NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 33 68TH ANNUAL GOODY'S FAST RELIEF 500 MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY Martinsville, VA - October 30, 2016 .526-Mile Oval 500 Laps - 263.0 Miles TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 20 minutes, 55 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 78.54 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.291 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Status Tms Laps 1 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 500 44 4 115.7 Running 1 92 2 19 2 Brad Keselowski Alliance Truck Parts Ford 500 39 105.3 Running 3 8 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight Toyota 500 39 1 111.6 Running 2 48 4 17 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota 500 39 2 129.7 Running 2 176 5 9 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Halloween Toyota 500 37 1 122.1 Running 1 3 6 10 88 Jeff Gordon Nationwide Chevrolet 500 35 100.7 Running 7 1 78 Martin Truex Jr Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota 500 35 1 119.1 Running 6 147 8 14 1 Jamie McMurray Credit One Chevrolet 500 33 92.9 Running 9 2 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 500 33 1 104.2 Running 1 21 10 4 47 AJ Allmendinger Kroger/Clorox Chevrolet 500 32 1 102.7 Running 1 5 11 22 5 Kasey Kahne UniFirst Chevrolet 499 30 79.3 Running 12 5 24 Chase Elliott # NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 499 29 82.1 Running 13 25 16 Greg Biffle FordPass Ford 499 28 68.6 Running 14 11 42 Kyle Larson Target Chevrolet 499 28 1 89.4 Running 1 6 15 16 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 499 26 71.7 Running 16 13 31 Ryan Newman Caterpillar Chevrolet 499 25 81.7 Running 17 32 3 Austin Dillon Dow/Dow Corning Chevrolet 499 24 78.8 Running 18 30 95 Michael McDowell Malwarebytes Chevrolet 498 23 58.0 Running 19 15 21 Ryan Blaney # Virginia Tech Ford 498 22 64.8 Running 20 20 4 Kevin Harvick Busch Light Chevrolet 498 21 76.0 Running 21 26 13 Casey Mears GEICO Chevrolet 497 20 69.7 Running 22 23 41 Kurt Busch State Water Heaters Chevrolet 497 19 65.7 Running 23 31 6 Trevor Bayne AdvoCare Ford 497 18 52.5 Running 24 24 10 Danica Patrick Nature's Bakery Chevrolet 497 17 53.2 Running 25 18 27 Paul Menard Dutch Boy/Menards Chevrolet 496 16 55.5 Running 26 6 14 Tony Stewart Haas Automation Chevrolet 496 15 55.7 Running 27 29 34 Chris Buescher # Love's Travel Stops/Roller Bites Ford 495 14 46.2 Running 28 28 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Chevrolet 495 13 57.8 Running 29 33 38 Landon Cassill A&W All American Food Ford 494 12 46.4 Running 30 21 7 Regan Smith Nikko RC/Toy State Chevrolet 494 12 1 45.4 Running 1 2 31 37 83 Dylan Lupton (i) EJ Wade Construction Toyota 490 0 32.0 Running 32 27 93 Matt DiBenedetto EJ Wade Construction Toyota 489 9 41.2 Running 33 38 32 Jeffrey Earnhardt # Keen Parts/Rain-X Ford 486 8 28.5 Running 34 35 44 Brian Scott # American Red Cross Ford 484 7 35.8 Running 35 40 46 Michael Annett Pilot Flying J Chevrolet 479 6 32.5 Running 36 7 19 Carl Edwards SportClips Toyota 477 5 64.0 Running 37 12 23 David Ragan Dr Pepper Toyota 424 4 43.1 Running 38 34 55 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 407 3 31.5 Running 39 36 30 Gray Gaulding Feed the Children Chevrolet 360 2 27.8 Rear Gear 40 39 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Fastenal Ford 21 1 24.0 Accident # Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender. (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Bonus points: includes winner (3), lap leader (1) & most laps led (1) points Failed to qualify: n/a Race Comments: Jimmie Johnson won the Goody's Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway, his 79th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: No. 17 (backup car) and No. 21 (unapproved adjustments). Caution Flags: 5 cautions for 54 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 23-28 (Car #17 Spin In Turn 3 [None]); 62-66 (Fluid On The Track From #23 [30]); 133-139 (Debris In Turn 4 [6]); 201-207 (Debris On The Backstretch [6]); 358-386 (Car #19 Accident In Turn 3 [88]). Lap Leaders: 15 lead changes among 9 drivers. Truex Jr 1-24, Logano 25-45, Truex Jr 46-62, Smith 63-64, Truex Jr 65-73, Larson 74-79, Truex Jr 80-110, Ky. Busch 111- 113, Truex Jr 114-150, Kenseth 151, Truex Jr 152-180, Kenseth 181-355, Hamlin 356, Allmendinger 357-361, Hamlin 362-408, Johnson 409-500. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Martin Truex Jr (98.206 mph. 19.282 secs.) MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE: Jimmie AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Martin Truex Jr Johnson (crew chief Chad Knaus, -0.389 seconds) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Joey Logano SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD: Matt Kenseth (lap 146, 95.471 mph) INGERSOLL RAND POWER MOVE: Aric Almirola (3 positions) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Chase Elliott MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Hendrick Engines (#48) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Denny Hamlin
CHASE GRID - ROUND OF 8 (Wins) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Jimmie Johnson 4,044 (1) TRD (#18) 324 Carl Edwards 6 2 - Denny Hamlin 4,039 (0) Hendrick (#4) 322 Martin Truex Jr 5 3 - Matt Kenseth 4,039 (0) Roush/Yates (#22) 313 Joey Logano 3 4 - Kyle Busch 4,037 ( ) Kyle Busch 2 0 MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE 5 - Joey Logano 4,033 (0) Kurt Busch 2 6 - Kevin Harvick 4,021 (0) Kyle Busch (#18) 9 Chase Elliott # 2 7 - Kurt Busch 4,019 (0) Kevin Harvick (#4) 7 Jimmie Johnson 1 8 - Carl Edwards 4,005 (0) Denny Hamlin (#11) 5 Denny Hamlin 1 MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM Matt Kenseth 1 MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP SOLVER OF THE RACE Brad Keselowski 1 Pts Wins Jason Ratcliff (#20) 4 Austin Dillon 1 Toyota 1,359 (15) Tony Gibson (#41) 4 Greg Biffle 1 Chevrolet 1,336 (11) Alan Gustafson (#24) 4 SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Ford 1,266 (7) SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD Chase Elliott 287 AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART Kyle Busch (#18) 10 Ryan Blaney 226 AWARD Carl Edwards (#19) 6 Chris Buescher 197 Kevin Harvick (#4) 6 Denny Hamlin (#11) 5 Brian Scott 185 Martin Truex Jr (#78) 6 Jeffrey Earnhardt 135 Kyle Busch (#18) 5 DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD Kyle Busch (#18) 8 Joey Logano (#22) 6 Kevin Harvick (#4) 4 INGERSOLL RAND POWER MOVE Carl Edwards (#19) 39 Ryan Newman (#31) 37 Kevin Harvick (#4) 32
NEXT EVENT: November 6, 2016 - 12th Annual AAA Texas 500, Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX (501 Miles) (334 Laps) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2016 NASCAR NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #33: 68TH ANNUAL GOODY'S FAST RELIEF "500" Race Date: 10/30/2016 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 1 JIMMIE JOHNSON 4044 33 4 10 15 2 DENNY HAMLIN 4039 33 3 12 19 3 MATT KENSETH 4039 33 2 8 17 4 KYLE BUSCH 4037 33 4 15 22 5 JOEY LOGANO 4033 33 2 13 23 6 KEVIN HARVICK 4021 33 4 15 24 7 KURT BUSCH 4019 33 1 8 20 8 CARL EDWARDS 4005 33 2 8 17 9 MARTIN TRUEX JR. 2226 33 4 7 16 10 BRAD KESELOWSKI 2207 33 4 16 22 11 AUSTIN DILLON 2187 33 0 4 13 12 CHASE ELLIOTT 2185 33 0 9 15 13 KYLE LARSON 2183 33 1 8 13 14 TONY STEWART 2156 25 1 5 8 15 JAMIE MCMURRAY 2143 33 0 1 11 16 CHRIS BUESCHER 2123 33 1 2 2 17 KASEY KAHNE 833 33 0 3 12 18 RYAN NEWMAN 819 33 0 2 9 19 A J ALLMENDINGER 749 33 0 2 8 20 RYAN BLANEY 735 33 0 3 8 21 RICKY STENHOUSE JR. 718 33 0 4 6 22 TREVOR BAYNE 717 33 0 2 5 23 DANICA PATRICK 638 33 0 0 0 24 GREG BIFFLE 619 33 0 1 3 25 PAUL MENARD 607 33 0 0 2 26 ARIC ALMIROLA 599 33 0 0 1 27 CLINT BOWYER 577 33 0 0 3 28 CASEY MEARS 508 33 0 0 0 29 LANDON CASSILL 477 33 0 0 0 30 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 461 18 0 5 6 31 MICHAEL MCDOWELL 444 28 0 0 1 32 BRIAN SCOTT 430 33 0 1 1 33 DAVID RAGAN 424 33 0 0 0 34 REGAN SMITH 420 32 0 1 2 35 MATT DIBENEDETTO 356 33 0 0 1 36 MICHAEL ANNETT 291 32 0 0 0 37 COLE WHITT 276 26 0 0 0 38 JEFF GORDON 218 8 0 0 2 39 REED SORENSON 178 25 0 0 0 40 JOSH WISE 167 27 0 0 0 41 JEFFREY EARNHARDT 134 19 0 0 0 42 BRIAN VICKERS 86 5 0 0 1 43 BOBBY LABONTE 61 4 0 0 0 44 DAVID GILLILAND 46 2 0 0 0 45 MICHAEL WALTRIP 42 2 0 0 0 46 BORIS SAID 17 1 0 0 0 47 PATRICK CARPENTIER 11 2 0 0 0 48 EDDIE MACDONALD 5 1 0 0 0 49 ALEX KENNEDY 5 1 0 0 0 50 ROBERT RICHARDSON JR. 3 1 0 0 0 51 GRAY GAULDING 2 1 0 0 0 52 ALEX BOWMAN(i) 0 7 0 0 2 53 TY DILLON(i) 0 10 0 0 0 54 DYLAN LUPTON(i) 0 3 0 0 0 55 RYAN REED(i) 0 1 0 0 0 56 JEB BURTON(i) 0 2 0 0 0 57 JOEY GASE(i) 0 5 0 0 0 58 RYAN ELLIS(i) 0 3 0 0 0 59 TIMMY HILL(i) 0 1 0 0 0 60 JUSTIN ALLGAIER(i) 0 1 0 0 0 61 CODY WARE(i) 0 0 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OWNER LEADERS Race #33: 68TH ANNUAL GOODY'S FAST RELIEF "500" Race Date: 10/30/2016 POS Car # OWNER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Attempts 1 48 Hendrick Motorsports 4044 33 4 10 15 33 2 11 Joe Gibbs Racing 4039 33 3 12 19 33 3 20 Joe Gibbs Racing 4039 33 2 8 17 33 4 18 Joe Gibbs Racing 4037 33 4 15 22 33 5 22 Team Penske 4033 33 2 13 23 33 6 4 Stewart-Haas Racing 4021 33 4 15 24 33 7 41 Stewart-Haas Racing 4019 33 1 8 20 33 8 19 Joe Gibbs Racing 4005 33 2 8 17 33 9 78 Furniture Row Racing 2226 33 4 7 16 33 10 2 Team Penske 2207 33 4 16 22 33 11 3 Richard Childress Racing 2187 33 0 4 13 33 12 24 Hendrick Motorsports 2185 33 0 9 15 33 13 42 Chip Ganassi Racing 2183 33 1 8 13 33 14 14 Stewart-Haas Racing 2156 33 1 5 9 33 15 1 Chip Ganassi Racing 2143 33 0 1 11 33 16 34 Front Row Motorsports 2123 33 1 2 2 33 17 5 Hendrick Motorsports 833 33 0 3 12 33 18 31 Richard Childress Racing 819 33 0 2 9 33 19 88 Hendrick Motorsports 805 33 0 5 10 33 20 47 JTG Daugherty Racing 749 33 0 2 8 33 21 21 Wood Brothers Racing 735 33 0 3 8 33 22 17 Roush Fenway Racing 718 33 0 4 6 33 23 6 Roush Fenway Racing 717 33 0 2 5 33 24 10 Stewart-Haas Racing 638 33 0 0 0 33 25 16 Roush Fenway Racing 619 33 0 1 3 33 26 27 Richard Childress Racing 607 33 0 0 2 33 27 43 Richard Petty Motorsports 599 33 0 0 1 33 28 15 HScott Motorsports 577 33 0 0 3 33 29 95 Circle Sport-Leavine Family 519 33 0 0 1 33 30 13 Germain Racing 508 33 0 0 0 33 31 38 Front Row Motorsports 477 33 0 0 0 33 32 7 Tommy Baldwin Racing 434 33 0 1 2 33 33 44 Richard Petty Motorsports 430 33 0 1 1 33 34 23 BK Racing 424 33 0 0 0 33 35 83 BK Racing 373 33 0 0 1 33 36 46 HScott Motorsports 292 33 0 0 0 33 37 98 Premium Motorsports 284 28 0 0 0 31 38 32 GO FAS Racing 266 33 0 0 0 33 39 55 Premium Motorsports 216 27 0 0 0 28 40 30 The Motorsports Group 169 28 0 0 0 32 41 35 Front Row Motorsports 46 2 0 0 0 4 42 93 BK Racing 38 7 0 0 0 7 43 59 Circle Sport - Leavine Family 26 1 0 0 0 1 44 99 Roush Fenway Racing 15 1 0 0 0 1 45 26 BK Racing 3 1 0 0 0 1 46 40 Hillman Racing 0 0 0 0 0 1