taking four tires against those who took two

Restart lap 137 as its Gordon and Ky Busch side-by-side for the lead

Lap 138 Gordon clears Busch going into turn one

Lap 146 Gordon leads Vickers, Hamlin, Truex Jr., Earnhardt Jr., Johnson, Montoya, Ku. Busch, Ky. Busch as Vickers look for the lead from Gordon

Lap 147 Vickers passes Gordon for the lead

Lap 148 Hamlin passes Gordon for second

Caution lap 150 Ky. Busch goes around in turn two after getting loose…..Keselowski, Kahne, Gordon, Montoya and Truex Jr. pit with some other drivers. Kahne first off pit road, will restart 17th with Gordon 18th.

Restart Lap 156

Lap 157 Vickers clears Hamlin for the lead with Earnhardt Jr. third, followed by Johnson and Bowyer.

Lap 161 Vickers leads Hamlin, Johnson, Bowyer, Earnhardt Jr., Ku Busch, Newman, McMurray, Hornish Jr. and Edwards.

Lap 163 Keselwoski 22nd.

Lap 165 Hamlin passes Vickers for the lead

Lap 166 Johnson passes Vickers for second so it is Hamlin leading Johnson, Vickers, Bowyer, Ku Busch, Earnhardt Jr., McMurray, Newman, Hornish Jr. and Edwards.

Lap 170 Johnson passes Hamlin for the lead

Lap 183 Bowyer and Johnson are side-by-side for the lead and Bowyer clears Johnson going into turn three

Lap 184 Gordon passes Ku Busch for sixth

Lap 185 Bowyer leads Johnson, Hamlin, Vickers, McMurray, Gordon, Ku Busch, Earnhardt Jr., Edwards and Hornish Jr. Hamlin passes Johnson for second.

Lap 187 Keselowski 18th

Caution Lap 199 Marcos Ambrose spins in turn two by himself……leaders pit……Hamlin leads Johnson, Gordon, Bower, Ku Busch, Truex Jr., Earnhardt Jr. off pit road. Hamlin caught speeding, will restart at the back of the field.

Restart Lap 205 as Johnson and Gordon are side-by-side for the lead. Gordon clears Johnson off of turn four on the outside.

Lap 210 Gordon leads Johnson, Bowyer, Ku Busch, Earnhardt Jr., Edwards, Kahne, Truex Jr., Harvick, Vickers. Keselowski 13th.

Lap 212 Hamlin 26th as Johnson is all over Gordon’s back bumper.

Caution #6 Lap 213 Travis Kvapil and Marcos Ambrose spin in turn two. Allmendinger got into Smith, cutting Ambrose’s tire, resulting in Ambrose’s spin. Leaders stay out.

Restart Lap 219 as Gordon holds serve ahead of Bowyer and Johnson

Lap 220 Bowyer clears Johnson for second

Lap 223 Gordon leads Bowyer, Johnson, Earnhardt Jr., Ku Busch, Kahne, Edwards, Vickers, Harvick and Montoya.

Lap 224 Keselwoski passes McMurray for 11th

Lap 225 Hamlin 23rd

Lap 226 Bowyer passes Gordon for the lead

Lap 228 Bowyer leads Johnson, Gordon, Earnhardt Jr., Kahne

Caution Lap 229 Kurt Busch goes for a spin virtue of contact with Kevin Harvick. Some of the leaders stay out, some of the leaders pit. Vickers is the first of the leaders to pit out of sixth

Restart lap 235 as Johnson and Bowyer are side-by-side for the lead. Truex Jr. to receive a penalty for changing lanes before the restart.

Lap 238 Bowyer clears Johnson ahead of Gordon, Eanhardt Jr. and Kahne

Lap 240 Bowyer leads Johnson, Gordon, Earnhardt Jr., Kahne, Harvick, Edwards, Keselowski, Vickers, Hornish Jr. and Biffle. Hamlin 12th. Gordon mentioned a valve train pop about 30 laps ago.

Lap 246 Hamlin alongside Biffle for 11th

Lap 249 Kahne passes Earnhardt Jr., Vickers passes Keselowski, Hamlin passes Hornish Jr.

Lap 250 Kahne passes Johnson for third

Lap 251 Hamlin and Ky. Busch pass Keselowski

Lap 253 Bowyer leads Gordon, Kahne, Johnson, Earnhardt Jr., Harvick, Vickers, Edwards, Hamlin, Ky. Busch, Keselowski

Lap 254 Vickers passes Harvick

Lap 256 Vickers passes Earnhardt Jr.

Lap 267 Bowyer leads Gordon, Kahne, Johnson, Vickers, Earnhardt Jr., Hamlin, Ky. Busch, Harvick, Keselowski

Lap 269 Vickers alongside Johnson for fourth

Lap 272 Vickers clears Johnson for fourth; Hamlin passes Earnhardt Jr. for sixth

Lap 277 Bowyer leads Gordon, Kahne, Vickers, Johnson, Hamlin, Earnhardt Jr., Ky. Busch, Harvick, Keselowski

Lap 281 Hamlin passes Johnson for fifth

Lap 289 Bowyer leads Gordon, Kahne, Vickers, Hamlin, Johnson, Ky. Busch, Earnhardt Jr., Harvick and Keselowski

Lap 296 Hamlin passes Vickers for fourth

Lap 302 Bowyer gets into Stewart trying to lap him

Lap 316 Kahne passes Gordon for second

Lap 321 Bowyer leads Kahne, Gordon, Hamlin, Vickers, Johnson, Ky. Busch, Earnhardt Jr., Harvick and Keselowski

Lap 324 Hamlin passes Gordon for third

Lap 326 Vickers gets alongside Gordon for fourth, clearing him coming out of turn four

Lap 335 Harvick pits

Lap 337 Gordon pits

Lap 339 Allmendinger pits

Lap 340 Bowyer leads Kahne, Hamlin, Vickers, Ky. Busch, Johnson, Earnhardt Jr., Keselowski, Edwards and Labonte

Lap 341 Biffle and Cassill pit

Lap 342 Hornish Jr. pits

Lap 343 Edwards and Earnhardt Jr. pit

Lap 344 Hamlin gets into Kahne, trying to pass him.

Lap 345 Kahne pits to hand second over to Hamlin.

Lap 346 Bowyer leads Hamlin and Vickers. Keselowski up to sixth.

Lap 347 Labonte pits.

Lap 349 Burton goes way up the race track, keeps it off the wall, makes it to the pits….Ambrose pits.

Lap 350 Bowyer pits to hand the lead over to Hamlin. Hamlin leads Vickers, Ky. Busch, Johnson

Lap 353 Johnson pits.

Lap 356 Hamlin leads Vickers, Ky. Busch, Keselowski, McMurray…..Hamlin and Keselowski head down pit road. Vickers leads.

Lap 360 McMurray pits as Vickers leads Almirola and Kenseth.

Lap 361 Stewart pits

Lap 364 Vickers pits to hand the lead over to Kenseth.

Lap 366 Kahne passes Kenseth for the lead

Lap 367 Kenseth pits.

Lap 369 Kahne leads Bowyer, Hamlin, Gordon, Earnhardt Jr., Ky. Busch, Johnson, Harvick, Hornish Jr., Newman, Keselowski

Lap 372 Hamlin runs into problems as the car shuts off, loses multiple spots, but gets it back running. Now back to eighth.

Lap 383 Hamlin once again slows, though gets it back going as Bowyer is just about to put him a lap down. Hamlin runs 15th.

Lap 388 Hamlin goes a lap down as it shuts off again.

Lap 389 Bowyer leads Kahne, Gordon, Johnson, Ky. Busch, Earnhardt Jr., Harvick, Vickers, Keselowski, Hornish Jr.

Lap 391 Hamlin warned that he is not making minimum speed.

Caution Lap 392 Hamlin stalled on the front stretch……leaders head down pit road. Johnson leads Bowyer, Ky. Busch, Kahne, Gordon, Earnhardt Jr., Vickers off pit road.

Restart lap 400 as Johnson pulls ahead of Bowyer and Busch.

97 laps to go Johnson leads Bowyer, Ky. Busch, Gordon, Kahne, Earnhardt Jr., Vickers, Keselowski, Biffle, Harvick

91 laps to go Hornish Jr., Allmendinger, Edwards, Labonte and Logano pass Harvick for position

79 laps to go Johnson leads Bowyer, Gordon, Ky. Busch, Kahne, Vickers, Keselowski, Earnhardt Jr., Biffle and Hornish Jr. as Harvick goes a lap down with reported engine issues.

77 laps to go Hamlin back on track as they have fixed the “master switch”

74 laps to go Biffle passes Earnhardt Jr. for ninth

72 laps to go Gordon passes Bowyer

62 laps to go Johnson leads Gordon, Bowyer, Ky. Busch……Montoya spins after contact with Johnson in tight quarters with Travis Kvapil…..leaders pit…….Johnson leads Gordon, Ky. Busch, Bowyer, Kahne, Vickers, Keselowski, Hornish Jr. off pit road

Restart 55 laps to go

51 laps to go Johnson leads Gordon, Ky. Busch, Bowyer, Kahne, Vickers, Keselowski, Hornish Jr., Earnhardt Jr. and Biffle. Allmendinger instructed to come to pit road to get bumper bar removed

47 laps to go Earnhardt Jr. passes Hornish Jr.; Vickers passes Kahne

45 laps to go Bowyer passes Ky. Busch; Keselowski passes Kahne

44 laps to go Earnhardt Jr. passes Kahne

42 laps to go Johnson leads Gordon, Bowyer, Ky. Busch, Vickers, Keselowski, Earnhardt Jr., Kahne, Hornish Jr. and Biffle.

30 laps to go Johnson leads Gordon, Bowyer, Ky. Busch, Vickers, Keselowski, Earnhardt Jr., Kahne, Hornish Jr., Biffle.

Caution 25 laps to go Harvick blows up….Keselowski and Earnhardt Jr. stayed out while everybody else pitted.

Restart 19 laps to go as Keselowski clears the field with Johnson behind him. Kyle Busch alongside Earnhardt Jr. for third.

15 laps to go Johnson all over Keselowski’s bumper for the lead

14 laps to go Johnson passes Keselowski for the lead as Ky. Busch passes Keselowski for second.

13 laps to go Kahne passes Keselowski for third

12 laps to go Gordon passes Keselowski for fourth

11 laps to go Almirola under Keselowski for fifth as Johnson leads Ky. Busch, Kahne, Gordon.

Caution 9 laps to go Hornish got into Edwards, who then took Jr. around with him

Restart 5 laps to go as Johnson clears Ky. Busch out of turn two.

4 laps to go Ky. Busch holds Kahne off for second.

Johnson wins ahead of Ky. Busch, Kahne, Almirola, Bowyer, Keselowski, Gordon, Vickers, Labonte, Biffle, Newman, Menard, Hornish Jr., Ku. Busch, Kenseth, Logano, McMurray, Edwards, Casssill, Montoya, Earnhardt Jr.

Johnson leads Keselowski by two points, Bowyer by 26 points, Kahne by 29, Hamlin by 49

Toyota NSCS Martinsville Post-Race Notes & Quotes

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SRT Motorsports – Sprint Cup Post-Race Quotes – Martinsville 2

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Johnson Claims 7th Martinsville Speedway Win, Takes Sprint Cup Points Lead

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CHEVY NSCS AT MARTINSVILLE TWO: Post Race Notes and Quotes

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Johnson secures victory and series points lead at Martinsville

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[media-credit id=100 align=”alignright” width=”225″][/media-credit]Jimmie Johnson continues his dominance at Martinsville winning from the pole position in the Tums 500. Johnson led 193 laps en route to his seventh win and 19th top ten finish in just 22 starts at the legendary track. More importantly, he leaves Martinsville with a two point lead over Brad Keselowski.

“We just had a great race car. And I think we’ve also learned our lesson here in the past in not pitting late and that certainly came into play and we made the right decision there. I’m so torn with emotion right now with winning here; and I’m so happy to be in the point lead.” Johnson said.

Keselowski minimized the expected damage in the points standings today with a fantastic run from the 32nd starting spot. The Miller Lite driver worked his way through the field and was leading on restart near the end of the race but had to settle for a sixth place finish. The Penske team seemed pleased to come away with minimal loss considering Johnson’s amazing stats at this track.

Kyle Busch ends up with a hard fought second place, with Hendrick driver Kasey Kahne , who ran consistently in the top ten all day, taking the checkered in third spot.

Richard Petty Motorsports driver Aric Almirola drove his No. 43 Gwaltney Ford to a solid fourth place finish, . Aric said after the race, “That was a good run for us. Todd Parrott made a gutsy call there. We were horrible at the beginning of this race, I mean horrible. I don’t know how we didn’t go several laps down, but we fought hard all day.” The Richard Petty team recently swapped personnel between the No.43 of Almirloa, and the No.9 driven by Marcos Ambrose. The move seems to be paying off for Almirola, as he has consistently ran stronger than before the switch.

Chase contender Clint Bowyer shows that he is in this until the end with another strong effort in his No.15 Micheal Waltirp Racing Toyota. Bowyer led four times today for a total of 151 laps and wound up a respectable fifth at the end of the day. Bowyer leaves Martinsville with a 26 point deficit to leader Johnson.

The big loser today was Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin. Hamlin overcame a early penalty and fought his way back toward the front, but an electrical problem that caused the car to shut down and bring out a yellow on lap 393, sent him to the garage area for repairs where he lost 33 laps. Hamlin ended the day 34 laps off the pace and finished a dismal 33rd. Hamlin now trails Johnson by 49 points and would appear that once again late in the season, his championship hopes have ended.

It would appear we now have a two man race for the championship. Johnson and Keselowski have been the most consistent competitors in the seven Chase races so far. Bowyer and Kahne still have an outside chance, but will need the two leaders to stumble in the final three races. Based on the results this season that is not likely to happen.

Unofficial Race Results
Tums Fast Relief 500, Martinsville Speedway
http://www.speedwaymedia.com/Cup/race.php?race=33
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Pos. St. No. Driver Make Points
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1 – 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 48
2 – 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 42
3 – 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 42
4 – 43 Aric Almirola Ford 40
5 – 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 40
6 – 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 39
7 – 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 38
8 – 55 Brian Vickers Toyota 37
9 – 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 35
10 – 16 Greg Biffle Ford 34
11 – 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 33
12 – 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 32
13 – 22 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 0
14 – 78 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 30
15 – 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 30
16 – 20 Joey Logano Toyota 28
17 – 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 27
18 – 99 Carl Edwards Ford 26
19 – 83 Landon Cassill Toyota 25
20 – 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 24
21 – 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 23
22 – 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 22
23 – 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 21
24 – 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 20
25 – 13 Casey Mears Ford 19
26 – 34 David Ragan Ford 19
27 – 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 17
28 – 51 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 16
29 – 32 Ken Schrader Ford 15
30 – 38 David Gilliland Ford 14
31 – 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota 14
32 – 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 12
33 – 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 12
34 – 33 Stephen Leicht * Chevrolet 10
35 – 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 9
36 – 10 David Reutimann Chevrolet 8
37 – 195 Scott Speed Ford 7
38 – 26 Josh Wise * Ford 6
39 – 98 Michael McDowell Ford 5
40 – 30 David Stremme Toyota 4
41 – 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 0
42 – 23 Scott Riggs Chevrolet 2
43 – 191 Reed Sorenson Toyota 0

Ford Martinsville Post-Race Quotes

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Business as usual for Keselowski at Martinsville

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[media-credit id=100 align=”alignright” width=”224″][/media-credit]Since the end of Tums 500 qualifying session at Martinsville Speedway, media reports, social media and television have been buzzing about series points leader Brad Keselowski’s 32nd place starting spot. Making matters worse, Keselowski’s closest competitor, Jimmie Johnson, put his No.48 Lowes Chevy on the pole. Instantly there was a buzz through the garage area. Given Johnson’s amazing record at the flat half mile track, the question being asked is not whether he will takeover the points lead, but rather by how much.

While Johnson’s record is phenomenal, six wins in 21 starts, Keselowski has five starts and just two top ten finishes. Keselowski, however, has ran extremely well this season and did finish a respectable ninth in the spring Martinsville event.

Another interesting fact is that due to the poor qualifying effort, the team’s choice of pit spot is less than optimal. They did choose a spot immediately behind a team that was likely to be a start and park team. This morning however, the No.32 Ford of Ken Schrader had purchased a supply of tires from the Mike Bliss No.19 car that did not make the field, so it would now seem they are going to attempt to run the entire race. That makes one wonder who may have paid the bill on those tires.

In garage area however, the team seemed relaxed and not bothered by the enormous amount of media hype. I spoke with a team representative and asked if there was a different strategy planned given the circumstances. He responded, “Just try to get some track position early, and once we get there stay out front as long as we can.” he also pointed out that they aren’t using anything different in chassis setup and, “It sorta simplifies things for us, we know we just have to go to the front.”

Given the relaxed, business as usual attitude of the Penske team, they may leave Martinsville in the same position they arrived with, in the drivers seat of the Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship!

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