NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 33 65TH ANNUAL GOODY'S HEADACHE RELIEF SHOT 500 POWERED BY KROGER MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY Ridgeway, VA - October 27, 2013 .526-Mile Oval 500 Laps - 263 Miles Purse: $5,013,097 TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 44 minutes, 21 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 70.337 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.605 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 9 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet 500 47 4 127.0 $188,796 Running 2 78 2 4 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota 500 44 2 134.6 177,736 Running 4 202 3 5 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 500 42 1 122.0 141,478 Running 2 60 4 11 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford 500 40 102.1 153,436 Running 5 2 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe`s Chevrolet 500 40 1 126.4 144,046 Running 3 123 6 10 29 Kevin Harvick Rheem Chevrolet 500 38 98.5 133,846 Running 7 1 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx One Rate Toyota 500 38 1 108.2 110,560 Running 2 14 8 12 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr National Guard Chevrolet 500 36 101.5 101,060 Running 9 33 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 500 35 79.1 100,460 Running 10 7 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald`s Chevrolet 500 34 85.8 114,555 Running 11 22 31 Jeff Burton Sleep Innovations / Dow Chevrolet 500 34 1 90.4 94,160 Running 1 5 12 14 99 Carl Edwards Geek Squad Ford 500 32 78.5 119,560 Running 13 13 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet 500 31 98.0 111,899 Running 14 6 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 500 30 90.0 112,243 Running 15 3 18 Kyle Busch M&M`s Halloween Toyota 500 30 1 103.4 132,993 Running 1 12 16 15 56 Martin Truex Jr NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 500 28 80.9 115,910 Running 17 41 10 Danica Patrick # GoDaddy Breast Cancer Awareness Chevrolet 499 27 64.7 85,035 Running 18 19 78 Kurt Busch Furniture Row / Denver Mattress Chevrolet 499 26 74.4 109,155 Running 19 16 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford 499 25 77.0 109,299 Running 20 18 43 Aric Almirola Maurice Petty Hall of Fame Inductee Ford 499 24 69.7 119,871 Running 21 28 13 Casey Mears GEICO Ford 499 23 61.9 107,543 Running 22 23 27 Paul Menard Menards / Turtle Wax Chevrolet 499 22 65.1 111,101 Running 23 27 38 David Gilliland Long John Silver`s Ford 499 21 56.6 96,993 Running 24 32 93 Travis Kvapil Burger King / Dr Pepper Toyota 499 20 45.8 102,743 Running 25 35 55 Elliott Sadler (i) RK Motors Collector Car Auctions Toyota 499 0 57.6 88,860 Running 1 6 26 36 98 Michael McDowell Phil Parsons Racing Ford 498 18 46.1 77,035 Running 27 25 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevrolet 497 17 76.7 94,860 Running 28 38 32 Ken Schrader U.S. Chrome Ford 496 16 47.3 91,368 Running 29 24 40 Landon Cassill (i) Moonshine Attitude Attire Chevrolet 495 0 50.8 76,585 Running 30 37 36 J.J. Yeley Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 495 14 43.1 81,010 Running 31 20 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr # Driven for a Cause Ford 495 13 38.9 124,721 Running 32 34 47 Bobby Labonte Clorox Toyota 494 12 40.2 96,332 Running 33 40 87 Joe Nemechek (i) NEMCO - JRR Toyota 493 0 31.8 76,160 Running 34 31 35 Josh Wise (i) MDS Transport Ford 490 0 32.0 76,110 Running 35 30 30 Cole Whitt (i) Widow Wax / Lean1 Toyota 459 0 37.7 76,060 Running 36 21 14 Mark Martin Bass Pro Shops / Mobil 1 Chevrolet 455 8 60.6 122,835 Running 37 43 83 David Reutimann Burger King / Dr Pepper Toyota 451 7 51.0 75,947 Rear Gear 38 17 39 Ryan Newman State Water Heaters Chevrolet 432 6 68.1 105,408 Running 39 29 7 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 357 5 31.5 67,250 Accident 40 42 95 Reed Sorenson (i) Ford 275 0 28.5 63,250 Rear Gear 41 39 33 Tony Raines (i) Little Joe's Autos Chevrolet 220 0 27.9 59,250 Brakes 42 26 51 Kyle Larson (i) Target Chevrolet 160 0 39.7 63,250 Engine 43 8 34 David Ragan Taco Bell Ford 109 1 46.5 59,750 Engine # 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: Jeff Gordon won the Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500 Powered by Kroger at Martinsville Speedway, his 88th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Prior to the green flag, no cars dropped to the rear of the field. Caution Flags: 17 cautions for 111 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 8-19 (Car #31 Spinout (Turn 4) [None]); 89-94 (Car #93 Spinout (Turn 4) [27]); 141-146 (Car #83 Spinout (Turn 4) [27]); 167-180 (Car #51 Fluid On Track (Backstretch) [55]); 183-191 (Car #5, 11, 32, 41, 56 Accident (Turn 1) [83]); 205-209 (Car #1, 14, 78 Accident (Turn 4) [13]); 219-222 (Car #93 Spinout (Turn 4) [10]); 230-234 (Car #83 Spinout (Turn 4) [38]); 285-290 (Car #95 Stopped (Turn 4) [13]); 299-303 (Debris (Turn 1) [99]); 310-314 (Car #5, 40 Accident (Turn 3) [42]); 319-324 (Car #39 Accident (Turn 1) [98]); 328-332 (Car #56 Spinout (Turn 1) [98]); 338-341 (Debris (Frontstretch) [98]); 366-372 (Car #30 Accident (Turn 4) [93]); 381-385 (Car #36 Spinout (Turn 3) [93]); 417-423 (Debris (Turn 1) [98]). Lap Leaders: 15 lead changes among 8 drivers. Hamlin 1-2, Johnson 3-24, Ky. Busch 25-36, Kenseth 37-110, Johnson 111-174, Burton 175-179, Johnson 180-216, Kenseth 217-237, Bowyer 238-281, J. Gordon 282-338, Hamlin 339-350, Bowyer 351-366, Kenseth 367, Sadler 368-373, Kenseth 374-479, J. Gordon 480-500. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Denny Hamlin (99.595 mph. 19.013 secs.) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Matt Kenseth 3M LAP LEADER: Matt Kenseth (202 Laps) MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE: Brad AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Matt Kenseth Keselowski (crew chief Paul Wolfe, 0.182 seconds) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Jimmie Johnson NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner: rolls over to $60,000 at next FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN": Jeff Gordon event++ MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Toyota Racing Development (TRD) SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD: Kyle Busch (#20) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Danica Patrick ++Rollover money awarded at year's end, amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 13 (Wins) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Matt Kenseth 2,294 (7) AWARD Denny Hamlin 5 2 - Jimmie Johnson 2,294 (5) Kasey Kahne (#5) 9 Kyle Busch 3 3 - Jeff Gordon 2,267 (1) Jimmie Johnson (#48) 7 Matt Kenseth 2 4 - Kevin Harvick 2,266 (3) Jeff Gordon (#24) 3 Jimmie Johnson 2 5 - Kyle Busch 2,258 (4) Jeff Gordon 2 FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN" 6 - Clint Bowyer 2,239 (0) Dale Earnhardt Jr 2 7 - Dale Earnhardt Jr 2,238 (0) Matt Kenseth (#20) 40 Joey Logano 2 8 - Greg Biffle 2,236 (1) Kyle Busch (#18) 35 Ryan Newman 2 9 - Kurt Busch 2,219 (0) Carl Edwards (#99) 34 Kevin Harvick 1 10 - Carl Edwards 2,218 (2) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER Carl Edwards 1 11 - Joey Logano 2,209 (1) Hendrick (#48) 331 Jamie McMurray 1 12 - Ryan Newman 2,188 (1) TRD (#18) 298 Brad Keselowski 1 13 - Kasey Kahne 2,170 (2) TRD (#20) 296 Ricky Stenhouse Jr # 1 MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE Marcos Ambrose 1 Pts Wins Danica Patrick # 1 Matt Kenseth (#20) 9 Mark Martin 1 Chevrolet 230 (14) Kyle Busch (#18) 8 Toyota 210 (13) Kevin Harvick (#29) 5 SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Ford 180 (6) MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM Ricky Stenhouse Jr 215 3M LAP LEADER SOLVER OF THE RACE Danica Patrick 194 Timmy Hill 159 Matt Kenseth (#20) 8 Gil Martin (#29) 4 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 7 Matt Borland (#39) 4 Kyle Busch (#18) 4 Paul Wolfe (#2) 4 AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD AWARD Carl Edwards (#99) 4 Kyle Busch (#18) 7 Kyle Busch (#18) 3 Matt Kenseth (#20) 5 Martin Truex Jr (#56) 3 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 5 NEXT EVENT: November 3, 2013 - 9th Annual AAA Texas 500, Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX (501 Miles) (334 Laps) NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (10/28/2013) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2013 NASCAR NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #33: 65TH ANNUAL GOODY'S HEADACHE RELIEF SHOT "500" POWERED BY KROGER Race Date: 10/27/2013 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 MATT KENSETH 2294 33 7 10 18 $6,374,568 2 JIMMIE JOHNSON 2294 33 5 14 21 8,185,992 3 JEFF GORDON 2267 33 1 8 17 5,498,161 4 KEVIN HARVICK 2266 33 3 8 18 6,037,665 5 KYLE BUSCH 2258 33 4 16 20 6,485,956 6 CLINT BOWYER 2239 33 0 9 17 5,093,747 7 DALE EARNHARDT JR.